Critical Thinking
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Critical Thinking
DVD £25.00 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
VHS £30.00 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
Content: 60 minutes in 6 units
Suitability: Key Stage 5, Critical Thinking, English, Philosophy
Team Video have produced this video specially for the Critical Thinking syllabus.
It contains 6 short self-contained debates, dealing with controversial issues.
- Is It OK to hit children?
- An eye for an eye
- Organic food
- Death penalty
- Trade unions at work
- Nuclear power
Divergent views, ideas and opinions are presented and attractively argued for students to analyse and evaluate. Students can see how arguments work. They can see how they are constructed. They can identify bias and different persuasive devices. The material is drawn from TV documentaries and Team Video’s own productions, and all collected together on one video. (Bulk discounts available.)
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The Animal Debate
DVD £29.99 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
VHS £38.00 ex vat + £4.50 p&p while stocks last
Content: 3 x 45 minute debates in 23 units indexed for easy access with stop / start discussion points
Activity sheets: 85 printable pages on DVD, 85 printed pages with VHS
Suitability: Key Stage 4-5, Critical Thinking / RE and Moral Studies / PSHE
Three major debates designed to stimulate critical thinking on these key moral arguments. Fox hunting, Intensive farming, Medical experiments on animals. All three debates are specially segmented to allow stop-start after each argument,
- The case for fox-hunting is made by the Master of the Warwickshire Hunt, the case against is made by the League Against cruel Sports.
- The case for intensive farming is made by the National Farmers’ Union, the case against by Compassion in World Farming.
- The case for the use of animals in medical experiments is made by Professor Colin Blakemore, the case against by Professor Chris Atterwell.
Students ask all the questions.
"This is really excellent package, at once accurate, fair and thoughtfully produced. It addresses issues which most young people feel are vitally important"
(Times Educational Supplement)
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Your MP
DVD £29.99 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
VHS £38.00 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
Content: 68 minutes in 9 units indexed for easy access with stop / start discussion points
Activity sheets: 40 printable pages on separate CD
Suitability: Key Stage 4-5, Politics / Citizenship / PSHE / Modern Studies
Your MP is a unique insight into the role and responsibility of a Member of Parliament. This unit basend resource is specially designed to introduce students to the importance of the democratic process. John McDonnell MP provided unrestricted access to his election campaign, his work in Parliament and his constituency. It includes issues of representation, accountability and the democratic mandate.
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Why Refugees?
DVD £29.99 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
VHS £38.00 ex vat + £4.50 p&p while stocks last
Content: 55 minutes in 11 unitsindexed for easy access with stop / start discussion points
Activity sheets: 40 page Workbook with briefings and activities with DVD and VHS
Suitability:
Key Stage 4-5, Citizenship / RE and Moral Studies / Critical Thinking / Modern Studies
Why Refugees is a video resource in 11 units. A group of 6th form students investigate why there are refugees, why they come to the United Kingdom and what happens to them when they arrive. The students investigate the role of the media, the law and the position of the political parties. They talk to politicians, lobby organisations, lawyers, journalists, historians and refugees themselves. The questions they ask include;
- Why come to Britain?
- How do they get here?
- How long have refugees been coming to Britain?
- What benefits do they receive?
- Are they asylum-seekers or economic migrants?
It is a comprehensive investigation that unearths the facts, challenges the myths and provides a wide range of views that will stimulate research, writing and debate.
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Why Protest?
DVD £29.99 ex vat + £2.50 p&p
VHS £38.00 ex vat + £4.50 p&p while stocks last
Content: 60 minutes in 9 units indexed for easy access with stop / start discussion points
Activity sheets: 40 printable pages on DVD, 40 printed pages with VHS
Suitability:Key Stage 4-5, Citizenship / Critical Thinking / Politics / Modern Studies
Four 6th form students investigate the rights of citizens to protest in a democratic society. Set at the Faslane nuclear submarine base, the students interview all those involved in a protest campaigning for Britain to disarm its nuclear deterrent. The protesters, police, base Commodore, politicians and the media are asked questions including: Do protests change anything? Should protests be curtailed or restricted? What is the role of peaceful protest in a democratic society? This is a 60-minute video resource in 9 units, accompanied by 30 photocopiable activity sheets.
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Why Morality?
DVD £29.99 ex vat +£2.50 p&p
VHS £38.00 ex vat + £4.50 p&p while stocks last
Content: 60 minutes in 9 units
Workbook: 40 printable pages on DVD, 40 printed pages with VHS only
Suitability: Key Stage 4/5, RE, PSHE, Citizenship
A lively video pack which stimulates debate on nine major moral and ethical issues, including abortion, corporal punishment, morality and the press, the purpose of religion and "doing the right thing". It includes interviews with a wide range of people from The Bishop of Oxford, Max Clifford and the editor of The Sun, to miners' wives, an atheist, a humanist and environmental protesters.
The pack includes 40 activity sheets.
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Money & Morality
DVD £29.99 ex vat +£2.50 p&p
VHS £38.00 ex vat +£4.50 p&p while stocks last
Content: 24 Questions in 6 unitsindexed for easy access with stop / start discussion points
Activity sheets: 40 Printable pages on DVD, 40 printed pages with VHS
Suitability: Key Stage 4-5, Critical Thinking / RE and Moral Studies / Business Studies
This is a lively and provocative video resource for students to consider and reconsider their attitudes towards money. It looks at the moral and ethical implications of what we earn, the taxes we pay, the investments we make, what we lend and borrow.
A diverse range of views are presented, including former Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont, Bruce Kent and stand-up comedian Mark Thomas, as well as experts from the world of finance and religion; christian, jewish and muslim.
Questions include:
- Can someone earn too much money?
- What are ethical investments?
- When does interest become usury?
- What is a moral or ethical taxation system?
- What are the moral implications of inheriting wealth?
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The Pesticide Trail
VHS £38.00 ex vat + £4.50 p&p
Content: 110 minutes in 8 units
Suitability: 55 page Workbook with Activities & Safety Briefings
Suitability: Key Stages 4/5, Science, Geography, Citizenship
Eight investigative mini documentaries with support book, for 14-18 year olds.
How do you link Food, Fashion, Luxury, Health, GMOs & the Environment?
Pesticides!
The free and easy use of chemical pesticides has been the engine of our prosperity. But at a price!
Teams of students follow the pesticide trail. How do the benefits measure up to the harm done?
- Food - is it safe?
- Water - the hidden cost
- Health - the silent invaders
- Cotton - the price of a 'T' shirt
- Chocolate - more than an indulgence!
- Global Environment - warning from the wild
- Local Environment - here there and everywhere
- Our Toxic History - the disturbing origins of pesticides
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