A leader's guide to making an activity meaningful and educational. Included are strategies on getting kids to talk, questions to ask, discussion formats to use, room arrangement, teacher tips, student behaviors and more.

About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Why have a discussion? -- Four steps to a great discussion -- Discussion formats -- Arranging the room for a discussion -- Questions themselves -- Teacher's role in a discussion -- Student behavior during a discussion -- Getting kids to talk -- I don't know -- Nuts and bolts -- Suggestions from the front lines -- Discussion checklist -- You can do it! -- Additional resources.