Socratic Seminar: War Powers (High School)
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- Last updated: September 4, 2025
- Grade level: High School (9-12)
- Resource type: Contested Issues, Socratic Seminar
- Theme(s): Presidential Powers and Separation of Powers
- Issue Area(s): Not set
- U.S. Supreme Court: Not set
- U.S. Constitution: Articles 1-10
This high-school-level resource provides educators with instructions and student materials for facilitating a Socratic Seminar on the topic of war powers. This Socratic Seminar Resource Set includes the following:
- Teacher facilitation guide
- Hook resource: A Nation Heads to War: “a date which will live in infamy”
- Text resource: Article I and II of the U.S. Constitution
- Preparation resources:
- War Powers Vocabulary
- Introduction: War Powers of the President and Congress—A Tug of War
- Seminar Questions resource: War Powers
- Extension resource: War Powers Act of 1974
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