# Loaded Question Fallacy Activity Pack | Logical Fallacy PDF | Critical Thinking Activities **Price:** $12.95 AUD **Seller:** TeachBuySell Seller **Year Levels:** noYearLevel **Subjects:** english ## Description (seller-submitted) "Are you done taking cookies without permission?" Wait. If you say no - you're guilty of stealing cookies. If you say yes - you're also guilty of stealing cookies. There's no right answer because the question already decided you did it. That's a Loaded Question. It's not really a question at all. It's an accusation wearing a question mark. The words are carefully chosen so that no matter how you respond, you've already admitted to something you might never have done. It's a trap - and it's designed to back you into a corner. Kids run into this constantly. "When are you going to admit you're wrong?" (assumes you are wrong). "Aren't you tired of having such an old phone?" (assumes your phone is bad). "Have you stopped copying your friend's homework yet?" (assumes you were copying). The question sounds normal, but there's a hidden accusation baked in. And if you don't spot it, you end up defending yourself against something that was never proven in the first place. This 20-page printable activity pack teaches kids to recognise when a question is really a trap. Through an illustrated true story from history, a funny comic, and hands-on activities featuring Duchess and Bruno, learners don't just memorise a definition. They understand the fallacy well enough to catch it in the wild - and know exactly how to challenge it. ⭐ Rated 5.0 on Etsy and TPT THE STORY INSIDE Every pack starts with a true story from history - not a paragraph in a textbook, but a fully illustrated, multi-page narrative. This pack tells the story of the Dreyfus Affair - one of the most infamous miscarriages of justice in modern history. In the late 1890s, a French soldier named Alfred Dreyfus was accused of being a spy for the Germans. He was hauled into court, and the judge asked: "When did you first start selling our secrets to the Germans?" Notice what the judge is doing. He's not asking whether Dreyfus sold secrets. He's asking when - as if it's already a proven fact. The question assumes Dreyfus … [truncated] ## Learning Needs growthMindset, personalDevelopment, socialSkills --- View on TeachBuySell: https://teachbuysell.com.au/l/6756ccbf-c20e-43f9-8325-69e4508f9bb8 Marketplace: https://teachbuysell.com.au