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Ideas for introducing Galois theory to advanced high school students

Briefly, I was wondering if someone can suggest an angle for introducing the gist of Galois groups of polynomials to (advanced) high school students who are already familiar with polynomials (factorisation via Horner, polynomial division, discriminant and Vieta's formulas for quadratic equations).

I am struggling to find a coherent approach that makes use of their current understanding, e.g., whether to give an intro on group theory, or to describe permutation operations on roots. This is all intended for a short course introduction and not an extended program. Any advice would be quite helpful.