Reasoning behind “Using your Brain”

Objective: Students will decode the differing views out in the world and on the web by analyzing several websites and determining for themselves what they believe.

This assignment is intended to make you think. When a movie came out that said the world is going to end in 2012, a lot of people blindly believed it. What do you believe?

1. Open a word document.

2. Find two sources that say the world will end in 2012.

• Type the title of the web sites and the URLs (the web address)
• Type two sentences describing the websites.
  

3. Find two sources that say the world will NOT end in 2012.

• Type the title of the web sites and the URLs (the web address)
• Type two sentences describing the websites.
  

4. Find one source that says the world will end in a different year, other than 2012.

• Type the title of the web site and its URL (the web address)
• Type two sentences describing the website.
  

5. Explain why you think there are so many different ideas about when the world will end.

6. Which source do you trust the most? Why?