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Critical thinking Common Core RI.7.6 resources
Fake News Unit | Critical Thinking | Media Literacy | Fact Analysis & Research
Teaching students to navigate news and information on mainstream, traditional and social media as critical thinkers is essential in 2024. It is becoming increasingly difficult to separate FACTS and OPINIONS, SATIRE from LIES, and PERSUASION from PROPAGANDA in the "MISINFORMATION:" eraA well-grounded understanding of MEDIA-LITERACY is crucial in stopping FAKE NEWS and RADICALIZATION. And This PROVEN resource will teach your students the skills to identify, analyze and critique information throug
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5th - 10th
Nonfiction Independent Reading Journal - Middle School English
Nonfiction Independent Reading
This reading response resource is interactive and perfect for assessing nonfiction independent reading. Better yet, it covers ALL of the informational text standards! It is easy to use, simple to grade, and can be assigned over and over again for books or articles.
We all know how important independent reading is, but it’s not always easy to hold students accountable without issues such as...#1. Driving yourself crazy with all of the grading involved; #2. Knowing
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6th - 8th
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How to Identify Bias Online Activities Digital Literacy
Just what you need to teach bias! This print and digital resource has everything you need to teach this valuable critical thinking skill in our online world. Ready to use -- includes websites, questions, student notes, practice, and more!Here's what teachers are saying about my digital literacy resources:"Big packet full of so many options. Really gets kids thinking. Thanks for creating exactly what I was looking for.""Great resource to teach students about possible bias when they are rese
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5th - 10th
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Digital Escape Room: Escape the Misinformation Newsroom, Real News vs Fake News
Want to help your middle and high school ELA students learn how to avoid bias, consipiracies, and misinformation online? Escape the Newsroom is a FUN and meaningful activity that helps students to apply two methods of evaluating online sources in a hands-on way. Students learn the SIFT method (Stop, Investigate, Find trusted coverage, Trace to the original) and the CRAP method (Currency, Reliability, Authority, and Purpose). They apply the methods to various websites--some which are completely r
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7th - 10th
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Middle School Interactive Reading Log {Common Core Aligned}
Give your 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students meaningful homework where they can read a fiction or non-fiction text of their choice and apply a wide-variety of reading prompts to the section of the text they read each night. Interactive reading logs provide a necessary bridge between students, teachers, and parents. They were created using the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th reading standards for literature and informational texts. Beyond the Common Core, the reading prompts will ensure that students a
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5th - 8th
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STEM Problem Solving Service Learning Project
Help your students to think critically, develop good character traits, improve our world, and create heartfelt persuasive writing using the 8 components of this project:
Inspirational Quotes
Random Acts of Kindness
Kids Improving Our World Research Project
STEAM Project - Identifying a Real World Problem and working on a Solution
Online Giving Challenge
Oral Presentation
Carousel Presentations & Scavenger Hunt
Comparing Themes with "A Dolphin's Tale
Want to see what this unit includes? I'
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Secret Santa Logic Puzzle: A Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Game
Enjoy this holiday-themed logic puzzle that gets students using critical thinking skills. Five friends have a Secret Santa party. Can your students follow the clues to figure out which gift everyone got and who their Secret Santa was? Perfect for practicing using process of elimination, evaluating evidence, deducing, and mathematical reasoning.This logic puzzle makes a great warm-up activity, filler, or fast finishers activity. It can also be a fun holiday game. Or fit into a unit on critical th
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Holiday Mysteries and Puzzles Bundle: Four Critical Thinking Activities
Middle School Critical Thinking Bundle - April Fool's Day and every other day!
Embark on an intellectual journey with the Middle School Critical Thinking Bundle where logical reasoning and depth and complexity take center stage! Help your students become critical thinkers, not just on April Fool's Day, but every day, developing a habit of careful consideration in how they approach information and decisions.Students in 6th-8th grade will explore topics like Occam's Razor and master the art of taking perspectives in this transformative bundle. Each lesson is crafted to stimu
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5th - 8th
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Critical Thinking Mystery Activity: The Break-In
In this fun mystery activity, students have to follow the clues to figure out why criminals broke into a store, but took nothing! Why did this happen? What's the real crime? This is a great way to teach and practice critical thinking skills as your students practice their reading skills and use their logic skills.Also available as a PowerPoint presentation or Google Slides.What is a Clue by Clue Mystery?It's a great warm-up, filler, or time killer for early finishers. Students are given a myster
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Complete Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Printable Activity Bundle
7th Grade TEKS Social Studies: Texas History | Units 1 to 6 | VALUE Bundle!
7th Grade TEKS Social Studies: Texas History Units 1 to 6 VALUE BUNDLE is PERFECT for those teaching their 7th grade social studies students all about Texas History! These amazing resources come COMPLETELY READY for BOTH in-person and online digital classroom learning (via Google Apps)! These incredible resources were designed specifically for the 7th Grade Social Studies TEKS Standards and will save you **HOURS** of your time!BE SURE TO CLICK ON THE PRODUCT PREVIEW TO GET AN EVEN BETTER IDEA OF
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7th
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Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
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5th - 12th
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Murder by Appointment: Critical Thinking Mystery PowerPoint Edition
In this mystery activity that encourages discussion and critical thinking, a woman tells a rival CEO she will kill her at a specific time and day. The rival CEO is indeed found dead, but the alleged killer has the perfect alibi. She was across town at a party! How did she do it? Can your students use their reading strategies, critical thinking, and logical reasoning to analyze the evidence and figure it out?The PowerPoint format makes it easy to share face-to-face in class, with large audiences,
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Critical Thinking Mystery Game: Clue by Clue PowerPoint Bundle
Longfellow's "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere": Poem, Worksheet, and Answer Key
Students can "take a ride" to gain a perspective of this famous patriot as well as a variety of poetry characteristics (alliteration, figurative language, mood ) as they answer 15 relevant questions. It's all in one: the poem (with numbered verses for easy access to lines), the worksheet, and a detailed answer key. This printable is so versatile that it can be used as an individual, pair, or group assignment as well as an in-class or homework assignment.
