Appeal to Authority Expansion Pack

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Our Appeal to Authority Expansion Pack inspires kids to spot tricky fallacy traps and misinformation with confidence. This 11-question Expansion Pack add-on to our Appeal to Authority Activity Pack dives deeper into the fallacy with the 1950s when cigarette companies paid doctors to help convince the public that smoking was healthy!

What’s Inside?

• 4 Fallacy Questions: Explore the the fallacy with clear, fun challenges.
• 7 Historical Questions: Uncover what conditions lead to the fallacy developing and its effects.
• Answer Sheet: Easy checks for parents, teachers and kids!

Why Kids Love It:

This pack turns kids into fallacy detectives, blending laughs and learning to question manipulation techniques (e.g. propaganda) and spot misinformation like pros. Perfect for middle schoolers, families, or classrooms, it works with or without our Activity Pack!

How to Use It:

Kids can research answers, making it ideal for homeschooling, tutoring, or family nights. Suits all ages above 8+!

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Personal Use Only: For your use only — not for sharing or reselling.

Curriculum Alignment

This Expansion Pack meets standards of the Australian National Curriculum, US Common Core, and UK National Curriculum by fostering critical thinking, a core aspect of logical fallacies, for Grades 6+ (ages 11+).

Australian Curriculum: Aligns with Critical and Creative Thinking (ACARA, v9.0), promoting analysis and questioning (e.g., AC9E6LA03, Literacy). Questions engage History Inquiry (e.g., AC9HS7S03), encouraging evidence-based thinking for Years 5-8 (ages 10-14).

US Common Core: Supports ELA standards (e.g., CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.8), building argument analysis, and discussion (e.g., CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.2). Suits Grades 5-8 (ages 10-14), fostering critical literacy.

UK National Curriculum: Fits English and Citizenship (Key Stages 2-3, ages 7-14), analysing bias (e.g., Year 6 English) and media influence (e.g., KS3 Citizenship), promoting inquiry-based learning.