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In this class, 8th - 12th graders will lay a strong foundation in the important cognitive skills necessary for critical thinking, such as comprehension, analysis, evaluation, construction, creativity, and communication.

Through fun and concrete activities, students will explore topics essential to critical thinking and gain tools that will help them apply critical thinking to their own lives.

The class will explore topics such as:

• Basics of Critical Thinking

• Obstacles to Critical Thinking

• Evaluating Evidence

• Creative Problem Solving

• Ambiguity, Vagueness, and Doublespeak

• Arguments

• Fallacies

• Eyewitness Testimony, Direct and Circumstantial Evidence

  
  
  
  

No textbook required.

This is a 16-week (one semester), high school-level class.