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Games and Activities for Developing

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

THINKING

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WORKBOOK

CRITICAL

What is !

Critical Thinking?

Critical thinking is clear, rational, logical, and

independent thinking. It’s about improving thinking

by analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing how we

think. It also means thinking in a self-regulated and

self-corrective manner. It’s thinking on purpose!

Critical thinking involves mindful communication,

problem-solving, and a freedom from bias or

egocentric tendency. You can apply critical !

thinking to any kind of subject, problem, !

or situation you choose.

About This Workbook

The activity pages in the Critical Thinking

Workbook are meant to be shared and explored.

Use it as an electronic document or as worksheets.

You can either print off the pages and use them as

activity sheets, or you can edit them directly right in

the document on your computer.

There are also Answer Keys for the activities !

that need them provided at the back of !

the book. Now, go get thinking!

Activities for

COMMUNICATION

Use this one for role-playing and interpersonal communication skills. Fill out the character sheet

below to create a persona. Next, the class should be given an historical event or current issue

related to the lesson to discuss. Students should also get some time to do some research, and to

think about how they want to represent their character’s views.

The class will split into groups. What follows will be a 20 min. cafe-style conversation about the

chosen topic. Be sure to practice things like being open-minded and disagreeing respectfully.

COFFEE

HOUSE!

CHAT

Character Name: __________________________ Age: ____ Gender: ________ Marital Status: ____________

Occupation: ______________________________ Education Level: _____ Hobbies: _______________________

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Create a brief background for your character:

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Research notes for your chat:

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Your 10 words:

1.

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2.

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3.

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4.

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5.

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6.

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7.

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8.

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9.

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10.

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Work on some skills using metaphor and choosing words carefully with this fun, challenging exercise.

Imagine you live in a world where there are only 10 words you can ever use. You can repeat them as

much as you want, but you can’t ever use any other words. Write down the 10 words you’d choose.

Next, make sentences with them in order to communicate something to your group. Use feeling and gesture

to help them understand you. You can measure their understanding by writing your actual intended

meaning below the sentence. Remember, you’ve only got 10 words to use, so choose them well!

WORLDLY

WORDS

Create sentences with them here:

1.

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