Here is the rubric for everything: Progressive Era Socratic Circles Rubric (includes all 3 discussions)
For the first Socratic Circle the prompt is: Were the Progressive Era presidents (Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson) progressive? Did they change society for the better?
Here are the participants:
1st hour: Zach Alabakoff, Ali Altamimi, Marwan Bazzi,Yousef Chamas, Zeinab Elsaghir, Maya Hamka, Nooraldin Kamalaldin, Amar Mashour, Seraj Noureddine, Serena Safawi, Lamar Thornton
3rd hour: Laureen Bazzi, Josephine Bryan, Mohamed Darwiche, Ali Haidous, Ahmad Kassir, Hannah Pfeiffer, Youseph Saad, Abbass Srour, Julianna Wozniak
4th hour: Mauda Abdulla, Sawsan Alzubaidy, Hussein Chaaban, Aya Chibib, Scout Greimel, Layla Jawad, Anna Karoub, Danya Obeid, Bryn Schobert
Additional Resources: Look at the previous blog post about the Woodrow Wilson article as well as the in-class assignments.
For the second Socratic Circle the prompt is: Explain the Progressive Era president’s foreign diplomacy and the effectiveness of those policies. Did it show America in a positive or negative light?
These are the participants:
1st hour: Mohammad Alkawasmie, Duaa Ballout, Zane Berry, Malik Elder, Kassem Habhab, Fatime Jomaa, Mya Makled, Celine Nasser, Sebastian Rivera Mendoza, Adam Sleiman
3rd hour: Adam Bazzi, Madison Brodoski, Graham Dallas, Adriana Fahs, Brandon Hestand, Ryan Montierth, Lielle Saad, Caroline Sekulidis, Alexandra Turfe
4th hour: Amani Abuelenain, Matthew Apostle, Adam Chatila, Ali Dakroub, Hassan Hamade, Samuel Joachim, Fatima Kourani, Fadi Rakine, Hanen Sobhe
Additional Resources: Teddy Roosevelt Foreign Policy, William Taft Foreign Policy, Woodrow Wilson Foreign Policy, and Progressive Foreign Policy
The 3rd Socratic Circle’s prompt is:
Discuss whether or not the United States should have joined WWI. Think about the positive and/or negative aspects of the war
The participants are:
1st hour: Zeinab Alrubaiee, Kassem Bazzi, Anna Rose Boyer, Ayah Elhady, Mohamed Ali Jawad Makki, Aurora Liepe, Zahrah Naseer, Zachary O’Brien, Alyaa Saleh, Quinn Whittaker
3rd hour: Nadine Bazzi, Brent Chadha, Case Dekoning, Ali Hamandi, Ali Khreizat, Emily Roth, Benjamin Schondorf, Areha Sufian
4th hour: Nour Almachy, Laura Bazzi, Allen Chehimi, Maya Fares, Aya Ismail, Sabrina Jouney, Nadine Makki, Natalie Rios, Malik Yehia
Additional Resources are: DBQAmericaentersWWI, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/07/11/commentary/world-commentary/what-if-u-s-had-stayed-out-of-wwi/#.VrukcvkrJdg, A couple WWI docs (scroll down), and https://newrepublic.com/article/118435/world-war-i-debate-should-us-have-entered.
There were way more than enough copies for everyone. If there weren’t you were all not paying attention to the appropriate directions and left a mess.