Do you plan to engage your students in classroom discussions about the 2024 election or current political issues? How can you design and facilitate conversations in the classroom that might involved difficult classroom dynamics, controversy, or big emotions? In this session for instructors, participants will learn about a framework for designing high stakes discussions and will begin to create or refine a plan for their own course. Through individual work and peer feedback, you'll identify discussion goals, tone-setting strategies, participation guidelines and activities that can help you facilitate these discussions well. Participants are encouraged to bring ideas for a specific lesson or topic that they want to create a plan for.

This session is offered as a part of the Promoting Democracy Teaching Series by CRLT & Ginsberg Center.

Open to UM faculty, graduate students/GSIs, and post-docs. If you are UM staff with instructional responsibilities who would like to register, please reach out to teachdemocracy@umich.edu

Register Here: https://events.blackthorn.io/en/Hn1RKit7/g/2kTsKXAV0p/framing-and-facilitating-high-stakes-discussions-post-election-edition-5a1oHn4l1fl/overview