Thinking - Critical

Critical thinking that demonstrates a synthesis of ideas and goes beyond personal experience. It also inspires thinking in others that leads to action including new practice and deeper understanding.

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๐Ÿ“ฝ Video ๐Ÿ“œ Worksheet ๐Ÿค” Activity/ Thinking Routine ๐Ÿ”— Website / Link

Practise observing carefully in order to recognize problems

Visible Thinking Routine - See Think Wonder ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

How to increase your powers of observation ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Using a forest setting to learn to carefully observe and question ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

How to observe people ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Visible Thinking Routine - Question Starts ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Gather and organize relevant information to formulate an argument

BrainPop Video and Quiz on Organizing your thoughts ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿ“ฝ

Visible Thinking Routine - What Makes You Say That? ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Quizlet - Facts vs. Opinions ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”

Visible Thinking Routine - Generate, Sort, Connect, Elaborate ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Planning Research for Influencing ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Reading Power - Adrienne Gear ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Recognize unstated assumptions and bias

Test yourself for hidden bias ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Visible Thinking Routine - Generate, Sort, Connect, Elaborate ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Confirmation and Other Biases ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Street Calculus ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Quizlet - Facts vs. Opinions ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”

Weed Out Propaganda - Poster and Activity (Newseum) ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Evidence: Do the facts hold up? - activity which has students check accuracy in a news article (Newseum) ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Source: Can I Trust the Creator? Activity (Newseum) ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Video: Defining Confirmation Bias ๐Ÿ“ฝ

Media Literacy Maven Video: Confirmation Bias ๐Ÿ“ฝ

Influence & Persuasion: Crash Course Media Literacy #6 ๐Ÿ“ฝ

Online Advertising: Crash Course Media Literacy #7 ๐Ÿ“ฝ

Confronting Confirmation Bias ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Sampling Methods and Bias with Surveys: Crash Course Statistics #10 ๐Ÿ“ฝ

24 Cognitive Biases That Are Warping Your Perception of Reality ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”

Interpret data

TED Ed: How to spot a misleading graph ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Weed Out Propaganda - Poster and Activity (Newseum) ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Have students interpret data from the World Health Organisation ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Creating Killer Facts and Graphics ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Planning Research for Influencing ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Evaluate evidence and arguments

TED Ed: 5 Tips to improve your critical thinking ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿ“ฝ

Influence & Persuasion: Crash Course Media Literacy #6 ๐Ÿ“ฝ

Evidence: Do the facts hold up - activity which has students check accuracy in a news article (Newseum) ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Quizlet - Facts vs. Opinions ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”

C.A.R.S. Checklist ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

TED Ed: Why facts don't convince people (and what you can do about it) ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿ“ฝ

TED Ed: Not all scientific studies are created equal - David H. Schwartz ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿ“ฝ

Recognize and evaluate propositions

TED Ed: 5 Tips to improve your critical thinking ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿ“ฝ

Draw reasonable conclusions and generalizations

Visible Thinking Routine - Explanation Game ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

TED Ed: 5 Tips to improve your critical thinking ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿ“ฝ

What Makes You Say That? - The Artful Thinking Palette ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”

Healthy Skepticism: Teaching Students to Use Claim Testers ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Test generalizations and conclusions

A thought provoking video about racism in New York. Little Things are Big: Watch the Story ๐Ÿ“ฝ

Revise understanding based on new information and evidence

321 Bridge Thinking Routine ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”

Evaluate and manage risk

Anonymous Sources in Our Daily News ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Formulate factual, topical, conceptual and debatable questions

Visible Thinking Routine - Question Starts ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”

Consider ideas from multiple perspectives

Facing History & Ourselves - The curriculum focusses on tackling stereotypes and understanding a range of views and opinions. Their curriculum covers difficult issues including the Holocaust and Racism issues in America ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿ“ฝ

Visible Thinking Routine - Circle of Viewpoints ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Newspaper Map ๐Ÿ”—

Develop contrary or opposing arguments

Take part in a debate, using resources from Debatabase ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

BrainPop Video and Quiz - Debates ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿ“ฝ๐Ÿ“ฝ

Facing History: Barometer ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ“œ

Visible Thinking Routine - What Makes You Say That? ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”

Propose and evaluate a variety of solutions

MYP Design Cycle! ๐Ÿ”—

Identify obstacles and challenges

Building a Metacognitive Classroom ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”

Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues

Phet Simulations ๐Ÿ”—

A great podcast for forward thinking - "Masters of Scale: Handcrafted with Airbnb's Brian Chesky" ๐Ÿ“ฝ

Troubleshoot systems and applications

Coding is a great way to teach, as they will have to debug and learn by making mistakes. Students will take part in coding through the Hour of Code (and also through ICT, Robotics and Design sessions) ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿค”

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