Michaela and I are trying to develop a task/activity to use this strategy. Michaela had the idea of which materials to use (Middle Ages topics) and we're looking at two viewpoints that provide opposite ideas of the same thing. For Middle Ages, we could go with views of the church, the crusades or other scenarios that would prompt very different opinions from each side involved.
The hardest part is finding the actual material, especially the primary documents. Once you get past that, the tricky part is implementing it in a meaningful way which means doing something beyond handing it to students and asking them to read. Even just having a discussion didn't feel structured enough so I think there needs to be an organized way for the students to learn and process the information. I'm just not sure what this will be yet...
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