Critical Thinking
The process of asking questions, forming and supporting opinions, evaluating evidence, and placing issues in a broader context. The ability to think critically can help you sift through the ever-growing amount of information designed to influence what you think, believe, and buy: the Web pages and the emails, the newspaper and the gossip you hear.
Critical Reading Process:
1. Consider what you already know about a topic
2. Identify the main ideas in the text
3. Locate the evidence that supports these ideas
4. ** Evaluate how well the author presents them
Wednesday, December 1
Handout "Analyzing Everyday Life"
Questions:
1. Explain Shaw's quote.
2. Why is expanding our cultural knowledge so important?
3. Define culture. How did Geertz and Hall define it?
4. What is a cultural sign? Provide examples.
5. Why did the author include the comparison between Croatia and the U.S.?
6. Differentiate among popular culture, sub cultures, and high culture.
Thursday, December 2
Discussion on "Analyzing Everyday Life"
Developing topics for research paper
Friday, December 3
Group work and discussion on Television violence (handout reading in class)
Evaluated information
Monday, December 6
Preliminary Research on proposed topic and thesis statement. Thesis statement due Wednesday.
Tuesday, December 7
Taking Notes and Paraphrasing (Handouts) and assignment on paraphrasing to complete.
Wednesday, December 8
Thesis statement due. Requirements for notecards (note-taking).