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.

Have students write a journal entry

Objective: Students will recognize the validity of their own individual reaction to the “Red Dot Activity” and demonstrate an understanding of the feelings and reactions of the American people during the Red Scare.

Activity: Have students write a journal entry, letter, or essay describing their feelings during the “red dot” activity. Students writing should indicate their emotional responses to the activity, the connections they made as different students were called out of class, and the judgments they were making about the teacher and the students called into the hall. Call volunteers to share their writing and lead a class discussion relating their feelings to those of Americans during the Red Scare.

Assessment: The ability to write a coherent essay or journal entry expressing their personal feelings.