Schools: Skills for Dialogue Sixth Form Lesson Plans

This eight-part package of resources is designed for teachers to facilitate Skills for Dialogue (SFD) with their Sixth Form students. The package contains lesson plans with associated PowerPoints, worksheets and resources.

This resource is a result of a partnership between staff and students at Forest School, Waltham Forest, and the Faith & Belief Forum. They are rooted in Faith & Belief Forum methodologies for interfaith dialogue distilling over 25 years of experience for you to use with your students. A core working group of experienced and passionate sixth form teachers offered their guidance and expertise to adapt F&BF activities to the sixth form context. Resources were tested in classrooms and adapted following feedback from sixth form tutors and students at Forest School.

Overarching aims of the workshop:

• To support students to increase their knowledge on the power of dialogue when discussing diversity, division, difference and controversy.
• Strengthening and honing skills of dialogue to encourage openness, understanding and empathy.

Workshop Outcomes:

• An empowered group of students who feel confident in holding dialogue showing empathy and a balanced understanding of others around encounter, diversity & difference.
• Increased teacher confidence in facilitating dialogue around controversial issues

Introduction Pack: Sixth Form – Skills for Dialogue

Skills For Dialogue – Sixth Form Introduction 

Lesson 1: 5 Key Principles

Skills For Dialogue – Sixth Form WS1 

Skills For Dialogue –Sixth Form WS1 Resources 

Skills for Dialogue –Sixth Form – Workshop 1 PowerPoint

Lesson 2: Active Listening

Skills For Dialogue –Sixth Form WS2

Skills for Dialogue –Sixth Form – Workshop 2 PowerPoint

Lesson 3: Power Roles & The Art of Asking

Skills For Dialogue – Sixth Form WS3 

Skills For Dialogue – Sixth Form WS3 Resources 

Skills for Dialogue – Sixth Form – Workshop 3 PowerPoint

Lesson 4: The Art of Reply

Skills For Dialogue –Sixth Form WS4 

Skills For Dialogue – Sixth Form WS4 Resources 

Skills for Dialogue –Sixth Form – Workshop 4 PowerPoint

Lesson 5: Advantages and Disadvantages of Dialogue & The Role of Privilege

Skills For Dialogue– Sixth Form –WS5 

Skills for Dialogue –Sixth Form –Workshop 5 PowerPoint

Lesson 6: Identity & The Influence of Development of Identity

Skills For Dialogue –Sixth Form –WS6 

Skills For Dialogue –Sixth Form– WS6 Resources

Skills for Dialogue –Sixth Form – Workshop 6 PowerPoint

Lesson 7: Critical Thinking & My Biases

Skills For Dialogue –Sixth Form WS7 

Skills For Dialogue –Sixth Form WS7 Resources

Skills for Dialogue – Sixth Form – Workshop 7 PowerPoint

Lesson 8: Emotional Intelligence

Skills For Dialogue – Sixth Form WS8

Skills For Dialogue – Sixth Form WS8 Resources

Skills for Dialogue Sixth Form –Workshop 8 PowerPoint

FEEDBACK: We would love your feedback to help improve our resources. We will soon be adding a form here for feedback, in the meantime any comments or suggestions please contact the F&BF education team on School@faithbeliefforum.org

Disclaimer: All the online resources and toolkits have been prepared for use within the Schools Programme at F&BF. All F&BF materials are owned by F&BF and should be acknowledged and attributed to F&BF. These materials cannot be used for commercial use, or for delivery beyond this Programme without the permission of F&BF.

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Graphic design of lesson plans by Sam Harris.

Skills for Dialogue is generously funded by: