Sample Assignment: Hosting a Classroom Debate

Explore this example of a World War One History classroom discussion.

With Kialo Edu, you can have engaging and well-structured classroom discussions with your students about any given topic. Your students will be able to write claims, collaborate, comment, or vote on each other’s contributions.

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• Learning objectives
• Create your discussion in 5 steps
• Sample discussion

Learning objectives

Students will:

• Apply their knowledge through active participation.
• Grasp the complexity of the topic being discussed.

Create your discussion in 5 steps

1. Login or signup for Kialo Edu.
2. Create a Kialo discussion by clicking on the ‘Create Discussion’ button on the top right of the screen.
3. Share the debate with students. To invite students directly to the discussion:
   
1. Click the three horizontal bars at the top-left of the screen to open the Discussion Menu.
2. Click ‘Discussion Settings’.
3. Click the ‘Invites & Permissions’ tab.
4. In the ‘Invite to this Discussion’ section, enter each of the students’ emails separated with a space, or their Kialo Edu usernames if they’ve already signed up. Then, click ‘Invite’.
4. Alternatively, you can also create a Discussion Access Link for students to click, which is faster to set up. However, be wary of students sharing the link outside the classroom.

Have a debate! As Writers in the discussion, students can add, edit, and move their own claims, as well as comment on each others’ claims to suggest improvements.

Sample discussion

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