1. In 2012, the Texas Republican party stated in their education platform that Critical Thinking skills should not be taught in the classroom because these skills might lead a student to challenge standard/traditional beliefs, to believe something besides what their parents and community believe.
Write a letter to the Texas School Board explaining why Critical Thinking must continue to be taught in schools. Use the reasons from your annotated article and the information from 1984 as your arguments( claims).

2. Requirements for letter
Start with thesis ( we wrote it together in class)
You must have three reasons ( claims) on why Critical Thinking must be taught in schools
Context is explaining that reason
You need 1 data for each claim ( example)
Each data must have a 3-5 sentence explanation on how your example that proves critical thinking is important.
Must be in a letter format
Will be graded with the modified AP rubric
Due next class

3. Dear Texas School Board,
(t)Critical thinking must be taught in schools because_________, __________, and ______.
1st body paragraph
Transition to your first argument, then explain the argument
Give a data to support your argument
Data can be a real world example we discussed in class, something from 1984 or something from the article
Write a 3-5 sentences strong warrant explaining how this data proves your claim on why critical thinking must be taught
2nd and 3rd body paragraph
Repeat patter 2 more times
Conclusion