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12th grade critical thinking handouts for Microsoft Word
Infographic Creation Mini Unit & Assignment
Infographics are great tools to get students processing and contextualizing the information that they research while allowing them to creatively convey what they’ve learned. This makes them perfect for any class! This assignment was designed to teach students about the core concepts of infographic texts, how to make the basic visualizations (graphs, flow/pie charts, tables, titles, etc.) that comprise them, and how to incorporate them all together into a layout that conveys information for a sin
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Critical Thinking Toolkit: DESIGN SPRINT (Design Thinking Activity)
Give your classes the critical thinking tools and frameworks they need to think through big, complicated issues, as well as training them to reflect on their own thinking patterns and behaviours!Design Sprints are creative problem-solving tools for moving your student’s thinking forward a lot in a small amount of time (1-2 hours) by taking them through a series of timed brainstorming, feedback, and iteration sessions. The logic behind them is that it’s better to test and figure out all the thing
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE
Movie Questions- Freedom Writers
I typically do not watch movies in my classroom, but this movie is excellent when paired with our required reading of Nikki Grime's Bronx Masquerade. There are three days of watching and responding. The movie times for each day is located on the top of the pages that correspond to the showing of the DVD.
If you are not reading the paired book, you may make any changes needed.
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10th - 12th
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The Critical Thinking Toolkit: HEXAGONAL THINKING
Give your classes the critical thinking tools and frameworks they need to think through big, complicated issues, as well as training them to reflect on their own thinking patterns and behaviours!Hexagonal Thinking is an analysis and facilitation tool that gets individuals, pairs, or groups to make connections between ideas, themes, terms, people, places, and just about anything else they can think of. It generally involves arranging hexagonal tiles together in a ‘web’ or mosaic. The only real ru
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE
Wacky Wordies Word Puzzles
This is six-page handout of Wacky Word puzzles. These puzzles are great activities for either the first day of class or the last day of class.
These puzzles challenge students to use higher level thinking skills to put together common phrases.
This entire handout includes over 150 Wacky Word puzzles and an answer key for all puzzles.
Great for grades 7th -12th. These are great to fill those 10-15 minute gaps in a classroom or as extra credit for students. They are challenging and fun to do
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8th - 12th
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Jury Duty Experience Activity Twelve Angry Men
This activity is excellent for teaching students about the jury system and reasonable doubt. I use this activity before I teach the play, Twelve Angry Men. This would be an excellent activity for students to work in groups to decide whether or not the person on trial is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. My students love it.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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THE LEADERSHIP BUNDLE
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Guest Speaker Reflection Sheet
This is a simple half page sheet to allow students to stay engaged during a guest speaker lecture. It can be used as a reflection on the lesson or an exit ticket. Its easy for students to use and for you to grade.
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5th - 12th
IQ Test (teaching students to follow directions)
This is a fake test that simply asks students to read ALL questions before answering anything. The final question asks them to turn in the paper for 10 extra credit points if there is no writing or erase marks on the paper. There are questions such as: "write your middle name", or "solve for X when 4 - X = 2". Can be easily modified for any grade level. It is a fantastic way to remind students of the importance of following directions. Works for high schoolers and adults, too!I remember my
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Project: Creating Your Own Theme Park
This handout details the project based learning activity Creating Your Own Theme Park. The handout includes detailed instructions to guide your students in the creation of their own theme park. A detailed project rubric is included.
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9th - 12th
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CCSS:
Current Event Form with rubric
Assign students current events using this form. Students use it to fill in important information and get them involved in what is going on around the world. The document is two pages and includes a grading rubric at the bottom of the second page.
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6th - 12th
How to Write Your Name in Negative Space
Students young and old love the magical appearance of their name in negative space.
This wonderful worksheet illustrates every step necessary to help your students create their own name in Negative Space. Both written descriptions and easy to follow visuals will guide your students through the multi-step process, eliminating the need to reteach and trouble-shoot the steps necessary as they are all spelled out here. This project is perfect for students in the upper elementary, middle school, hi
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Debate- Basic Argumentation and Fallacies Unit Packet
This is my introductory unit packet for my Debate class. It prompts bellwork assignments, explains several fallacies, provides opportunities for practice, previews a formative project, as well as outlines basic information on sources and argument structure. There are answer keys provided at the end.
This is great for a debate class or even for a debate team to use in between competition preparation!
