THE GRAND JURY

EACH ONE TEACH ONE STRATEGY

INTRODUCTION

This lesson allows the participants to become part of the instruction and share their knowledge with their peers. Be sure to give them some time to read their fact and consider the best way to teach it. You might want to demonstrate by teaching one fact before they begin.

OBJECTIVES

MATERIALS

Sufficient 3 x 5 cards or fact strips for participants (1 card per participant).

PROCEDURE

1. Prepare fact cards or fact strips. Each card should contain one piece of information or fact that the participant will share with other participants.

2. Hand out one fact card to each participant on a random basis. Either give everyone a different fact or select facts (which would give two or three people the same information to teach). With larger classes, divide the students into two groups, then distribute the same set of facts to each group.

3. Participants (individually or paired) should spend a few minutes reading the information on the fact card. Each person has ten minutes to "teach" or transfer his knowledge verbally and individually to as many other participants as possible and also to listen in order to learn facts from the other participants. The participants should be encouraged to give an example or raise a question about the information on the card. The teacher should circulate around the room to help with activity.

4. Debriefing the whole activity can be done by asking a series of questions. Do not allow the person who taught the fact to answer the question, only those who learned it. Turn to the fact "teacher" to check whether the fact was understood correctly.