Building Your Own Perspective

Most of the information that teens encounter online arrives without them looking for it. Some of it isn't worth a second thought, but some of it is. This lesson gives students a process for the questions worth pursuing. Working through a complex, open-ended question, students practice scoping what they're trying to understand, exploring a range of sources, and synthesizing what they find. Along the way, they discover that curiosity, not certainty, is what builds a perspective that's truly their own, the kind of thinking no one and nothing can do for you.