Challenging Beliefs: A Critical Thinking Worksheet
This worksheet helps Grade 6 students develop critical thinking skills by challenging beliefs and evaluating information.
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Challenging Beliefs: A Critical Thinking Worksheet
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Read each section carefully and answer the questions to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you practice challenging beliefs and thinking critically about information.
The Power of Critical Thinking
Every day, we encounter many ideas and opinions. Some come from our friends, family, or teachers. Others come from books, television, or the internet. It's easy to simply accept everything we hear or read as true. However, a very important skill called critical thinking helps us to question these ideas and decide for ourselves if they make sense. Critical thinking means looking closely at information, asking questions, and looking for evidence before forming an opinion or believing something.
Challenging beliefs is a big part of critical thinking. This doesn't mean you have to disagree with everyone all the time! Instead, it means you should think about why someone believes what they do. What evidence do they have? Is their evidence strong and reliable? Are there other ways to think about the situation? When you challenge a belief, you are simply trying to understand it better and make sure it is based on good reasons, not just on habit or emotion. This helps you make smarter decisions and form your own well-supported ideas.
1. What is the main idea of the reading passage?
It's important to always disagree with others.
Critical thinking helps us evaluate information and form our own ideas.
All information we hear or read is true.
Critical thinking is only for adults.
2. According to the passage, what does 'challenging beliefs' mean?
To argue with someone until they agree with you.
To ignore what others say.
To think about why someone believes something and look for evidence.
To only believe things that make you feel good.
1. Critical thinking involves looking closely at information, asking questions, and looking for before forming an opinion.
2. When you challenge a belief, you are trying to understand it better and make sure it is based on good , not just habit or emotion.
1. It is always best to accept everything you hear or read as true without questioning it.
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False
2. Critical thinking helps you make smarter decisions and form your own well-supported ideas.
True
False
1. Think about a time someone told you something that you later questioned. What made you question it? What did you do to find out if it was true?
2. Imagine a friend tells you that a new video game is the absolute best ever and everyone should buy it. What are two critical thinking questions you could ask your friend to challenge this belief?