Socratic Seminar: Age Limits for Candidates (High School)

This high-school-level resource provides educators with instructions and student materials for facilitating a Socratic Seminar on the topic of just and unjust laws. This Socratic Seminar Resource Set includes the following:

• Teacher facilitation guide
• Hook resource: Mandatory Retirement Ages in the United States
• Text resource: 
  • Excerpts from Article 1 and 2 of the U.S. Constitution
  • H.J. Res. 87
  • North Dakota Constitutional Amendment: Congressional Age Limits
• Preparation resources:
  • Age Limits for Candidates Vocabulary
  • Introduction: News and Numbers Around Politicians’ Ages
• Seminar Questions resource: Age Limits for Candidates
• Extension resource: Essay on Age Limits for Candidates