Critical challenges for primary students : an interdisciplinary collection of critical thinking lessons for students in the primary grades

McDiarmid, Tami, 1960- author.

Book 2007

Critical Challenges for Primary Students (Revised Edition) is a collection of 20 detailed lesson plans inviting kindergarten to Grade 3 children to think critically about a range of topics drawn from Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. The teaching activities are organized around five themes: community/environment, moral dilemmas, teaching and learning from others, human nature, and family. The resource features such challeng...

Item Details & Discovery

Explore Topics & Themes:

Critical thinking Study and teaching (Primary)

Part of a Series:

Critical challenges across the curriculum series, ISSN: 1205-9730 Critical challenges across the curriculum series. ISSN: 1205-9730

View technical details & catalog information

ISBN:

9780864912848
0864912846

Edition:

Revised edition

Description:

xiv, 128 pages : illustrations, forms ; 28 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

Introduction
CRITICAL CHALLENGES
Community/environment
A. Building structures
B. Photo caption
C. Design a community
D. Insect habitat
E. Problem in a picture
Human nature
F. The wolf's "real" character
G. Predicting a winner
H. It's so nice to have a wolf around the house
Moral dilemmas
I. The discovery
J. Rumpelstiltskin and the conditions for kindness
K. Making a difference
L. Right to do wrong
Me and my family
M. My character traits
N. Powerful positive memories
O. Assigning household tasks
P. The trouble with Mama
Learning from others
Q. Powerful questions
R. The value of money

Control Number:

2918628

Other Authors:

Case, Roland, 1951-
Critical Thinking Consortium
Daniels, LeRoi, 1930-
Manzo, Rita, 1955-
McDermid, Maureen
Musselle, Trish, 1968-

View in Classic Catalog