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Discussing Difficult Topics
CRLT Resources that Provide Strategies to Anticipate and Respond to Difficult Discussions:
- Guidelines for planning and facilitating discussions on controversial topics
- Facilitating Challenging Conversations in your Classes (blog post)
- Sample guidelines for class participation
- Strategies for making productive use of tense or difficult moments (google doc)
- Guidelines for responding to particular topics and tragedies
Additional resources from around the web:
- "Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom" (Harvard University)
- Creating a safe and engaging classroom climate (University of Wisconsin)
- Difficult Dialogues (Vanderbilt University)
