1. Good afterlunch!
Please get out your documents and the questions/work you have prepared.
Please get out your Socratic Seminar Assignment sheet.
Get out your pre-seminar task response. If you don’t have one, write it right now:
“Based on your reading of these sources, how good of a judge was Abraham Lincoln in determining when and how to seek emancipation of the slaves?”

2. Seminar Reminders
It is your responsibility to help move the discussion forward – ask questions, clarify, respond appropriately.
Comments & opinions should be grounded in the text.
Actively listen. Do not speak unless it is kind and helpful to the discussion.
Actively participate even when you are not speaking – listen, take notes, prepare.
Respect your classmates and the process.
See the rubric.

3. Written Responses Major points made or questions asked.
My thoughts, questions, and responses.

4. GQ#2 - How did emancipation impact the war?
What about Lincoln and/or the process toward emancipation did you find most interesting in these documents? Or most challenging?
How did emancipation impact the Civil War?
How good of a judge was Abraham Lincoln in determining when and how to seek emancipation of the slaves?
When is the right time to do what is right?
Why is change so difficult – even when it is right?
Did the Emancipation Proclamation end or intensify conflict?

5. Emancipation in 1863
Effects???

6. Post-Seminar Task
Part 1. Self-Assessment: How prepared were you? How well did you participate? How could you improve?   What did you like about the seminar? What did you not like? Explain.
Part 2. Reflection: How did the seminar influence your thinking on emancipation and/or on Lincoln? Did it change anything from your pre-seminar task answer? Was there something you didn’t get to share, or wish you had contributed?