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Logic and philosophy

Logic and philosophy · Topics commonly taught around grade 5

Reasons and claims

Unit

Telling the claim someone wants you to accept from the reasons they give for it, and an argument from a report; asking whether a reason is about this claim at all, and how much support it gives; disagreeing about a claim without accusing anyone of lying, and offering a reason on the other side; drawing a small argument map with the reasons pointing up into the claim, and summarizing someone's argument the way they would put it; and making a claim no bigger than its reason, choosing the evidence that would settle a question, and choosing between options for a reason.

Ages 10–11 14 lessons about 13.5 hours in all

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  1. 1 Claims and reasons
  2. 2 A claim, a report, or a reason
  3. 3 When a claim needs a reason
  4. 4 Reasons that reach the claim
  5. 5 Reasons that make a claim stronger
  6. 6 Reasons that do not settle it
  7. 7 Disagreeing without accusing
  8. 8 A reason on the other side
  9. 9 Mapping a small argument
  10. 10 Two reasons for one claim
  11. 11 Summarizing someone fairly
  12. 12 Making a claim more careful
  13. 13 What would settle the question
  14. 14 Making a reasoned choice