# Red Herring Fallacy Activity Pack: Critical Thinking, Comprehension, Writing and Vocabulary Skills **Price:** $12.95 AUD **Seller:** TeachBuySell Seller **Year Levels:** noYearLevel **Subjects:** english ## Description (seller-submitted) "Why didn't you do your homework?" "Why are you always picking on me? You never ask anyone else!" Notice what just happened? The question was about homework. The answer was about something completely different. The subject got changed, the original point got buried, and suddenly you're defending yourself instead of getting an answer. That's the Red Herring fallacy. Someone dodges the real issue by dragging in something irrelevant - a distraction designed to get everyone looking the other way. It's not a real argument. It's a magic trick. And once you learn to spot it, you'll see it everywhere. Kids deal with it constantly. "You spread a rumour about me." "Everyone gossips! Why am I being singled out? You're bullying me!" "Your product broke after one week." "Our competitors use child labour! At least we're ethical!" "You promised no new taxes." "My opponent took money from lobbyists! Let's talk about real corruption!" The point gets dodged, the topic gets swapped, and somehow the person who asked the question ends up on the back foot. This 20-page printable activity pack teaches kids to recognise when someone is changing the subject to avoid the real issue. 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. ⭐ 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 Iraq War and the missing Weapons of Mass Destruction. In 2003, President George W. Bush led the US invasion of Iraq. For weeks, American forces bombed Baghdad, killing thousands. Bush's justification? Saddam Hussein had Weapons of Mass Destruction - nukes, chemical weapons, biological stockpiles designed to wipe out cities. Americans supported the invasion. They were still angry from 9/11, … [truncated] ## Learning Needs personalDevelopment, growthMindset, socialSkills --- View on TeachBuySell: https://teachbuysell.com.au/l/69544be4-6062-4b02-b297-eda4c18b2e97 Marketplace: https://teachbuysell.com.au