what is analytic thinking?
— Aj says, “taking everything you know and putting it into something so you don’t just have one opinion, you have many ideas for what your talking about; a variety of opinions.” — Liz grunts saying, “it means looking at the deeper meaning of something; to connect it with your other thoughts.” — Dr. Ellis says, “take something away from it first, beyond what is on the page.” We found the best definition of analytic thinking is to: -find a deeper meaning that you can draw implications from -knowing the context and background -realizing others perspectives Dr. Ellis pointed out, “gut reactions don’t count for much: your opinions have to be supported- and often corrected- by fact, observation, and logic.” (pg. 7 first paragraph) As a class we read aloud and analyzed the excerpt from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (page 7), which was given during the Civil War about the Founding Fathers commemorating the dead. Lincoln was trying to justify the deaths by saying that it was necessary to p
