Ages 9 to 11

The Critical Reader & Thinker

Real-Life Fact, Opinion, Inference, Bias, Claims & Source Awareness

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Pack seven in the Ages 9 to 11 Vocabulary & Language collection. Forty activities that build the habit of asking not just "what does this say?" but "how do I know whether I should believe it?" — claims, evidence, loaded language, headlines, sources, inference and misleading graphs.

What's included

Fact, opinion or claim, and what the claim actually is
Claim or evidence, strong evidence or weak evidence
One example proves nothing, and finding the missing evidence
Headline versus actual information, and clickbait detective work
Loaded words, neutral or loaded, positive or negative framing
Advert or information, "up to", "from only" and absolute claims
What the source knows, who they are, their purpose and audience
Inference with evidence, and why inference is not guessing
What is missing, survey bias and who was left out
Correlation versus cause, and before and after
Two viewpoints, comparing reports, and can both be true
Sponsored content, testimonials, photo evidence, cropping, graphs and averages

Who it's for

Parents and carers of children aged 9 to 11 who want them to question headlines, adverts and online claims calmly and intelligently.