Grade 6-12
Critical Thinking
Foundations of logical reasoning and argument analysis
Units
18
Credit
0.5 credit
Weekly Hours
3 hrs
Duration
36 weeks
What You'll Learn
Architecture of Belief
Understand how belief systems are constructed and maintained, and how religious authority has been used to justify power.
Narrative Fallacy & Overton Window
Examine how narratives shape understanding and how the range of acceptable ideas is controlled.
Myth of Neutrality
Challenge the idea that science, technology, innovation, and trade are morally neutral.
Units (18)
1Foundations of Critical Thinking and Historical Analysis2Power, Hierarchy, and Social Structures3Economic Systems and the Role of Money4Assumptions and Evidence: The Key Assumptions Check5Race, Whiteness, and Constructed Hierarchies6Gender, Misogyny, and Patriarchy7Eugenics and Scientific Justification of Oppression8Slavery and Its Legacies9Competing Explanations: ACH and Confidence Calibration10Civil Rights Movements and Resistance11Hidden Histories12Hubris, Moral Failings, and Learning from History13The Architecture of Belief and Religious Power14Thinking About Thinking: Metacognition and Intellectual Virtues15Narrative Fallacy and the Overton Window16Science, Technology, Innovation, and Trade: The Myth of Neutrality17Case Study: The Coherence Assessment, ICD 203 Applied to Executive Action18Case Study: The Classroom Still Works (Under What Conditions)