Interesting discussion questions

amother

OP ↓

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

↑ OP

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!