What is Council at Wonderland?
Council is a program being used in many of our classrooms that encourages deep and honest communication. Based on Native American traditions observed and recorded by Benjamin Franklin, Council is a formal, structured dialogue process of sitting in a circle and passing a talking piece in response to a prompt from the facilitator. Franklin hoped this practice would become an integral component of democratic life. Visitors to Independence Hall in Philadelphia can see the Society of Philosophers where Franklin and our forefathers sat in Council.