Becoming a Critical Thinker : A Workbook to Help Students Think Well in an Age of Disinformation

CONTENTS
Preface

Introduction

Part One

THE FOUNDATION:
UNDERSTANDING CRITICAL THINKING

Lesson One: The Academic Selfie

Lesson Two: Says Who?

Lesson Three: Fab Vocab Quick-Write

Lesson Four: The Fact Strainer

Lesson Five: Itch to Fit

Lesson Six: Silent Films

Lesson Seven: Silent Films and Social Issues

Lesson Eight: Headlines and Chyrons

Lesson Nine: Spot the Misinformation!

Lesson Ten: Red Flags Waving

Lesson Eleven: Identity and the Worldview Grid

Lesson Twelve: “I Am From” Poem

Part Two

THE PRACTICE:
GROWING YOUR THINKING SKILLS

Lesson One: Symbolic Dictionary

Lesson Two: Visual Journal

Lesson Three: Reading Widely

Lesson Four: Reading Deeply

Lesson Five: Three Kinds of “Doing”

Lesson Six: Break the Rules

Lesson Seven: Perspective-Taking and Tolerance

Lesson Eight: Coffeehouse Conversations

Lesson Nine: One Memory, Two Stories

Lesson Ten: Clean Communication

Part Three

THE APPLICATION:
LEARNING THE ART OF INTERPRETATION

Lesson One: The Body Inventory

Lesson Two: Framing the Argument

Lesson Three: Radical Difference

Lesson Four: Movie Reviews

Lesson Five: A Lens with a View

Lesson Six: The Art of Interpretation

Lesson Seven: Account for Everyone

Lesson Eight: The Believing Game

Lesson Nine: The Courage to Change Your Mind

Lesson Ten: Open Artificial Intelligence

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