These titles encourage critical thinking and debate by providing case studies, historical contexts, and individual opinions on each issue. Readers are encouraged to think and express themselves independently, evaluatively, and critically. At the end, readers are left to make up their own minds, having acquired transferable skills such as the ability to distinguish fact from opinion, weigh up the strength of other people's arguments, and recognize other people's assumptions.

The aim of this new series is to teach children how to think, not what to think. By providing case studies, historical context and individual opinions but not a specific right or wrong, these books encourage readers to think and express themselves independently.Each topic acts as a springboard for a discussion on related issues. Books include a range of viewpoints to encourage critical thinking. It features simple activities and exercises to provide practical advice and examples of creative thinking. It is a mixture of text types including recounts, reports, discussion and persuasive text.

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