1. Set Focus
Frame the inquiry with these essential questions: How does sunlight affect how we organize our daily activities?
2. Read and Discuss
Have students read the debate and then answer the following questions:
- What is the issue being debated? How does it relate to current events? (The issue is whether the U.S. should stop switching back and forth between standard time and daylight saving time (DST) each year. The issue is timely because we are about to make the switch to DST.)
- Evaluate why these two authors might be interested in and qualified to comment on this issue. (As a professor of neuroscience, Joseph S. Takahashi understands the brain and how sunlight and changing clocks affect it. David Prerau wrote a book about the history of DST and, therefore, has a deep knowledge of the pros and cons of switching clocks.)