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      • Assessment 1 >
        • Movie perception test
        • Complete film
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  • Year 9
    • Unit 1 - Bronze Age Greece >
      • End of Unit Test - 1
    • Unit 2 - Classical Greece >
      • End of Unit Test - 2
    • Unit 3 - Ancient Rome >
      • Noviodunum
    • Unit 4 - The early Middle Ages
  • Year 11
    • Warfare - A study through time >
      • Lesson 1 - History?
      • Lesson 2 - Timeline >
        • Warfare - Timeline activity >
          • Students' Timelines 2020
      • Lesson 3 - Medieval >
        • Case Study - 1066 - Battle of Hastings
      • Lesson 4 - Crusades >
        • Case Study - 1271 - Krak des Chevaliers
      • Lesson 5 - New World >
        • Case Study - 1532 - Battle of Cajamarca
      • Lesson 6 - Napoleon >
        • Case Study - 1796 - Battle of Lodi
      • Lesson 7 - Industrial >
        • Case Study - 1859 - Battle of Solferino
      • Lesson 8 - World War 1 >
        • Case Study - 1915 - The Battle of Ypres
      • Lesson 9 - 1930s >
        • Case Study - 1937 - Nanjing Massacre
      • Lesson 10 - Vietnam >
        • Case Study - 1968 - Tet Offensive
    • Matu 1 - The American Revolution >
      • Lesson 1 - The Scientific Revolution
      • Lesson 2 - The Enlightenment >
        • The Enlightenment Test
      • Lesson 3 - Enlightened Monarchs
      • Lesson 4 - Colonising America
      • Lesson 5 - Thirteen Colonies
    • Matu 2 - The French Revolution
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    • Matu 4 - Industrial Revolution >
      • Lesson 1 - Why was Britain First?
      • Lesson 2 - Economics - Agriculture
      • Lesson 3 - Economics - Industry
      • Lesson 4 - Transport
      • Lesson 5 - Social Impact
      • Lesson 6 - Cultural Impact
      • Lesson 7 - Political Impact
      • Lesson 8 - Switzerland >
        • End of Unit Test - Revision
      • Mark Williams - Industrial Revelations
    • Matu 5 - Nationalism >
      • Lesson 1 - Impact of French Revolution
      • Lesson 2 - Napoleon and Vienna
      • Lesson 3 - 1815-48 - Age of Revolution
      • Lesson 4 - Switzerland 1815-48
      • Lesson 5 - Italian Unification - 1830-48
      • Lesson 6 - Italian Unification - 1848-70
      • Lesson 7 - German Unification - 1848-71
      • Lesson 8 - The German Empire >
        • Matu 5 - End of Unit - Revision
      • Jared Diamond thesis
    • Matu 6 - New Imperialism >
      • Lesson 1 - New Imperialism?
      • Lesson 2 - Africa
      • Lesson 3 - Congo
      • Lesson 4 - China
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    • Matu 8 - Russian Revolutions
    • Matu 9 - USA 1919-41 >
      • Quiz - USA 1919-41
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      • Lesson 1 - Intelligence
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      • Assessment 1 >
        • Movie perception test
        • Complete film
Critical

THINKING

Welcome to Critical Thinking, a website designed to support 11e students at Ecole Moser in Nyon and Geneva. 

Critical Thinking is a series of fortnightly lessons ​designed to get students thinking and reflecting on their learning. 

Taught fortnightly, in English to small groups in Nyon and Geneva, 'Critical Thinking' provides students with a taste of the IB Theory of Knowledge Programme. 

​Part One, Semester 1 - 8 weeks
 
Knowledge, knowing and knowers.
What is knowledge and how do we know?
 
Lesson 1 - The knowledge problematic
What is Intelligence?


Lesson 2 - Two minds, two systems
Thinking, Fast and Slow

 
Lesson 3 – Language
Does language limit what I can know?

 
Lesson 4 – Perception
How do I know this is not virtual reality?

 
Lesson 5 – Reason
What is a rational argument?

 
Lesson 6 – Emotion
When should you trust your emotions?

 
‘Assessment’ preparation
​Part Two, Semester 2 - 8 weeks
 
Areas of knowledge.
What is subject knowledge and how and why does it vary?
 
