Nonsense Arguments: The Art of Persuasion Cards

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PDF Description

> We heart this package. It's mega-fun. And it uses a combo of critical AND creative thinking.

> It contains 88 truly non-sensical proposals, but you have to imagine they're serious. You must come up with ways to support or oppose the outlandish ideas.

> It might help to imagine it’s the future or a parallel universe and that someone somewhere is truly proposing these ideas and people are truly considering them - and now you have to join the debate.

Age range

Really depends on the individual and their level of creative and lateral thinking skills. Estimating ages 10-ish and up. Make sure to view samples below.

Samples

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Ways to use these cards

• Use these cards for awesome discussions in either large or small groups.
• You can brainstorm argument ideas, consider unintended consequences and work the imagination to explore what could be happening inside a society that would cause such a proposal to be considered a genuine solution.
• Besides having discussions, you can also stage formal debates, either one-on-one or in teams.
• You can have fun with impromptu mini-speeches.
• You can use the cards as writing prompts for persuasive essays or even fiction.
• Or anything else you can think of.

This package includes two PDFs:

• Our DIGITAL/SINGLE CARD version is created with one card per page that is easily viewed on a digital device. 
• Our PRINTABLE/CUTTABLE version has 8 cards per page. It is ideal for printing and then cutting into cards along the dotted lines.

Details

Printing: The printable pages are created for standard letter size, 8.5" x 11". 

Size of file: single cards package - 93 pages, 778 KB |  printable package -  14 pages, 781 KB

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Downloading

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