Critical Thinking in Grade 10 develops the ability to question assumptions, evaluate evidence, and make logical decisions. Instead of accepting information at face value, learners practice analyzing arguments, detecting bias, and exploring multiple perspectives. This subject emphasizes reasoning, problem-solving, and reflection, showing how Critical Thinking applies to schoolwork, personal choices, and global challenges. Through discussions, case studies, and debates, students learn to approach issues with curiosity, skepticism, and fairness, skills that prepare them for higher education, responsible citizenship, and lifelong learning.
🟢 Starter
- Explore how asking questions deepens understanding.
- Investigate how evidence supports claims.
- Research how stereotypes influence opinions.
- Reflect on why assumptions can be misleading.
- Practice identifying facts versus opinions.
- Explore how advertisements persuade audiences.
- Investigate how emotions affect decision-making.
- Research how rumors spread misinformation.
- Practice evaluating the reliability of sources.
- Reflect on why curiosity is essential for learning.
- Explore how comparisons strengthen arguments.
- Investigate how analogies explain ideas.
- Research how bias appears in news stories.
- Practice questioning information before accepting it.
- Explore how body language communicates unspoken messages.
- Investigate how cultural differences shape viewpoints.
- Reflect on why listening is part of critical thinking.
- Practice sorting strong reasons from weak ones.
- Explore how debates encourage deeper thinking.
- Investigate how logic supports problem-solving.
🟡 Practice
- Analyze how fallacies weaken arguments.
- Explore how statistics can be misleading.
- Investigate how confirmation bias shapes beliefs.
- Research how scientists test hypotheses.
- Practice distinguishing correlation from causation.
- Analyze how propaganda influences societies.
- Explore how historical events show flawed reasoning.
- Investigate how experiments reveal truth.
- Research how critical thinking applies to social media.
- Analyze how perspectives differ across cultures.
- Explore how brainstorming generates solutions.
- Investigate how ethical dilemmas require reasoning.
- Research how debates develop logic skills.
- Analyze how context changes meaning.
- Explore how questioning authority promotes democracy.
- Investigate how false information spreads online.
- Research how problem-solving applies in business.
- Analyze how multiple solutions can exist to one problem.
- Explore how teamwork benefits from critical thinking.
- Investigate how reflection improves decision-making.
🔴 Challenge
- Debate whether all opinions deserve equal weight.
- Research how fake news threatens democracy.
- Analyze how technology affects independent thought.
- Investigate how critical thinking combats prejudice.
- Explore how ethics guide decision-making in science.
- Debate whether truth is absolute or relative.
- Research how critical thinking supports human rights.
- Analyze how conspiracy theories gain followers.
- Investigate how leaders use logic in speeches.
- Explore how climate change debates test reasoning.
- Debate whether emotions should guide decisions.
- Research how philosophy strengthens critical thinking.
- Analyze how media literacy depends on reasoning.
- Investigate how history teaches critical lessons.
- Explore how law courts rely on critical analysis.
- Debate whether creativity and logic are opposites.
- Research how critical thinking shapes innovation.
- Analyze how global conflicts require problem-solving.
- Investigate how schools can improve critical thinking.
- Propose how critical thinking can prepare citizens for the future.
💡 Reflection Question
How can developing Critical Thinking in Grade 10 help you make better decisions, resist misinformation, and solve problems in a complex world?