We've all had that experience, the one where we start arguing with …
We've all had that experience, the one where we start arguing with someone and find that we disagree about pretty much everything. When two people have radically different background beliefs (or worldviews), they often have difficulty finding any sort of common ground. In this lesson, students will learn to distinguish between the two different types of background beliefs: beliefs about matters of fact and beliefs about values. They will then go on to consider their most deeply held background beliefs, those that constitute their worldview. Students will work to go beyond specific arguments to consider the worldviews that might underlie different types of arguments.
Students will engage with primary source documents to explore the reasons behind …
Students will engage with primary source documents to explore the reasons behind memorializing people in public art. Students will craft written or oral statements to support an argument in favor of installing a statue of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon, Philo T. Farnsworth, or Brigham Young in National Statuary Hall.
This lesson plan is designed to help students engage respectfully in expressing …
This lesson plan is designed to help students engage respectfully in expressing their opinion in a CER format, research in groups, and discuss and understand the opinions of others thoughtfully. Thumbnail source:https://unsplash.com/photos/DUmFLtMeAbQ
Students will watch clips from CNN's Soundtracks to identify historic details of …
Students will watch clips from CNN's Soundtracks to identify historic details of NASA's Apollo program. Students will then identify poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron's critical view of the Apollo program through his song, "Whitey On The Moon" and participate in a structured academic controversy activity to debate the controversy of the program.
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