About This Lesson
Foolacy.com is a free web app to teach 33 Logical Fallacies. It has a quizzing engine with hundreds of realistic examples for students to practice, and you can assign quizzes.
Engaging illustrations (e.g. Black or White)
Subject
English Language Arts • Media Literacy
Grade Level
Grades 5-12, Higher Education
Attributes
Standards Alignment
Common Core State Standards
Resources
External resources
Standards
Apply grades 9–10 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., “Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning”).
Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence.
Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
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