Day #1
Objective: Students will identify instances of logical fallacies.
*INTRODUCTION to Logical fallacies*
Please fill in the following definition at the top of your page.
Logical fallacies are parts of a seemingly reasonable argument that, upon close, inspection, turn out to be erroneous or deceptive.
Warm-Up:
Directions: Look at the two animals depicted below. Where did each thinking go wrong? Circle the sentence. Then explain why the animal made the mistake.
Interactive Note-taking:
Day #2
OBJECTIVE: STUDENTS WILL JUSTIFY THEIR CHOICE USING EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT AND KEY CHARACTERISTICS FROM THE DEFINITION.
Instruction Through Modeling: How to Justify an Identification
In this clip, Karen is making the logical fallacy of hasty generalization. By definition a hasty generalization makes assumptions about a whole group of people based on a small or incomplete sample. In this particular instance, Karen's thinking went wrong because she assumes that all inhabitants of Africa are black because that is probably all she has seen. Her limited understanding of the world lead her to make a hasty generalization.
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Partner Time: Work together to strengthen your skill. Jot down your justification for each.
Step#1: Watch the video or read the text.
Step#2: Work together to fill in the charts for each fallacy.
Day #3
Objective: Students will identify the logical fallacies they see at work in the novel, animal farm.
Classwork:
Logical Fallacy Scavenger Hunt for Animal Farm. I put this in google classroom for you.
Sniff out the logical fallacies that you see at work in the novel. Work together but submit your own document.
Day #4
Objective: Students will identify and explain fallacious thinking in a news article.
Warm-Up:
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IDENTIFYING fallacies in articles
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