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Part Three: Research and Argumentation 291 Part Two Begin to develop a working knowledge by collaborating with classmates to consider the topic from several perspectives beyond your own. Write your three favorite list items from Part One in the headings for your second piece of three-column paper. Sit in a circle with your groupmates; each student should pass their three-column paper one position clockwise. For five minutes, each student will free-write what they already know about each topic using prose, lists, or illustrations. Then, rotate your papers another step—repeat until you have your original sheet of paper back. Review the knowledge your groupmates compiled on your sheet. Have they offered anything that surprises you—stuff you didn’t know already, conflicting perspectives, or connections to other ideas or topics? Part Three: Small Group Begin to develop working and research questions by collaborating with your classmates to explore different curiosities. (This part of the exercise is designed for a small group of three or four total students, including you, different from the group in Part Two. If you are completing this part of the exercise with your whole class, skip to Part Three: Gallery Walk.) Write your three favorite list items from Part One, potentially modified by insights from Part Two, in the headings for your third piece of three-column paper. Sit in a circle with your groupmates; each student should pass their three-column paper one position clockwise. For five minutes, each student will free- write questions about each topic. No question is too big or small, too simple or complex. Try to generate as many questions as you possibly can. Then, rotate your papers another step—repeat until you have your original sheet of paper back. Review the questions your groupmates compiled on your sheet. Have they offered anything that surprises you—issues you haven’t thought of, relationships between questions, recurring themes or patterns of interest, or foci that might yield interesting answers?