WorksheetsDHMO, Nacirema & The Invaders.
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 4mins
Should this sign discourage you from fishing?
Yes
No
What is another name for DHMO?
Water
Hydrogen Peroxide
Dry ice
All of the Above
What did the article about DHMO teach us?
Water is harmless
Don't believe anything you read.
Things can be written in a way to mislead us.
Water has many different states.
What did the article about DHMO tell us about ourselves?
It's very difficult to trick humans.
It's very easy to trick humans.
Often humans base decision on emotions rather than facts.
DHMO is a dangerous chemical.
Which 2 things are most true about the DHMO article?
It was full of fake facts.
It mixed truths in with lies.
It used language that we are prejudiced not to like.
It did NOT really manipulate the reader.
This chemical is probably.....
Safe
Dangerous
Rocket/Jet fuel
Rat poison
What chemical most likely caused this erosion?
Corrodium
Kryptonite
LySergic acid Diethylamide
TetraHydroCannabinol
Water
What happened In the short movie "The Invaders?" (read carefully).
Space robots landed on a lady's roof and attacked her.
Space Robots landed on an old lady's roof and they fought.
American men fought a giant alien.
Martians came and attacked planet earth.
Where's the space ship from?
Mars
Planet X
Krypton
USA
What's inside that thing?
Gears, batteries and printed circuit boards.
An human.
A cyborg.
A Monkey creature.
At the end of the movie, the viewer finds out that....
The old lady is really a cross dressing man.
The lady is really the alien.
The space ship is really just a small toy.
The robot is really just a small toy.
What's the moral of "The Invaders?"
Aliens are tricky so be careful.
There's always a right side to a story.
Humans are very easily manipulated.
Sometimes it's difficult to see the other side of the story.
How did the movie manipulate our understanding of the events?
It only showed the old lady's side of the story.
It only showed the robot Invaders side of the story.
It left out one important piece of information until the end.
During the Invaders, we may have rooted for the old lady because....
She wasn't an alien.
She was human like us.
We thought she was one of us.
Which is most true, the "Nacirema" are....
A strange African tribe.
A strange Amazonian tribe
A strange American Tribe
Aliens from Planet X.
What is this called in the Nacirema article?
A bathroom
The lavatory
A shrine
The laboratory (pronounced Laa Borr Uh Toree).
A holy mouth man is probably....
A medical doctor.
A dentist.
A witch doctor.
A radio personality.
How did the article "The Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" maniupulate the reader?
It didn't manipulate the reader, it was very fair.
It used language to describe everyday things as bizarre.
It used lots of fake facts.
Were the things described in the Nacirema article bizarre?
Yes.
No.
All of the above.
Who is Notgnishsaw?
Lincoln
Nacirema cultural hero.
Nacirema boogy man.
Famous Native American hero.
What do the Invaders, the Nacirema and DHMO teach us? (choose best answer).
Question everything.
Not to jump to conclusions.
Be careful what you believe.
It's not what they do tell you, it's what they don't.
All of the above.
Which story showed that just holding back one simple fact changes everything?
DHMO
Nacirema
Invaders
In all the stories discussed here, who really manipulated who?
The authors were tricky and tricked us.
The movie director was slick and purposely mislead us.
We fooled ourselves.
All of the above.
Why is it probably a good thing to never to admit fault in following a car accident, even if you know that you are wrong?
Because if you are sued, you will lose.
Because, sometimes it's good to lie to get out of trouble.
Because NO ONE is EVER in possession of all the facts.
Just because you believe something....
Doesn't always mean that you are right.
Stick to your beliefs, never change your mind.
Will make it right, eventually.
