Instructions

• Prepare sheet with a statement (use the template)
• Present to students
• Give students a sticker and ask them to put the sticker along the spectrum to show to What extent they agree or disagree with the statement (TRIGGER)
• In pairs, share where they put their sticker and why
• Open up to the class to share
• In groups get the students to decide where different thinkers/theories would be on the spectrum and why

What the activity achieves:

• Trigger to start off the seminar
• Requires each student to come up with own answer
• Encourages students to think about why they came up with their answer
• Helps students to become comfortable to share ideas as a group
• Shows the difference between opinion and argument

Alternatives:

• Instead of using a sheet of paper, use the classroom space – ask students to stand on one side of the room if they agree, on other side if disagree and in the middle if somewhere in between
• Can use this for quick fire/re-cap questions, using multiple statements

Online synchronous version

• Prepare a PowerPoint slide as per the template.
• Ask students to contribute to a slide during a live session. Typing their name into a box and dragging and dropping it to place it along the spectrum. Alternatively the responses can by anonymous by replacing the name boxes with generic symbol.
• You can then follow up with a discussion.

Online asychronous version

• Ask students to add their name along a spectrum on a collaborative document as per the template. You might to ask them to also add a note to explain the reasoning behind their position on the spectrum.