The Art of Argument, Teacher's Edition

by Joelle Hodge, Christopher Perrin, Aaron Larsen

The Art of Argument Teacher's Edition includes answer keys and reproducible quizzes corresponding to The Art of Argument student text. The greatly expanded Art of Argument Teacher's Edition now includes the entire student text, answers to all exercises, and new chapter and unit tests Junior high aged students will argue (and sometimes quarrel), but they won't argue well without good training. Young teens are also targeted by advertisers with a vengeance. From billboards to commercials to a walk down the mall, fallacious arguments are everywhere you look. The Art of Argument was designed to teach the argumentative adolescent how to reason with clarity, relevance and purpose at a time when he has a penchant for the ''why'' and ''how'', and now, this new revision is designed more than ever, to equip and sharpen young minds as they live, play, and grow in this highly commercial culture. As always, this course teaches students to recognize and identify twenty-eight informal fallacies, and now this eye-catching text includes over sixty slick and clever, ''phony advertisements'' for items from blue jeans to pick-up trucks, which apply the fallacies to a myriad of real life situations. Classical Academic Press Educators will find all curricula by Classical Academic Press to be created with four important attributes. Each product is classical, creative, relevant, and easy to use. As our company name implies, you will find that we publish classical books and media, seeking to acquaint students with the best that has been thought and said. We also design and present our products with creativity and zest, from beautiful illustrations to engaging storytelling, ensuring that the classical subjects being taught are anything but boring. Areas we publish in -Latin
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Genres: Logic

298 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[L · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Teri · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Art of Argument teaches informal logic. There is a student book as well as a teacher's edition (I recommend both). It includes 6 chapters, which teach 28 fallacies. The book can easily be taught in one semester or less. I loved the fallacies chart found on the inside covers of the student text-- I photocopied it and stapled it into the teacher's edition because it wasn't included there for some reason. It is a very handy summary of each fallacy.

The course was fun as well as practical. My son and I really enjoyed the fictional ads that encapsulated each chapter's fallacies. We find ourselves identifying examples of the various fallacies in real life, even after the course is over. The fallacies help you to be on alert for deceptive arguments in the media and elsewhere and is a much needed tool for our youth in our propaganda-laden culture. There is a DVD available with this course, though I found it unnecessary (the DVD takes a round-table approach, with a group of students discussing each fallacy). The real meat is in the books, though.

We're continuing on in the series with Discovery of Deduction, which is Classical Academic Press's formal logic course. I'm finding their books far more user-friendly and kid-friendly than those by Memoria Press, and have been enjoying them immensely, myself. I'd recommend The Art of Argument for middle-school age and up.