Socratic Seminar: Declaration of Independence (Middle School)

This middle-school-level resource provides educators with instructions and student materials for facilitating a Socratic Seminar on the topic of the Declaration of Independence. This Socratic Seminar Resource Set includes the following:

• Teacher facilitation guide
• Hook resource: Declaration of 8th Grade Independence
• Text resource: Declaration of Independence Excerpt
• Preparation resources:
  • Declaration of Independence Vocabulary
  • “America the Story of Us: Declaration of Independence” Video
• Seminar Questions resource: Declaration of Independence
• Extension resource: Thomas Jefferson’s Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence