Making a Case

Perhaps no topic of our time has caused so much controversy, and so much continuing debate, as the issue of evolution.  Since the publication of Darwin's seminal work, On the Origin of Species, in 1859, politicians, school board members, your grandmother, ministers, and maniacs of all stripes have weighed in--knowledgeably and not so knowledgeably--on the rightness or wrongness of this important theory.  Clearly, Darwin ruffled some feathers, and I'm not talking about finches.  This week, we'll focus on just one small section--the conclusion--of this argument, considering how it was written and for whom, and whether it is still relevant today, after over 150 years of scientific development.

MONDAY, 10/29 Focus: Reading Instructional Text (11-12.RI.1,2,3,5)
On the Origin of Species
• read
• respond:  questions

TUESDAY, 10/30 Focus: Reading Instructional Text (11-12.RI.1,2,3,5)
On the Origin of Species
• poster: elements of argument

WEDNESDAY, 10/31 Focus: Reading Instructional Text (11-12.RI.1,2,3,5)
On the Origin of Species
• posters presented
• discussion:  relevance, usefulness

THURSDAY, 11/1 Focus: Reading Instructional Text (11-12.RI.1,2,3,5)
Evolution and Our Inner Conflict
• read
• respond: discussion

FRIDAY, 11/2 Focus: Identifying Fallacies in Argumentation
Logical Fallacies in Argumentation
• overview
• recognition practice