Critical Thinking Lesson Plans and Resources

Teaching students how to think critically means providing strategies and a process to try to make decisions and opinions based on solid information.

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21st Century Social-Emotional Learning Skills – Classroom Activities

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Creativity Lesson Plans

Social Emotional Learning SEL: Critical Thinking Lessons - Bias, Fake News, Point of View, Activities, Handouts - Growth Mindset 6Cs Learning Skills product cover

Critical Thinking Lesson Plans PDF for Middle School / High School vs ChatGPT

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Teaching Collaboration Lesson Plans

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Active Citizenship Lesson Plans , Activities, and Classroom Debates

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Life Skills Lesson Plans / Character Education Lesson Plans

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Communication Lesson Plans

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ChatGPT is Biased. What does that means for Education, International Development, and Policy Making?

How to teach students about ChatGTP through a Critical Thinking Student Debate: Should ChatGPT be Allowed In Schools?

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Should Chat GPT be allowed in schools? Critical Thinking Debate

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Can your students guess how much Amazon made during the pandemic?

Repairing Comprehension

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Repairing Comprehension

Teach students HOW to EVALUATE and THINK CRITICALLY when reading

Evaluating

Service dog not allowed in class: Systemic Discrimination CRITICAL THINKING lesson (Reading Response Article 009)

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Inferring

Building Bridges – Active Citizenship Lesson (Reading Response Article 006)

Are teachers part of the problem with systemic racism in the classroom / education system?

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Making Connections

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Distance Learning Growth Mindset Strategies during Covid-19

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Airplane wheel falls off during takeoff in Canada (Reading Response Article 004)

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Asking Questions Reading Comprehension Strategies

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Small business owner pays it forward by paying overdue utility bills for 36 families over the holidays

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Axe Body Spray has a Florida school bus stopped (FREE Critical Thinking mini-lesson slideshow)

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Aula Comunidad Debates de CIUDADANÍA (Ciudadanía, Empatía, Justicia)

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Critical Thinking on Online Shopping (FREE LESSON for BLACK FRIDAY)

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How to Co-Create Rubrics with Students (cover showing building blocks)

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Citizenship debate: Was Rihanna socially responsible by not performing at the half time show?

Collaboration : Animals working together

Creativity: Despicable Me

Collaboration : Monsters University

Non Verbal Communication Example: For the birds - Five Minute Freebie Mini Lesson

Non Verbal Communication Example: For the Birds

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Slide showing 3 questions about citizenship transferable skills - do you demonstrate citizenship?

Teaching Citizenship is about Teaching Respect, Empathy and Fairness

Citizenship : If the World Were 100

Character : Will Smith

Character : Usain Bolt

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Use Sudoku to teach Growth Mindset and Character Building

Character : The ROCK

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Exploring the 6Cs of Education Fun Activities and Ice Breakers

Exploring the Six Cs – Lesson 1 Fun Activities and Icebreakers Intro

Exploring the 6 Cs of Education Unit – Overview Lesson

FREE CLASSROOM POSTERS connecting marks, levels, and a growth mindset

Communication: The Joey Chestnut Lesson Plan

Creativity: The Slam Dunk Lesson Plan

We are growing and learning all the time…

6Cs for Education and Ontario Learning Skills Report Card Lesson Plan