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Evaluating Casual Claims WorkbookEvaluating Casual Claims Workbook
Publisher
Education Bureau of Hong Kong
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social & Emotional Learning
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Resource Type
Workbooks
Audiences
For Teacher Use
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Duration
21 days
Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
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Technology
Projection
Internet Access
Year
2008
Usage Permissions
Fine Print: Educational Use
Language
English, Chinese
Workbook

Evaluating Casual Claims

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This Evaluating Casual Claims workbook also includes:
  • The Learning and Teaching of Critical Thinking Skills (.pdf)
  • The Learning and Teaching of Critical Thinking Skills (.html)
  • Evaluating Causal Claims (.doc)
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  • Student Reference
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Responsible decision making relies on the ability to a recognize, analyze, and evaluate claims. The worksheets and activities in this 32-page packet teach learners how to distinguish among opinions, reasoned arguments, facts, and logical fallacies often used to support argument claims. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

social-emotional learning, casel, critical thinking, evaluating claims, facts, fact and opinion, opinions, arguments, counterarguments, cause and effect, evaluating sources, evaluating expressions, making decisions, responsible decision-making, logical fallacies, logical thinking, analogies

Additional Tags

college and career readiness

Instructional Ideas

  • Rather than making color copies of the worksheets, use the PowerPoint and have class members respond in their journals
  • Use the worksheets as part of a two-week social-emotional learning unit, or a weekly lesson
  • Preview the teacher resource packet before beginning the series

Classroom Considerations

  • The second in a series of eight resources; the sixth resource provides the Powerpoint presentation for the second lesson
  • Worksheets may be downloaded in English or Chinese as either a PDF or DOC

Pros

  • The Teacher Reference packet linked in the "Included Materials" provides background information on the resource, answer keys, teaching tips, and the text for the slides

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.9-10.2 RI.9-10.5 RI.9-10.6 RI.11-12.2 RI.11-12.5 RI.11-12.6

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