Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.

Assign students an essay or journal writing assignment

Objective: Students will write an essay or journal entry exploring their feelings of powerlessness and the ramifications of those feelings

Activity: Assign students an essay or journal writing assignment in which they address the following questions:
How did you feel when you thought the “school board announcement” was real and you realized that there was nothing you could do to change it?
Would you have gone along with the new rules? Why or why not?
If you were going to oppose the rules what would you do?
When students have completed their writing divide them into small groups and have group members read their responses. Appoint one member of each group to char the common and divergent elements of the responses. When groups have completed their work make a list of class wide commonalities and differences on the board.

Assessment: Student essays can be collected and evaluated based on classroom procedures for style, grammar and content.