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Introduction to the TC² conception of critical thinking

Roland Case explains that critical thinking involves making reasoned judgments in problematic situations.
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Where does energy come from?

Students develop important questions about the resources used to generate electricity in Alberta. To begin, students develop the criteria for an important question. Students are then provided with images depicting the resources used to generate electricity in Alberta. After making observations about…
Subjects: Science
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3
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Defining key factors

Students select several pictures that best illustrate six factors—geography, culture, language, heritage, economics and resources—that influence life in a selected community.
Subjects: Social Studies
Grades: 2
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Cause and consequence

Students analyze the causes of an event and determine its impact on future events. They develop an understanding of the importance of distinguishing between cause and consequence; identifying causes and consequences in various situations; and considering these concepts in a variety of circumstances.…
Subjects: Civics, History
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Framing Critical Inquiry Questions and Tasks

Use the practical ideas, examples and templates in this resource to support student inquiry with questions and tasks that effectively promote critical, creative and collaborative thinking. See all of the titles in the Quick Guides to Thinking Classrooms series
Subjects: Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Battle of Balaclava: Valiant effort or fool's folly?

Students interpret William Russell's dispatch at the time of the Battle of Balaclava and Lord Tennyson's poem The Charge of the Light Brigade in light of favourable and unfavourable perspectives on valour. Students then write two editorials—one to support and one to refute—of a s…
Subjects: English/Language Arts, Social Studies, History
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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