This document discusses critical thinking skills and activities. It introduces the components of arguments, including overall arguments and supporting arguments. Several activities are presented that ask students to identify arguments in short texts. For one activity, students analyze a Tony Blair speech to identify its overall arguments and main supporting arguments. The document also provides instructions for an upcoming mid-term presentation assignment where students will analyze an issue by outlining stakeholders, summarizing multiple perspectives from sources, and discussing what additional views are needed to form a conclusion. Homework involves choosing a topic for the presentation and finding related articles.