Unit 2

Worldviews in Conflict

Activity

1. Download the document, Reading/Study Guide Unit 2: Chapter 8, Lesson 2.
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3. Read “Skill Power” on page 174 of your textbook.
• Answer the following question in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• How do we tell the difference between fact and opinion?
  
  
4. Decide whether you think the statements in the second column in “Skill Power” are facts or opinions.
• Be sure to think about why you made each decision. What evidence did you have to be sure?
  
  
5. Read page 176 of your textbook.
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• What would this market have looked like? Does it sound anything like our modern day malls?
• What evidence does Bernal Diaz del Castillo use to decide that this market was so good? To what does he compare it?
• Are his comments fact or opinion?
  
  
6. Read the first column of “Analyzing Issues” on page 177 of your textbook.
• This page supplies a means for you to practise your critical-thinking skills to make a decision.
  
  
• Because you will not be discussing this question in a classroom, imagine you are discussing with your family whether you should do some physical activity every day.
  
  
• Use your critical-thinking skills to answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• What might make me say yes? (What are your reasons?)
• What might make me say no? (What are your reasons?)
• What might make me say maybe? (What are your reasons?)
  
  
7. Read the second column of “Analyzing Issues” on page 177 of your textbook.
• Were any of the arguments for yes, no, or maybe similar to yours?
• Remember that critical-thinking involves considering points of view of others carefully before deciding.
• Then, make your decision.
  
• Think about this process when you make decisions in daily life.
  
  
8. When you are finished, proceed to the next page.