Interesting discussion questions

amother

Tue, Oct 03 2023, 7:01 pm

Hi!
I try to have an interesting discussion with my class once a week (more hashkafa based). I teach middle school girls. Is there a book that has a bunch of interesting question starters?

Thanks!

notshanarishona

Tue, Oct 03 2023, 7:20 pm

Personally I would let the girls bring up the topics rather than choose random ones

amother

Catmint

Tue, Oct 03 2023, 7:22 pm

You can try Living Emuna and introduce a story in there which can lead to discussions

amother

Royalblue

Tue, Oct 03 2023, 8:09 pm

I teach high school, I try to bring up discussions that somewhat connect to what I'm teaching (it's usually a stretch) or something I feel needs to be addressed/I'm passionate about (I'll still try to connect it though)
Are you trying to teach them the actual concepts, or just trying to teach them to think about things?

amother

Tue, Oct 03 2023, 10:15 pm

I usually also bring up connected with what I'm teaching, but here I try to get them to think about something they normally wouldn't and how it could connect to their lives. I'm thinking about doing a question box to get some of their ideas and sometimes pick from there. Thanks for the idea notshanarishona!