Activity

minutes

Warm-up

What do you think the other groups’ stories were like? What do you expect to hear from them today? (5)

5

Group presentations

Groups present while non-presenting class members do comparison worksheet (see attached) . Teacher should really pull out similarities and differences between exonerees, their experiences and responses.

30+

Fishbowl

Put 4-6 chairs in a circle in the middle of your room, with a bowl of questions in the middle (see attached for questions). Have students from different exoneree groups sit in the chairs, while students on the outside “keep score.” Discussants pull a question out of the bowl, discuss answers and then put it to the side. Groups can go for 3 or 4 minutes if this is their first fishbowl activity, or for longer if time and interest allow. Have all students go through fishbowl discussion.

To ensure members talk and encourage conversation, write the “score-keeping” rules on the board (see attached) and after every fishbowl session, take a few minutes to process the previous conversation. Students on the outside keep score and turn in their score sheets at the end.

A note on fishbowls: There are lots of different ways to run this activity. Some teachers have students vacate chairs when they want, don’t require all students to participate, have “outside” students follow just one participant’s comments, etc.

Up to 30+

Closure

Revisit the pro/con T chart and add ideas to it.

5

Homework

Questionnaire and follow-up question (attached).