Document Type
Teacher Resource
Publication Date
Winter 2-8-2013
Abstract
This is an introductory activity that will familiarize students with eight essential fallacies. Students will be given a specific fallacy and its definition along with examples. Student will search for their fallacy in a twenty minute screening of a documentary film. Through small group and whole class discussion, students will leave class with an expert understanding of their own fallacy as well as a solid foundation of understanding for the other seven fallacies presented.
Recommended Citation
Trackman, Nicole, "Uncovering Fallacies in Documentary Film" (2013). Rhetoric Unit. 4.
https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/rhetoric_unit/4
Graphic Organizer for Students' Notes
LogicalFallacies8.docx (39 kB)
8 Essential Fallacies
Included in
English Language and Literature Commons, Film and Media Studies Commons, Rhetoric Commons