Conspiracy Theories: Teaching Research
What You Get for FREE
12 weeks of a riotously fun class for 7th-12th grades which are EASILY extended with explanations, vocabulary, homework and group discussion topics are provided to teach
- Concepts, Skills & Methodologies this class will teach your student:
- Critical thinking
- Logic
- Analyzing sources including: reputable, primary, secondary & tertiary sources
- Evaluating credibility, validity & evidence of an argument
- Psychological phenomenon: group think, illusory pattern perception, paranoia, fear, bias & gaslighting
- Sociological Issues: fake news, yellow journalism, censorship & suppression of evidence in cancel culture
- Truth: absolute, relative & subjective
No book is required.
This class is experiential and completely adequate instruction for 7th grade - 12th grade.
Which credits do you want to offer: Speech, Composition, or Research? The class is written as a critical thinking / research class. However, the class can easily be taught as an English class by adding public speaking of students' presentations or by having students turn in research as weekly composition assignments. Grading sheets are included for both those options.
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12 Weeks of Lessons for Group Classes Once per Week with extensions for 24 additional weeks
+ Homework to make a year's worth of high school credit
A final party plan with games and activities the kids put on for themselves
Allow your kids to amaze you and amaze themselves how much and easily they'll learn these skills
Conspiracy Theory Teach the Teacher Lessons
Each week, I'll post a video to walk your co-op teacher or homeschool mom through how to teach that week's lessons. Almost all the ideas are geared toward having 3 or more kids in a group, but many of the ideas can be used in an individual homeschool. These lessons are provided FREE to help other homeschoolers live in the freedom that homeschooling has brought to our family.
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Grading Rubrics
Helpful Items
These are not required for the class, but can be of great help for students during the course of the class.
I have some strong suggestions.
* The flimsey plastic "wrap around" holders tend to explode out as students try and rearrange their research within the box. So I recommend the harder plastic boxes.
* I also recommend a large rubberband so the box doesn't spill and get disorganized when dropped.
+ library card or access to a library
+ access to a computer & the internet
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Table of Contents for the Lesson Plans
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