Communicate...and how!

Do you find that during classroom discussions students often disagree with others but have provide reasons that may not be accurate. This series of five videos from the PBS Idea Channel chips away five of the most common fallacies that you find in arguments that are seen online.

The Guide to Common Fallacies includes:

* The Straw Man Fallacy

* The Ad Hominem Fallacy

* The Black and White Fallacy

* The Authority Fallacy

* The "No True Scotsman" Fallacy

The link above will take you to a page where each one may be seen individually. There is also a playlist that provides an introduction that is located here.

The individual videos are about 2 to 2.5 minutes in length, totaling ~11 minutes. If you watch the playlist it will be about 13 minutes long.

This series of videos would be great to use in classes where you discuss issues that are often controversial, such as propaganda, bias and many currents events.

Guía en Video de las Falacias más Comunes