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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
A Practice Sequence: Identifying Claims
What follows is a series of claims. Identify each one as a claim of fact, value, or policy, and briefly justify your categorizations. Use the space provided to answer each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work. The activities below will help you practice the strategies of observing, asking questions, and examining alternatives. See Chapter 4, Identify Claims of Policy in your book.
1. Images of violence in the media create a culture of violence in schools.
A successful response to this question will consider the concepts reviewed in Chapter 4. Refer to Chapter 4, From Identifying Claims to Analyzing Arguments as you reflect on your response to this activity.
2. Individual votes don’t really count.
A successful response to this question will consider the concepts reviewed in Chapter 4. Refer to Chapter 4, From Identifying Claims to Analyzing Arguments as you reflect on your response to this activity.
3. Despite the 20 percent increase in the number of females in the workforce over the past forty years, women are still not treated equitably.
A successful response to this question will consider the concepts reviewed in Chapter 4. Refer to Chapter 4, From Identifying Claims to Analyzing Arguments as you reflect on your response to this activity.
4. There are a disproportionate number of black males in American prisons.
A successful response to this question will consider the concepts reviewed in Chapter 4. Refer to Chapter 4, From Identifying Claims to Analyzing Arguments as you reflect on your response to this activity.
5. The media are biased, which means we cannot count on newspapers or television news for the truth.
A successful response to this question will consider the concepts reviewed in Chapter 4. Refer to Chapter 4, From Identifying Claims to Analyzing Arguments as you reflect on your response to this activity.