{"id":150,"date":"2021-06-25T16:45:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T20:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/crt-100\/?page_id=150"},"modified":"2023-03-28T08:54:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:54:16","slug":"week-8-evaluating-and-constructing-arguments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-0507-spring23-prof-barnes-asynch\/week-8-evaluating-and-constructing-arguments\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 8: Evaluating and Constructing Arguments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Activity 1: Argumentative essay assignment<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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What issues do you care about? <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We are beginning to work on the argumentative essay. Please review the guidelines<\/a> and let me know if you have any questions.<\/p>\n\n\nArgumentative-Essay-Packet-CRT-100-WI<\/a>\n

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Please note that this document is 4-pages long. Click on the arrows on the bottom of the page to see the next page.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activity <\/strong>2: What does the work “research” mean? <\/h1>\n\n\n\n

What does successful research look like? What are reliable sources? How can we distinguish them from the unreliable ones?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the argumentative essay, you will access a database called the CQ Researcher and\/ or Opposing Viewpoints.<\/a> This is where I ask that you find\u00a0at least 2<\/strong>\u00a0of the\u00a03 sources<\/strong>\u00a0you use in the final essay.\u00a0You can find all your sources here too.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nresearch guidelines<\/a>\n\n\n\n

Activity 3: Take quiz 5 on Blackboard<\/a>.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Activity 4: Check out the advocacy toolkit:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Who will you try to convince to think or to do something? <\/p>\n\n\nAdvocacy-toolkits<\/a>\n

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Activity <\/strong>5: Check out the essay topics<\/a>. <\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Select one of them. Please note that you need to be logged into the database to view the topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activity <\/strong>6: Submit Summary and Response assignment on Blackboard<\/a>. <\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Summary and Response 250 words +<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once you conduct some research on your topic for the argumentative essay, select one article from CQ Researcher and do the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n