In the Town Hall, each team gets time for…

 an opening statementthat includes arguments for your position comments / questions of other attendees a closing statementthat reinforces arguments

Prepare to PARTICIPATE:

• Decide who will participate and who will observe for Meeting 1 and Meeting 2 (half for each).
• Read the mindsets of each team very carefully.
• Develop good arguments that you can make during the meeting.
• If you are on the county councilor team, come up with ground rules.
• Decide:

• Who will present your team's opening statement?
• Who will present your team's closing statement?

• The other members of your team will handle questions.

Focus Words

Use these to make a better argument.

native

population

 interdependence

disturbance

recovery

consumer

producer

predator

prey