Using a case, whether historical or fictional, generated by the professor or the students or derived from some other source, assign each role to a student and ask them to act out the scenario. Afterwards, discuss the case as a class. Alternately, assign each role to a small group and have the groups discuss that person's point of view and likely actions. Then act out the scenario using one member of each group. Using this option should increase the confidence of the students and improve the quality of the performance.
Students pair off.
In the first step, student A interviews student B and student C interviews student D about the material. In the second step, student B interviews student C and student D interviews student A. In the third step, students A, B, C, and D discuss the interviews. All four students discuss the interviews Notes 1. Thanks to Sandy Borden for critical comments on an earlier draft of this paper. Remaining errors and shortfalls are all mine.