![]() ![]() The debatable question or issue must be open, balanced, focused, and authentic. Studying an extreme historical event like the Holocaust limits the range of choices but formulating a debatable question is based on the same criteria with this subject matter as it is for others. We can even take an argument-centered approach to a unit on perhaps the most undebatable, unspeakable episode of historical evil of the 20th century, the Holocaust. Or if we believe the standards-writers, who, as they continue to want to guide 6th – 12th grade classrooms toward global norms of rigor and authentic college/career preparation for all, continue to elevate the place of academic argument and critical thought throughout instruction. ![]() And we should, if we believe the empirical research on the impact of getting students discussing critically and writing argumentatively about the important topics of study in their classes. We can take an argument-centered approach to almost any unit in the middle or high school curriculum. Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes. ![]()
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