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5th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Missing Jewel: Critical Thinking Mystery PowerPoint Edition
In this brainteaser riddle that encourages discussion and critical thinking, a man gets a new job. He immediately mails himself two letters. When he receives the letters, he throws them away without opening them. Why did he do this? Can your students use their reading strategies, critical thinking, and logical reasoning to analyze the evidence and figure out the reasoning of this character based on a true story?The PowerPoint format makes it easy to share face-to-face in class, with large audien
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7th - 11th
Also included in: Critical Thinking Mystery Game: Clue by Clue PowerPoint Bundle
The Missing Jewel: Critical Thinking Mystery PowerPoint Edition
Can you students solve this mystery by reading the clues, applying their reading strategies, inferring, and critical thinking skills? In this mystery activity that's perfect for groupwork or pairwork, a woman has her jewels stolen on her wedding day from the basement of the church. There are two suspects, but which one did it?The PowerPoint format makes it easy to share face-to-face in class, with large audiences, or in online classes. You can also easily import it in Google Slides and use it in
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Critical Thinking Mystery Game: Clue by Clue PowerPoint Bundle
Loch Ness Monster Mystery - Occam's Razor - Critical Thinking - Middle School
Loch Ness Monster Mystery - Occam's Razor - Critical Thinking - Middle School (5th - 8th Grade)Looking for a quick, engaging lesson plan that fosters critical thinking skills in your students? Look no further! Help your students become critical thinkers, with depth and complexity, not just on April Fools' Day, but every day, developing a habit of careful consideration in how they approach information and decisions.Our Occam's Razor-inspired lesson plan offers a captivating addition to your exist
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5th - 8th
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Information Literacy and Website Evaluation Unit Lessons--Secondary Students
One of the most challenging things I found to teach my secondary students was website evaluation. Clearly, students need this digital literacy skills, but with so many “tests” to apply to sites, which are actually useful, accurate, or helpful?Based the book Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News by Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins, these information literacy and website evaluation lessons and activities can help students learn how to critically examine web
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7th - 12th
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Demystifying Deception: Critical Thinking with the Strawman Fallacy 5-8th grade
On the hunt for an engaging lesson plan that hones critical thinking skills in your students? Your search concludes here! Help your students become critical thinkers, with depth and complexity, not just on April Fools' Day, but every day, developing a habit of careful consideration in how they approach information and decisions.Our Straw Man Fallacy-inspired lesson plan offers an insightful addition to your existing curriculum, and can be used as a whole-class activity, for supply plans, in hom
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5th - 8th
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They Saw WHAT? - Pareidolia - Critical Thinking - Depth and Complexity
They Saw WHAT? A Face on Mars! (5th - 8th Grade)Looking for a lesson plan that can help your students develop critical thinking skills? Look no further! Our Pareidolia lesson plan is perfect for your whole class, supply plans, homeschooling, gifted and extended programs, or as a center to have students “think about their thinking” when analyzing or reflecting in literacy, science, or even in interpersonal conflicts.Included:lesson planlearning goals6 worksheets that walk students through what pa
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5th - 8th
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Fables of the Mind - False Memories Understood - Critical Thinking - 5th-8th
Unraveling the Threads of Memory! (6th - 8th Grade)Are you on the lookout for an engaging lesson plan that not only supports critical thinking with depth and complexity, but also helps students in their interpersonal conflict management skills? Look no further! This lesson on False Memories is a MUST, as it brings humility and understanding to difficult situations.Our False Memories lesson plan is designed for seamless integration into your existing curriculum, and is easily used as a whole-gro
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4th - 8th
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A Suprise for the Boss: Critical Thinking Mystery Activity
In this mystery activity that encourages discussion and critical thinking, the CEO of a company invites some employees to his birthday party. During the party, a statue from his art collection goes missing. Who did it and why? Can your students use their reading strategies, critical thinking, and logical reasoning to analyze the evidence and figure it out?This is a printable PDF edition designed to be used in the classroom for pairwork or in small groups. However, it can also be adapted for indi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: The Complete Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Printable Activity Bundle
Daily Mind Builders: Social Studies - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 137-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing social studies themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essent
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5th - 12th
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Not Eligible for Return: Making and Evaluating Tough Decisions
A family buys their son a hoverboard from Amazon for Christmas. The family did not realize they purchased a counterfeit hoverboard from a third-party vendor. The hoverboard caught fire and their house burned down. Who should be responsible?"Not Eligible for Return" includes:- Teacher's Guide- PowerPoint presentation-Student Sheets available as Word Documents AND editable PDFMiddle school students LOVE drama so use it to engage your students in critical thinking!Check out our other holiday lesson
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: *Bundle* thinkLaw First Semester Holiday Bundle
Informational Text Analysis Task Cards | Guided Reading for any Non Fiction Text
Are you looking for a way to help you students dig in to a non-fiction text in a way that will promote long term comprehension? You've come to the right place. I use these cards in a variety of ways in my classroom and have witnessed them to be effective time and time again. Once while using these cards, I had a student say "I don't understand the point. Why do Have to write down the numbers? The only numbers I see are dates." I responded, "Great! Document those dates on your graphic organizer!
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5th - 12th
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