Game Changer: Exploring Christ-Centered Critical-Thinking Skills - Teacher Edition

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Copyright: 2023

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This curriculum is designed to teach students the skills they need to approach their thought processes from a biblical and Christ-centered perspective. Students will learn to collect data, analyze data, search for the truth, and think for themselves with the Bible as their guide.

This curriculum is also designed to support the social and emotional needs of today’s teen. Socially, this curriculum helps students and teachers build relationships with specifically designed interactions, activities, and lessons. Positive social interactions require healthy relationships. This curriculum is designed to get students talking to one another by using strategies targeting teamwork, collaboration, compassion, and empathy. Emotionally, students learn strategies to talk about, write about, and control their emotions. Critical-thinking skills are essential to a well-balanced, healthy, social, and emotional life. This curriculum is a back-to-basics guide to teach students to think by emphasizing higher-order thinking skills.

Your students are about to begin a fun adventure to learn critical-thinking skills, which will have a profound impact on their lives. Critical-thinking skills promote independent thinking, wise decision-making, problem-solving, and other life skills that will guide your students through real-life situations. The lessons in this book teach students critical-thinking skills in an engaging, encouraging, and entertaining way. Enjoy the adventure with your students.

 

Each lesson is designed to teach critical thinking skills using 5 Rs:

  •  Receive
  •  Research
  •  Restructure Thinking
  •  Respond
  •  Reflect

In each lesson, the students will:

Receive
People receive information every day in a variety of formats such as a phone, tv, radio, other people, and much more. Students are flooded with information, but what can they and should they do with all this information? The answer, in a lot of cases, is RESEARCH.

Research
Once students receive information, it may require them to conduct research to gain additional information. Research is done in a variety of ways. To research, students may interview, survey, or observe people. They may search for facts in books, journals, or on the Internet. The new information gained should provoke them to RESTRUCTURE their THINKING.

Restructure Thinking
Restructuring their thinking is what happens when students learn new information. Students’ thoughts are influenced by people and situations. Critical thinkers learn to pause when they receive information so they can take time to determine the best course of action to take with that information. After students restructure their thinking, then it is time for them to RESPOND.

Respond
Students receive information, research it, restructure their thinking, and then respond. The order is critical to avoid making hasty mistakes. Responding to the information following research will help students make informed decisions. Sometimes that decision may be not to respond at all, and that may be a very wise decision. After students respond, the last, but not least, step is to REFLECT.

Reflect
Reflecting on the entire process encourages analysis of the information received, the information learned, how thoughts were restructured, and the response to the information. Reflecting on the process will help students determine if their decision was wise or if it could have been improved. Looking back helps students to plan more effectively as they look ahead.

 

Experience is not the best teacher. Evaluating experience is the best teacher. Students must learn to evaluate what they experienced.

The repetition of these 5 R’s throughout the book reinforces the skills needed for students to learn to be critical thinkers who are capable of making wise decisions based on evidence rather than emotion.

Chapter 1: Mission and Vision
Lesson Titles
               Lesson 1: Motivation
               Lesson 2: Core Values
               Lesson 3: Invest in Yourself
               Lesson 4: Your Purpose
               Lesson 5: Your Goals
               Lesson 6: Mission and Vision

Chapter 2: Character
Lesson Titles
               Lesson 1: Right or Wrong
               Lesson 2: The Struggle Is Real
               Lesson 3: Habitual Learner
               Lesson 4: Break Bad Habits
               Lesson 5: Mess Up, Move Forward
               Lesson 6: Keeping Your Word

Chapter 3: Empowerment
Lesson Titles
               Lesson 1: No Excuses
               Lesson 2: Cause and Effect
               Lesson 3: Persuader
               Lesson 4: Fear Not
               Lesson 5: You Can Do It!

Chapter 4: Build Your Brand
Lesson Titles
               Lesson 1: Perspective
               Lesson 2: A New You
               Lesson 3: Time to Change
               Lesson 4: Choose You
               Lesson 5: You Are a Work of Art

Chapter 5: Leadership
Lesson Titles
               Lesson 1: The Leader Within
               Lesson 2: Do You Have an Attitude?
               Lesson 3: Courage
               Lesson 4: Kindness
               Lesson 5: Self-Esteem
               Lesson 6: Leadership in Action

Chapter 6: Perseverance
Lesson Titles
               Lesson 1: Grit
               Lesson 2: Facing Challenges
               Lesson 3: Never Give Up
               Lesson 4: You Are Not Stuck
               Lesson 5: It Is Possible

Chapter 7: Teamwork
Lesson Titles
               Lesson 1: The Value of a Team
               Lesson 2: Building an Effective Team
               Lesson 3: Adding Value to Your Team
               Lesson 4: World Changer

Chapter 8: Critical Thinker
Lesson Titles
               Mission and Vision
               Character
               Empowerment
               Build Your Brand
               Leadership
               Perseverance
               Teamwork
               Critical Thinker

This curriculum is designed to teach students the skills they need to approach their thought processes from a biblical and Christ-centered perspective. Students will learn to collect data, analyze data, search for the truth, and think for themselves with the Bible as their guide.

