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True for Who?
This strategy aims at exploring claims and truth from different perspectives.
True for Who?
Summary
This strategy helps students imagine how an issue looks from different points of view and how these different viewpoints might influence the stances people take in varying and different situations.
Procedure
Begin by discussing what situation the claim or argument was made in, who made it, what were the interests and goals of the people or characters, and what was at stake for each.
Make a comprehensive list of all the varying points of view that could be taken.
Choose a point of view and imagine how a person with this viewpoint might take it. Would s/he/they think the claim is true, false, uncertain? Why?
In a circle, have your students dramatically speak as if they were speaking from the point of view they chose.
After all of the students have had a chance to share the point of view they chose, have them consider everything they heard. What is their conclusion? Do they have new ideas or questions? What have they learned about different perspectives?
Project Zero. (2019). Step In - Step Out - Step Back. Retrieved May 13, 2021, from http://pz.harvard.edu/thinking-routines
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Placement In Lesson
- Evaluate/Assessment
- Explain/Closing
- Explore/Learning Activity
- Extend/Additional Learning Activity
Intention/Purpose
- Active Engagement
- Analyze
- Brainstorming
- Compare & Contrast
- Critical Thinking
- Elaborate
- Evaluate
- Identify
- Interpret
- Recognize
- Speak & Listen
- Summarize
- Synthesize
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