The Global Digital Citizen Foundation has provided these strategies to support students to be able to take stands on issues that matter to them in non confrontational ways.
The strategies foster critical thinking and can be used as part of any inquiry based learning.
The activities presented http://globaldigitalcitizen.org/10-critical-thinking-activities-students-will-love support social and personal learning and have real application for online learning as investigation and research online becomes part of inquiry based learning.