POLS 3123: Role Playing

Role-Playing

Article presentations and other discussions will use Socratic Dialogues, requiring class members to assume various roles during discussions.
What is a Socratic Dialogue? The Socratic Dialogue format uses role playing, hypothetical case studies, and a roving inquisitor to compel panelists to confront what they would do in situations where the "right" choice is not clear. The question "What would you do?" is different from "What do you think?" in that it drives a participant to reveal how he or she would confront a specific problem. The exercise is designed to identify the perceptions and decision-making processes of all sides and to enable participants to better understand both their own positions and the imperatives driving others' actions. As panelists wrestle with the hypothetical situations, the drama created helps illuminate complex issues in an enlightening way.
(PBS. 1999. Viewer's Guide, Beyond Black and White: Affirmative Action in America [WWWdocument]. URL http://www.pbs.org/pov/tvraceinitiative/beyondblackandwhite/viewer.html#socratic)

These are suggestions for 'characters' to assume when presenting articles and leading discussion in class:

Presidential Candidates

Party & Campaign Specialists

Outside Actors

Republican Presidential Candidates
Cody McAbee
_______________
_______________

Republican Campaign Strategists
Abby Moore
Sedona Perron
_______________

Outside Groups (PACs, SuperPACs, etc.)
Anslei Powers
Vincent Tiberia
Samuel Singer

Democratic Presidential Candidates
Avery Alexander
Della Bohlen
_______________

Democratic Campaign Strategists
Chris Munive
Andrew Whittle
Ricardo Urdaneta

The Press
Mattie Maddox
Jayda Braithwaite
Abigail Regan

Independent Presidential Candidates
Wyatt Phillips
Ryan Shiflett
_______________

State Party Leaders
Libby Crook
Maley McDonald
_______________

The Public
Aidan George
Will Smarr
Marcus Micallef

NOTE: No red lines on the entire page may be filled until EVERY other spot on the page is filled.
This is to insure that we have a wide distribution of roles (not all bunched up in a few roles).

Each class member must either select one of these roles or suggest another one subject to approval.

Red lines may only be filled after all other lines on the page.

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Article presentations and other discussions will use Socratic Dialogues, requiring class members to assume various roles during discussions. What is a Socratic Dialogue? The Socratic Dialogue format uses role playing, hypothetical case studies, and a roving inquisitor to compel panelists to confront what they would do in situations where the "right" choice is not clear. The question "What would you do?" is different from "What do you think?" in that it drives a participant to reveal how he or she would confront a specific problem. The exercise is designed to identify the perceptions and decision-making processes of all sides and to enable participants to better understand both their own positions and the imperatives driving others' actions. As panelists wrestle with the hypothetical situations, the drama created helps illuminate complex issues in an enlightening way. (PBS. 1999. Viewer's Guide, Beyond Black and White: Affirmative Action in America [WWWdocument]. URL http://www.pbs.org/pov/tvraceinitiative/beyondblackandwhite/viewer.html#socratic)
These are suggestions for 'characters' to assume when presenting articles and leading discussion in class:
Presidential Candidates		Party & Campaign Specialists		Outside Actors
Republican Presidential Candidates Cody McAbee _______________ _______________		Republican Campaign Strategists Abby Moore Sedona Perron _______________		Outside Groups (PACs, SuperPACs, etc.) Anslei Powers Vincent Tiberia Samuel Singer
Democratic Presidential Candidates Avery Alexander Della Bohlen _______________		Democratic Campaign Strategists Chris Munive Andrew Whittle Ricardo Urdaneta		The Press Mattie Maddox Jayda Braithwaite Abigail Regan
Independent Presidential Candidates Wyatt Phillips Ryan Shiflett _______________		State Party Leaders Libby Crook Maley McDonald _______________		The Public Aidan George Will Smarr Marcus Micallef
NOTE: No red lines on the entire page may be filled until EVERY other spot on the page is filled. This is to insure that we have a wide distribution of roles (not all bunched up in a few roles).
Each class member must either select one of these roles or suggest another one subject to approval.
		Red lines may only be filled after all other lines on the page.
UNG	POLITICAL SCIENCE	PROJECT DIGNITY	DISCLAIMER