Review that list of the "Top 10 Critical Thinking Skills."
Apply at least five (5) of the Top 10 Skills to any important issue that has made the news in the past year (e.g., something related to the elections, the Orlando nightclub massacre, etc. And it doesn't have to be from U.S. news). If you were teaching a class on what makes a good critical thinker (as you did in your first assignment), how would you break down this issue? What are the questions that you would raise? What are the biases that emerge? Anything peculiar about the way (or reason) the media has covered this story? Is the issue presented with or missing context? Are certain fallacies being deployed, and if so, for what reasons? Can you read between the lines on anything being said or not being said? What other of the skills can you use to help us understand what's going on here? So again, and basically, I want you to teach a lesson on critical thinking that comes from your observations about any or all aspects of the story/issue.
Top 10 List of Critical Thinking Skills
1. Asking relevant questions
2. Detecting bias
3. Checking our own "frame of reference" and assumptions
4. Placing issues in proper context
5. Being consistent with logic and reasoning
6. Recognizing the use of rhetoric and being able to read between the lines
7. Understanding how fallacies are used
8. Identifying alternative arguments
9. Making distinctions between facts/evidence and unfounded claims
10. Using all of these skills to find alternatives and solutions to social problems.
Please show what sources of information you used (nothing too formal, just a quick parenthetical citation of the assigned articles, film, etc.). You may even use outside sources).