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March 30, 2016 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Critical Thinking

A couple of quick announcements: First, you can read an interview with yours truly here. Second, an additional lesson plan and check-for-understanding quiz was just added to the Critical Voter curriculum page (the rest will be available soon). And, finally, next week – from April 4-8 – the Kindle version of Critical Voter will be […]

Critical Voter Curriculum

March 1, 2016 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Critical Thinking

It’s Super Tuesday so, as promised, the Critical Voter curriculum is now available for teachers to use to integrate critical thinking lessons based on material from Critical Voter and this Critical Voter web site into their lessons. Speaking of lessons, I also started to put together lesson plans that include goals, vocabulary, resources and suggested […]

Dead Judges and Self-Publishing at Critical Voter

February 29, 2016 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Critical Thinking

Justice, Inconsistency and Self-Publishing at Critical Voter.

Some Critical Voter Updates

February 17, 2016 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Uncategorized

I’ve added a few more pieces on Critical Thinking and the US election to the Critical Voter site. Stop by if you’re interested in finding answers to the following questions: Who predicted Donald Trump’s Iowa loss 2500 years ago? Does it make sense to settle an important election with a coin toss? How seriously should […]

Donald Trump and His Critics (from Huffington Post)

February 2, 2016 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Critical Thinking

I just revived my Huffington Post column and thought Critical Voter readers might want to hear what I’m saying over there about this year’s most talked-about (mostly by himself) Presidential candidate: When I told friends, colleagues and family members that I was turning Critical Voter, a curriculum that used the last Presidential election as a […]

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