I use this packet for a 2 week unit in class. You could use an abbreviated pacing or you could
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Critical Thinking Toolkit: VIEWPOINTS & PERSPECTIVES MODELS
The purpose of Perspective Modelling is to help people to develop the viewpoints or perspectives of other people (and themselves!). Being able to see multiple perspectives is a key component of critical thinking and is a useful tool in any classroom. This tool makes us pause and reflect on why certain people, groups, characters, etc. think what they think, and believe the things that they believe. It forces us to map out the idea, and then the justification of the idea, so that we can come to un
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE
Sound and Valid Arguments, Logic, Philosophy Intro, Handout and Worksheet
This can be used for an introduction to Philosophy, Logic, or even a debate class. There is a two page handout that explains what a valid and sound argument are (includes an explanation of the two terms as well as examples). Pages 3, 4 and 5 are an individual student worksheet, in which the student will examine a handful of arguments and determine whether or not they are sound and/or valid. Page 6 is the answer key.I find it most useful for students to use this material as follows: read the hand
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9th - 12th
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How to Write a Thesis Statement for a Research Paper on a Controversial Issue
You've assigned a research paper on a controversial issue, and your students have selected their topics. Gathering information on that topic is the easy part. What often proves difficult--for teachers to convey and for students to understand--is what to do with that information. That's where this handy, very effective, tool will help. It's a two-page handout that clearly explains the "how to" of generating a thesis statement for a research paper, one in which students are expected to take a posi
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9th - 12th
Film Study: The Blind Side (Ethics / Character Education / Life Skills)
Teacher Information:These film studies provide a 'real-world' mirror for students to engage in ethical issues and personal life stories within a classroom setting. The handout itself allows opportunity for students to move beyond the theoretical discussion that so often happens in our classrooms into moments of ethical evaluation, self-reflection and value discernment. As an educator, I have found that these film studies have given voice to students' stories that would otherwise be unheard. A
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Ethical Film Study Bundle: Most Popular
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING: 5 Self-Reflection Activities & Assignments
Get your students using Self-Reflection to improve their lives inside and outside your class! Self-reflection is an essential skill that involves examining one's actions, thoughts, emotions, and behaviors with a critical and introspective mindset. It plays a crucial role in personal growth, emotional intelligence, and overall well-being, and it really should be taught in schools as both a personal and an academic tool.This package includes five different self-assessment activities/tools/projects
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING BUNDLE
Diagnosis Series Handout
This handout was made to go with the show "Diagnosis" on Netflix. It is great for a Friday activity. Students must follow along with the show to identify chief complaint, signs, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment along with patient medical history.
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9th - 12th
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Brain Games Season 2 Documentary Student Handout All Episodes
Season 2 of Brain Games consists of 12 episodes, 22 minutes each. This bundle has an individual handout for each episode. The questions are engaging and allow students to think about the main ideas in the documentary.
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7th - 12th
The Critical Thinking Toolkit: GROUP READING ACTIVITIES
GET YOUR STUDENTS THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT WHAT THEY READ!People often use the term ‘critical thinking’ synonymously with ‘decision making’. While it’s understandable how this confusion occurs, they do overlap in many ways, critical thinking is something that actually happens well before decisions get made. It’s often the thing that allows us to interpret the information needed to make good, critically thought-out decisions. This package is designed to get your students to think critically abo
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING: Priority Lists
Get your students organized (or, better yet, get your students to organize themselves!!!)Most people use lists to keep an eye on everything they've got going on, but lists alone don't actually build organizing capacity in our students!A Priority List is a structured list of tasks, activities, or goals set in order of their importance or urgency. It involves categorizing and ranking tasks based on their significance and the time-sensitive nature of their completion, and it helps people manage the
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING BUNDLE
Alg 2 -- Creating Conics -- Parabola
This is an activity where students work in pairs, read & follow instructions, to create an parabola on paper or waxed paper. Working together, they discover the parts of the parabola. There are also questions to answer so that each pair can discover properties of the parabola. There are similar lessons available for the hyperbola, and ellipse.
Creating A Hyperbola
Creating An Ellipse
I use this lesson as the students first introduction to each conic, then give a lesson the next day. Thi
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Alg 2 -- Creating Conics -- The Hyperbola
This is an activity where students work in pairs, read & follow instructions, to create a hyperbola on paper or waxed paper. Working together, they discover the parts of the hyperbola. There are also questions to answer so that each pair can discover properties of the hyperbola. There are similar lessons available for the parabola, and ellipse.
I use this lesson as the students first introduction to each conic, then give a lesson the next day. This makes it easier for the students to un
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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