The Paradox icon instructs learners to focus their attention on the contradictions and ironies. Students using this lens of learning will analyze the topic for incongruities and quandaries.
Curricular Examples:
Analyze the paradoxes in primary documents related to the American colonists’ quest for independence from Britain.
Judge the authenticity of the paradoxes related to use the of rain forest-friendly paper goods.
Differentiate fact from fiction to determine the paradoxes in folk tales.
Collect and categorize examples of paradoxes in fractions or decimals.
Question Stems:
How does the author of the fable use character actions and events to show a position within the story?
What details can be used to support the opposing views on genetically modified organisms?
How would a mathematician create a graph in which data is contradictory?
Task Statement:
Students will observe a variety of plants, develop criteria for deciding what makes a paradox in the plant kingdom, and design their own plant using similar incongruities.
