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Think for Yourself: The Ultimate Guide to Critical Thinking in an Age of Information Overload


School year: Year 7, Year 8, Year 9

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No. of pages 160

Published: 2020

Great for age 7-14 years

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Middle school is a time of change, when things begin to look different and assumptions start to be questioned, and today more than ever it's tough to know what to believe. This unique and timely book won't tell you what to thinkthat's up to you!but it will show you how to think more deeply about your own life and current events. Covering a wide range of subjects affecting the world today, including human and animal rights, social media, cyber bullying, the refugee crisis, and more, THINK FOR YOURSELF will help you to learn how to ask questions, analyze evidence, and use logic to draw conclusions, so you can solve problems and make smart decisions.Each chapter of the book covers one key step in the critical thinking process, and includes a real-world example to help convey the importance and relevance of every step:Ask Questions: If you want to be a critical thinker, it helps to be curious. It's normal to wonder about the world around us. Some questions are big, and some are small. Sometimes questions can spark debate and argument. All critical thinking starts with at least one question.Gather Evidence: First, find informationfrom making observations to interviewing experts to researching a topic online or in books. Then make connections and draw conclusions.Evaluating Evidence: Smart thinkers evaluate the importance, accuracy and relevancy of the information they gather.Getting Curious: Consider other points of view, examine your own point of view, understand the power of emotion, and practice empathy.Draw Conclusions: The final step in the critical thinking process, this is based on reason and evidence. Revisit your original question, review the evidence and what you've learned, and consider your values. And remember: critical thinking doesn't stop when you've reached a decision. Learn how to discuss and debate other points of view. Then keep growing. Sometimes you might change your mindthat's OK, too!Featuring profiles of real-life inspiring young critical thinkers from around the world, checklists, quizzes, and activities, THINK FOR YOURSELF is a clever and fun illustrated guide that teaches middle schoolers that even young people can make a difference in the world just by thinking smart and understanding.INCLUDES:Your Turn: activities to help connect ideas to readers' livesQuizzesProfiles of inspiring young critical thinkersA Reading List for Young ThinkersTeacher's guidesPlus a table of contents, index, and glossary for easy searching

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 6th grade-8th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 11-14 years.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published in 2020 by Sourcebooks, Inc .

Aaron Meshon illustrates and designs for editorial, advertising, products, and books around the world. He's the author and illustrator of the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor winning Take Me Out to the Yakyu , as well as Tools Rule! Aaron lives with his wife and their French bulldog, Chubu, in Brooklyn, New York.