{"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":"2023-03-28T08:55:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:55:14","slug":"week-8-evaluating-and-constructing-arguments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/week-8-evaluating-and-constructing-arguments\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 8: Evaluating and Constructing Arguments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity 1: Argumentative essay assignment<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:321px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2017\/10\/27\/20\/10\/art-2895425_1280.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">What issues do you care about? <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">We are beginning to work on the argumentative essay. Please review the <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2906\/2023\/03\/Argumentative-Essay-Packet-CRT-100-WI.pdf\">guidelines<\/a> and let me know if you have any questions. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2906\/2023\/03\/Argumentative-Essay-Packet-CRT-100-WI.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Argumentative-Essay-Packet-CRT-100-WI<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Activity <\/strong>2: What does the work &#8220;research&#8221; mean?  <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;color: black\">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<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino;color: black\">For the argumentative essay, you will access a database called the CQ Researcher and\/ or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qmn8wWAIl2k&amp;t=57s\">Opposing Viewpoints<\/a>. This is where I ask that you find\u00a0<strong>at least 2<\/strong>\u00a0of the\u00a0<strong>3 sources<\/strong>\u00a0you use in the final essay.\u00a0You can find all your sources here too.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1763\/2021\/07\/research-guidelines.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">research guidelines<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity 3: Take quiz 5 on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ssologin.cuny.edu\/cuny.html?resource_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbbhosted.cuny.edu%252F\" target=\"_blank\">Blackboard<\/a>. <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity 4: Check out the advocacy toolkit.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Who will you try to convince to think or to do something? <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2906\/2023\/03\/Advocacy-toolkits.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Advocacy-toolkits<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Activity <\/strong>5: Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.cqpress.com\/cqresearcher\/toc.php?mode=cqres-procon\">essay topics<\/a>. <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Select one of them. Please note that you need to be logged into the database to view the topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Activity <\/strong>6: Submit Summary and Response assignment on <a href=\"https:\/\/ssologin.cuny.edu\/cuny.html?resource_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbbhosted.cuny.edu%252F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blackboard<\/a>. <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-374\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1763\/2021\/07\/backgrounds-textures-abstract-creative.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2906\/2021\/07\/backgrounds-textures-abstract-creative.jpg 910w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2906\/2021\/07\/backgrounds-textures-abstract-creative-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2906\/2021\/07\/backgrounds-textures-abstract-creative-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2906\/2021\/07\/backgrounds-textures-abstract-creative-570x380.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Summary and Response 250 words +<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you conduct some research on your topic for the argumentative essay,&nbsp;select one article from CQ Researcher and do the following:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>provide a brief summary of the article, including the main idea and supporting details<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>respond to the article: why you selected it, what you learned, how you might use it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NO REPLIES TO CLASSMATES NEEDED <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Activity <\/strong>7: Deductive and Inductive arguments<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn about <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/critical-thinking-crt-100-054w-spring-2023-prof-barnes-asynchronous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1763\/2021\/07\/Deductive-and-Inductive-Arguments.pptx\">Deductive and Inductive Arguments.&nbsp;<\/a>Think about the structure of an argument as it applies to your summary and response assignment, as well as you begin formulating your own argument for the upcoming essay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity 8: Review arguments<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Review what you learned about deductive and inductive arguments by watching this YouTube video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CRITICAL THINKING - Fundamentals: Deductive Arguments\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3jvQrpVQaYM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Activity <\/strong>9\/ Optional: Extra credit post <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Extra Credit Discussion Board Post on arguments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activity 1: Argumentative essay assignment We are beginning to work on the argumentative essay. 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