This curriculum is also designed to support the social and emotional needs of today’s teen. Socially, this curriculum helps students and teachers build relationships with specifically designed interactions, activities, and lessons. Positive social interactions require healthy relationships. This curriculum is designed to get students talking to one another by using strategies targeting teamwork, collaboration, compassion, and empathy. Emotionally, students learn strategies to talk about, write about, and control their emotions. Critical-thinking skills are essential to a well-balanced, healthy, social, and emotional life. This curriculum is a back-to-basics guide to teach students to think by emphasizing higher-order thinking skills.

Your students are about to begin a fun adventure to learn critical-thinking skills, which will have a profound impact on their lives. Critical-thinking skills promote independent thinking, wise decision-making, problem-solving, and other life skills that will guide your students through real-life situations. The lessons in this book teach students critical-thinking skills in an engaging, encouraging, and entertaining way. Enjoy the adventure with your students.

 

Each lesson is designed to teach critical thinking skills using 5 Rs:

  •  Receive
  •  Research
  •  Restructure Thinking
  •  Respond
  •  Reflect

In each lesson, the students will:

Receive
People receive information every day in a variety of formats such as a phone, tv, radio, other people, and much more. Students are flooded with information, but what can they and should they do with all this information? The answer, in a lot of cases, is RESEARCH.

Research
Once students receive information, it may require them to conduct research to gain additional information. Research is done in a variety of ways. To research, students may interview, survey, or observe people. They may search for facts in books, journals, or on the Internet. The new information gained should provoke them to RESTRUCTURE their THINKING.

Restructure Thinking
Restructuring their thinking is what happens when students learn new information. Students’ thoughts are influenced by people and situations. Critical thinkers learn to pause when they receive information so they can take time to determine the best course of action to take with that information. After students restructure their thinking, then it is time for them to RESPOND.

Respond
Students receive information, research it, restructure their thinking, and then respond. The order is critical to avoid making hasty mistakes. Responding to the information following research will help students make informed decisions. Sometimes that decision may be not to respond at all, and that may be a very wise decision. After students respond, the last, but not least, step is to REFLECT.

Reflect
Reflecting on the entire process encourages analysis of the information received, the information learned, how thoughts were restructured, and the response to the information. Reflecting on the process will help students determine if their decision was wise or if it could have been improved. Looking back helps students to plan more effectively as they look ahead.

 

Experience is not the best teacher. Evaluating experience is the best teacher. Students must learn to evaluate what they experienced.

The repetition of these 5 R’s throughout the book reinforces the skills needed for students to learn to be critical thinkers who are capable of making wise decisions based on evidence rather than emotion.

Chapter 1: Mission and Vision
Lesson Titles
               Lesson 1: Motivation
               Lesson 2: Core Values
               Lesson 3: Invest in Yourself
               Lesson 4: Your Purpose
               Lesson 5: Your Goals
               Lesson 6: Mission and Vision

Chapter 2: Character
Lesson Titles
               Lesson 1: Right or Wrong
               Lesson 2: The Struggle Is Real
               Lesson 3: Habitual Learner
               Lesson 4: Break Bad Habits
               Lesson 5: Mess Up, Move Forward
               Lesson 6: Keeping Your Word

Chapter 3: Empowerment
Lesson Titles
               Lesson 1: No Excuses
               Lesson 2: Cause and Effect
               Lesson 3: Persuader
               Lesson 4: Fear Not
               Lesson 5: You Can Do It!

Chapter 4: Build Your Brand
Lesson Titles
               Lesson 1: Perspective
               Lesson 2: A New You
               Lesson 3: Time to Change
               Lesson 4: Choose You
               Lesson 5: You Are a Work of Art

Chapter 5: Leadership
Lesson Titles
               Lesson 1: The Leader Within
               Lesson 2: Do You Have an Attitude?
               Lesson 3: Courage
               Lesson 4: Kindness
               Lesson 5: Self-Esteem
               Lesson 6: Leadership in Action

Chapter 6: Perseverance
Lesson Titles
               Lesson 1: Grit
               Lesson 2: Facing Challenges
               Lesson 3: Never Give Up
               Lesson 4: You Are Not Stuck
               Lesson 5: It Is Possible

Chapter 7: Teamwork
Lesson Titles
               Lesson 1: The Value of a Team
               Lesson 2: Building an Effective Team
               Lesson 3: Adding Value to Your Team
               Lesson 4: World Changer

Chapter 8: Critical Thinker
Lesson Titles
               Mission and Vision
               Character
               Empowerment
               Build Your Brand
               Leadership
               Perseverance
               Teamwork
               Critical Thinker