Teaching Students To Think Critically Using Multiple Texts in History.

to consider. ■ ■ ■ hy is critical thinking important to foster? One only has to III ^ear anc^ reac* tie confusin8 array of messages we get in the %Jk0 media every day to realize that people need to evaluate those messages to consider their source, their context, and their agreement or disagreement with one another in order to know what to think and how to act on them. That evaluative stance is at the heart