Week 1
Week 1
Determining the Relevance and Students will demonstrate Students will be able to LO 1: Identify the difference LO 1:
Truthfulness of the Ideas critical thinking skills by identify the main ideas and between fact and opinion. o Reading passage with a
mix of facts and opinions
Presented analyzing information from supporting details in a text (e.g., news article with an
a variety of sources. or presentation. LO 2: Analyze the purpose editorial slant)
and bias in information o Graphic organizer to
Students will develop an Students will be able to presented. differentiate between
understanding of bias and distinguish between fact facts and opinions
o Class discussion prompts
perspective in information and opinion in information LO 3: Evaluate the credibility
LO 2:
presentation. presented. of sources.
o Short video clip with a
Students will learn to Students will be able to LO 4: Apply critical thinking clear bias (e.g., political
evaluate the credibility of evaluate the relevance of skills to real-world scenarios advertisement)
sources and information. information to a specific (e.g., evaluating news o Worksheet for
identifying bias and
topic. articles, social media posts,
purpose
or advertisements). o Examples of biased
Students will be able to language
identify potential biases in
information presented. LO 3:
LO 4:
o Real-world examples of
information sources
(e.g., news article, social
media post,
advertisement)
o Case studies for applying
critical thinking skills
o Opportunity for students
to create their own
evaluation criteria