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Thinkalong™ is a learning tool designed for middle school students (and can be used at the high school level) to build critical thinking, media literacy and debate skills. Thinkalong™ asks students to put social issues under a microscope by evaluating sources, considering multiple sides of an argument, and engaging in respectful dialogue.
Topic are introduced as questions around a framework for evidence-based discussion with its three-step process, investigate, contemplate, and debate. Students read, watch, and listen to credible news sources, analyze them with a media literacy lens, and debate the question with their peers.
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