Thinking about Hate Overview Learning Outcomes Preparation and Materials

www.mediasmarts.ca 22 © 2021 MediaSmarts Thinking about Hate ● Lesson Plan ● Grades 8 – 10 Project slide four and go through the three kinds of dishonest arguments with the class: Arguments that are dishonest about the facts: For instance, including only the facts that support the idea that ’Oumuamua was an alien spaceship and not the ones that give other explanations was a cherry-picking argument. [...] S., the number of that group will always be higher; that by far the largest number of violent crimes against White people were committed by other White people; and that the percentage of violent crimes committed against White people by non-White people is exactly what the proportion of the population would suggest (63% of the U. [...] Depending on how you choose to have them complete the assignment you may grade them on their understanding and application of the dishonest arguments covered in the lesson, the creativity of their arguments, the overall quality of their writing, and the delivery of their presentation to the class. [...] But if you don’t have a good reason to believe that’s the case, assume the facts that you have are accurate.) The Naming Your Terms Argument Using a name or term that requires the other person to accept your point of view or interpretation of the issue. [...] Your argument must use three of the dishonest arguments we have learned about in class: one example of an argument that is dishonest about the facts, one example of an argument that is dishonest about the issue, and one argument that is dishonest about the arguer.