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"Fundamentals," the first lesson in a series of eight, introduces the basic concepts and strategies covered in a series of resources designed to teach high schoolers critical thinking skills. The worksheets and activities in this first lesson are designed to ensure that learners have a shared understanding of the meaning of key terms such as critical thinking, arguments, counterarguments, reasons, conclusions, assumptions, and logical fallacies.
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Concepts
social-emotional learning, casel, critical thinking, making decisions, responsible decision-making, arguments, persuasion, persuasive arguments, persuasive techniques, conclusions, supporting details, logical reasoning, deductive reasoning, point of view, perspective, counterarguments, logical fallacies, circular reasoning, evaluating claims, bias
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Instructional Ideas
- Before beginning the series, download and read carefully the teacher reference packet
- Rather than providing students with printed copies of the many colorful worksheets, project the worksheets and have class members respond to the prompts in their journals
Classroom Considerations
- First in a series of eight related resources; however, items five through eight are the Powerpoint presentations for the four lessons
- The series should be completed in order
- Although the worksheets should be printed in color, to save the expense, black and white versions could be used
- The materials may be downloaded in Chinese or English as either a PDF or DOC
Pros
- The 228-page teacher reference includes the text of the lessons, PowerPoints, answer keys, and commentary
- Learners are presented with a series of scenarios and asked to identify key points
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