After we analyse the terms political thinking and critical political thinking, as two of the main kinds of thinking that sociopolitical education subjects should cultivate among students of secondary education, we propose different teaching approaches which may promote these forms of thinking, so that students can become capable of analysing critically and perceiving politically the current and existing sociopolitical reality. Finally, we suggest teaching methods and techniques that will help students adopt attitudes that will make students acquire attitudes that embrace political participation in an effort to increase the probability that they will become active citizens, as adults, following a democratic path.