Can I get a "hallelujah!" if you're glad it's Friday?...

I'm requesting a favor.  If you're reading this, I 1) probably know you pretty well (you're probably one of 10 people or so) and 2) trust your opinion.  I need help thinking of a topic for a workshop I am supposed to teach.  Let me give you the break-down:

There is a technique that is used in a certain program at many schools across the nation (AVID, for those who know or care) that gets kids to learn to be critical thinkers and voice their opinion.  This technique is called socratic seminar.  Now, I missed most of this summer training due to a conflict, but I have agreed to teach this workshop (because I can't say no) without any extensive notes or examples of how it's done... oops.  I am asking around and studying up, so I should be OK.  But here's the problem-- I need a topic that is fairly common knowledge amongst adults and interesting to discuss in a group setting. 

The one example that has been given to me was a group of high school kids who analyzed the lyrics of a Bob Dylan song.  The teachers in the workshop will come from all backgrounds.  I feel like I spend so much time trying to put on a dog and pony show for a room full of teenagers every day that I am more in-tune with their likes and needs than with a group of people my age.  What would be interesting to you?

Ginger, I'm thinking maybe something like a Friday night salon topic might be in order???