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Unit 1: Critical Thinking: Three Step Method and Three Point Focus

“Episode 1.1: Introduction to Critical Thinking (revised).” YouTube, uploaded by Center for Innovation in Legal Education, 26 Nov. 2013.
Morningstar, Lasha. “Crazy Gimmicks Surround Modern–Day Polar Expeditions.” The Edmonton Journal, 22 Apr. 1989, p. A3. 

Unit 2: Active Reading and Critical Thinking

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Unit 3: Grammar, Punctuation, and Meaning

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Unit 4: Generating and Organizing Ideas

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Unit 5: Writing Functions

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Academic Integrity Skills Module

Beh, Bruce, and Justin Lee. “SFU: What Is Academic Integrity?” YouTube, uploaded by booruce, 13 June 2013.
“Acceptable/Unacceptable.” YouTube, uploaded by uAlbertaDoS, 18 Dec. 2013.
“Cheating.” YouTube, uploaded by uAlbertaDoS, 18 Dec. 2013.
“Plagiarism Rap (Cite Your Sources).” YouTube, uploaded by uAlbertaDoS, 18 Dec. 2013.
“Degrees for Sale: Inside the Essay Writing Industry: Students on the Edge.” YouTube, uploaded by BBC Three, 20 Sep. 2018.
“Me? Plagiarize?” YouTube, uploaded by Hartness Library, 6 July 2012.
Martin, R. G. “Plagiarism and How to Avoid It.” Write Site, 9 July 2021. 
Broussard, Mary, and Jessica Urick Oberlin. “Goblin Threat.” Lycoming College.
The Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity. 3rd ed., The International Center for Academic Integrity, 2018.

MLA Documentation Skills Module

“Understanding Plagiarism: Using a Documentation Style Guide.” YouTube, uploaded by umnWritingStudies, 11 June 2013.
“Comparison of MLA and APA Documentation of Sources.” YouTube, uploaded by DBUWritingCenter, 9 May 2018.
“About Documentation Styles.” Writing Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison.
“Introduction to Citation Styles: MLA 9th ed.” YouTube, uploaded by CSUDH Library, 9 July 2020. 
“MLA Format—Citing Database Articles.” YouTube, uploaded by Columbus State Library, 4 June 2020.
“Work in an Edited Volume MLA.” YouTube, uploaded by Kristin Rodier, 17 June 2021. 
“MLA Format—Citing Books and E-Books.” YouTube, uploaded by Columbus State Library, 4 June 2020. 

Unit 6: Argument Analysis and Evaluation

Understanding Arguments
Watch the short video “Facts and Opinions.”
Watch the short video: “Unstated Assumptions.”
Watch the video “Assessing Acceptability.”
Watch the first 5:46 of the video “Relevancy and Sufficiency.”

Unit 7: Deductive Arguments

Watch the video “Deductive and Inductive Arguments.”
Watch the video “Necessary and Sufficient.”

Evaluating Language, Part 1
Watch the video “Sources and Biases.”

Unit 8: Inductive Arguments

Watch the video “The Many Forms of Inductive Arguments.”
Watch the video “Understanding Causal Reasoning.”
Watch the video “Common Errors in Causal Reasoning.”

Unit 9: Fallacies and Essay Writing

Common Errors of Relevance
Sobol, John. "The Copyright Wars of 2017: How Cut-and-Paste Culture Turns Kids into the Enemy." This Magazine, May–June 2006.