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Watch ONE of the videos below. After you watch it, write three paragraphs addressing the following:

What was the video about?
What was the most important thing that you learned from the video?
Why do you think critical thinking is important?
The videos come from "The Critical Thinking Academy" (Homepage) (Links to an external site.). In his page, Kevin describes several reasons why critical thinking is important, including for personal empowerment, for your civic duty (such as understanding politician's arguments and fallacies),

CHOOSE ONE:

1. Here is the video from the section called "self-defense" to defend yourself against faulty reasoning from, say, advertisers. Think about why you need to defend yourself against irrational thinking. Provide examples in your response.

http://criticalthinkeracademy.com/courses/what-is-critical-thinking/lectures/51609 (Links to an external site.)
2. In this video, Kevin talks about the role that critical thinking plays in personal empowerment. Provide examples in your response: (If you are having trouble viewing the movie, then do option 1 on self-defense).

3. In this video, Kevin argues that citizens of a democracy have a civic duty to think critically. Explain why in your response. (If you are having trouble viewing the movie, then do option 1 on self-defense).