# Genetic Fallacy Logical Fallacy Activity Pack - Critical Thinking Activities **Price:** $12.95 AUD **Seller:** TeachBuySell Seller **Year Levels:** noYearLevel **Subjects:** english ## Description (seller-submitted) "I'm not reading that. The author dropped out of school." But did they get the facts wrong? Someone dismisses an idea, a claim, or a piece of information - not because it's incorrect, but because of where it came from. The source is dodgy, so the message gets tossed. Doesn't matter if the content is true. Doesn't matter if the evidence stacks up. The origin is enough to kill it. That's the Genetic Fallacy. Your learners fall for it constantly - and so do adults. "I won't listen to his advice on money; he's my little brother." "That article is fake news - it's from a writer who's been wrong before." "I won't buy that car. It's made in a country I hate." The idea gets judged by its postcode, not its merit. And sometimes, that mistake costs lives. This 20-page printed activity pack teaches kids to separate what's being said from who's saying it. Through an illustrated true story, 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. ⭐ 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 features the story of Martha Carrier and the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Salem was a town already on edge. Smallpox had just killed thirteen people in nearby Andover. Land and trade disputes had split the community. Fear of Native American raids ran constant. And the townspeople were deeply superstitious - witches, they believed, were real and always nearby. When two young girls began screaming and convulsing, they pointed the finger at Martha. She was an easy target. She'd lost three of her five children to smallpox. She spoke her mind. She argued with neighbours. Her brother bragged about using folk magic. Reverend Cotton Mather called her the "Queen of Hell." Martha protested her innocence to anyone who would listen: "I am wronged! These… [truncated] ## Learning Needs personalDevelopment, growthMindset, socialSkills --- View on TeachBuySell: https://teachbuysell.com.au/l/6955e207-e66e-430b-ab02-4a4990a3f69b Marketplace: https://teachbuysell.com.au