Critical Thinking and Dialogue

CTD.01: Critical Thinking and Dialogue 01

Standards: Common Core Middle School ELA

Mastery: Internal Rubric

Overview:

Develop critical thinking through weekly Socratic Seminars. Students engage with real-world issues, build reasoning and communication skills, and grow as independent thinkers through respectful, evidence-based dialogue.

CTD.02: Critical Thinking and Dialogue 01

Standards: IB, Cambridge Global Perspectives, Common Core High School

Mastery: Analytical writing, debate, and independent thinking

Overview:

Engage with media, literature, and lived experiences to uncover bias, analyze narratives, and question dominant perspectives. Students build strong arguments, explore power structures, and develop critical literacy through reading, writing, and discussion.

Focus Areas:

Analyzing perspectives across texts and media
Building evidence-based arguments
Understanding rhetoric, bias, and discourse
Exploring power and representation
Engaging in thoughtful dialogue

Sem.TIRL: The India Research Lab [Seminar]

Standards: IB & Common Core High School

Mastery: Capstone Project

Overview:

Explore media, identity, and power through a critical literacy lens. Students analyze narratives, colonial structures, caste, and gender in India. The course ends with a capstone project—essay, multimedia, or ethnography—that applies critical inquiry to real-world issues.