Critical Thinking: Reasoning, Logic & Wisdom

📋 Course Overview

We live in a world absolutely saturated with arguments, opinions, headlines, and claims — and most of them are designed to bypass your thinking, not engage it. This course changes that. Students will master the art of logical reasoning, learn to spot 12+ real fallacies that real thinkers make, evaluate sources with confidence, and build arguments that actually hold up. And here's the secret that makes this course different: the deeper you go into logic, the more clearly you see that truth is not relative — it's rooted in the God who is truth. Faith and reason grow together here, and they make each other stronger.

📚 Course Units — 10 Units · 32 Weeks

• 🧠 Unit 1: What Is Critical Thinking? — Foundations of good reasoning and why it matters
• ⚖️ Unit 2: Logic: Arguments & Evidence — Premises, conclusions, valid vs. sound arguments
• 🚫 Unit 3: Logical Fallacies — 12+ real fallacies: ad hominem, straw man, false dilemma, and more
• 👁 Unit 4: Bias, Perspective & Worldview — How our assumptions shape what we see and believe
• 📰 Unit 5: Information Literacy — Source evaluation, media literacy, and fact-checking tools
• ❓ Unit 6: The Art of Asking Questions — Socratic method and the power of a good question
• 🗣 Unit 7: Rhetoric & Persuasion — How language moves people — and how to recognize it
• ⚡ Unit 8: Ethical & Moral Reasoning — Frameworks for navigating real-world dilemmas
• 🔧 Unit 9: Problem-Solving & Decisions — Structured approaches to complex challenges
• 💡 Unit 10: Creative & Systems Thinking — Thinking beyond the obvious; capstone project

🎓 Grade-Level Depth

📦 Student Receives Each Week

• ✅ Complete lecture notes to follow and annotate in class
• ✅ Student textbook chapter for independent reading
• ✅ Weekly vocabulary list (key terms, self-quiz format)
• ✅ Argument analysis or fallacy-spotting practice set
• ✅ Faith reflection connecting logic to Scripture