Lesson 7 - History
What is the difference between history and the past?
 
Lesson 8 – Human science
Why are humans so difficult to measure?
 
Lesson 9 – Natural Science
Should you accept what cannot be proven?
 
Lesson 10 – Arts
Who decides what is beautiful?
 
Lesson 11 – Maths
Why are numbers so lovable?
 
‘Assessment’ preparation
The little sister of internationalschoolhistory.net
  • Home
  • Year 9
    • Unit 1 - Bronze Age Greece >
      • End of Unit Test - 1
    • Unit 2 - Classical Greece >
      • End of Unit Test - 2
    • Unit 3 - Ancient Rome >
      • Noviodunum
    • Unit 4 - The early Middle Ages
  • Year 11
    • Warfare - A study through time >
      • Lesson 1 - History?
      • Lesson 2 - Timeline >
        • Warfare - Timeline activity >
          • Students' Timelines 2020
      • Lesson 3 - Medieval >
        • Case Study - 1066 - Battle of Hastings
      • Lesson 4 - Crusades >
        • Case Study - 1271 - Krak des Chevaliers
      • Lesson 5 - New World >
        • Case Study - 1532 - Battle of Cajamarca
      • Lesson 6 - Napoleon >
        • Case Study - 1796 - Battle of Lodi
      • Lesson 7 - Industrial >
        • Case Study - 1859 - Battle of Solferino
      • Lesson 8 - World War 1 >
        • Case Study - 1915 - The Battle of Ypres
      • Lesson 9 - 1930s >
        • Case Study - 1937 - Nanjing Massacre
      • Lesson 10 - Vietnam >
        • Case Study - 1968 - Tet Offensive
    • Matu 1 - The American Revolution >
      • Lesson 1 - The Scientific Revolution
      • Lesson 2 - The Enlightenment >
        • The Enlightenment Test
      • Lesson 3 - Enlightened Monarchs
      • Lesson 4 - Colonising America
      • Lesson 5 - Thirteen Colonies
    • Matu 2 - The French Revolution
    • Matu 3 - Switzerland and Napoleon
  • M1
    • Matu 4 - Industrial Revolution >
      • Lesson 1 - Why was Britain First?
      • Lesson 2 - Economics - Agriculture
      • Lesson 3 - Economics - Industry
      • Lesson 4 - Transport
      • Lesson 5 - Social Impact
      • Lesson 6 - Cultural Impact
      • Lesson 7 - Political Impact
      • Lesson 8 - Switzerland >
        • End of Unit Test - Revision
      • Mark Williams - Industrial Revelations
    • Matu 5 - Nationalism >
      • Lesson 1 - Impact of French Revolution
      • Lesson 2 - Napoleon and Vienna
      • Lesson 3 - 1815-48 - Age of Revolution
      • Lesson 4 - Switzerland 1815-48
      • Lesson 5 - Italian Unification - 1830-48
      • Lesson 6 - Italian Unification - 1848-70
      • Lesson 7 - German Unification - 1848-71
      • Lesson 8 - The German Empire >
        • Matu 5 - End of Unit - Revision
      • Jared Diamond thesis
    • Matu 6 - New Imperialism >
      • Lesson 1 - New Imperialism?
      • Lesson 2 - Africa
      • Lesson 3 - Congo
      • Lesson 4 - China
    • Matu 7 - World War 1
  • M2
    • Matu 8 - Russian Revolutions
    • Matu 9 - USA 1919-41 >
      • Quiz - USA 1919-41
    • Matu 10 - Totalitarian States
    • Matu 11 - World War II
    • Matu 12 - The Cold War
    • Matu 13 - Decolonisation and the Third World
    • Exams and Revision >
      • Oral Practice - May 2020
  • Critical Thinking
    • Semester 1 >
      • Lesson 1 - Intelligence
      • Lesson 2 - Thinking >
        • Lesson 2 - Test 1
        • Lesson 2 - Test 2
      • Lesson 3 - Language
      • Lesson 4 - Senses
      • Lesson 5 - Reason
      • Lesson 6 - Emotion
      • Assessment 1 >
        • Movie perception test
        • Complete film