This document outlines the CAMPER method for critically analyzing information. It encourages examining the consequences, assumptions, main points, prejudices, evidence, and reliability of claims. It provides examples of applying the CAMPER method to analyze a statement about rainforests being at risk by considering the consequences of believing it, assumptions made, meaning or main point, other points of view, evidence given, and relevance of the claims.

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CAMPER –
CRITICAL
QUESTIONING
SHEET

2. C  Consequences
 Consistency
• What are the consequences
of believing this?
 How consistent is the
information?

3. A  Assumptions
 Accuracy
What assumptions have been
made here?
How accurate is the
data/information?

4. M Meaning
Main Points
What is the meaning of this?
What is the main point here?

5. P Prejudice
Point of view
What prejudice is being
shown here?
What other points of view
could be expressed?

6. E Evidence
Examples
What evidence is being
given to support the claim?
What examples are being
given to back up the
claim?

7. R Relevance
Reliability
How relevant are these
claims?
How reliable is the source,
writer, information?

9. THREE LEVEL GUIDE
•Reading the lines - literal
•Reading between the lines-
interpretive
•Reading beyond the lines-
applied

10. RAINFORESTS AT RISK
• C- Consequences of believing this
• We realise that animals are losing their habitat and
becoming extinct. We try to protect the forests.

11. • A- Assumptions
• That rainforests are not being replaced by re-
planting

12. • M- meaning
• The rainforests are being destroyed to make place
for buildings

13. • P- other Point of View
• That timber is a much needed resource justifying the
felling of trees
• Land is required for dwellings

14. • E – Evidence
• That some birds animals and plants have become
extinct

15. • R- Relevance
• It is relevant in today’s world
• Rainforests once covered 14% of the land
• Today it covers 6