Analyzing Generational Culture in the USA Using Critical Thinking

This homework assignment analyzes an article on generational culture in the USA, utilizing the critical thinking model to dissect the author's arguments. The assignment identifies the article's main purpose, which is to urge the Western Civilization to value its culture and history, and to encourage students to be culturally receptive. It addresses the key question of why students today are not taught Western and American history. The analysis highlights key information, including the author's reliance on figures like E.D. Hirsch to support the argument. The main conclusion drawn is that the education system intentionally fosters student ignorance of their culture. The critical ideas of multiculturalism and solipsism are explored. The underlying assumption is that the education system produces individuals lacking commitment to a shared culture. The implications of the author's reasoning, both if taken seriously and if ignored, are outlined, along with the author's point of view. The assignment concludes by identifying additional information needed for a comprehensive understanding of the author's position, such as the impact of students from culturally rich countries on Western students.

Part 2Find an article on Generational Culture(only use USA ARTICLE)
(1 page 250 words) using the Critical Thinking model. Be sure to
identify all nine elements of the model. Note:find and read the
article and answer the following questions
The article chosen is
http://www.mindingthecampus.org/2016/02/how-a-generation-lost-
its-common-culture/
1) The main purpose of this article is?
To urge the Western Civilization to value its culture and history and to urge the
current generation of students to be culturally receptive and aware and know their
history.
(Here you are trying to state, as accurately as possible, the author s purpose for
writing the article. What was the author trying to accomplish?)
2) The key question that the author is addressing is?
The key question addressed is that students today are not taught about the western
and American history, civilization, politics, arts and literature as it’s not a part of the
curriculum of the Education system.
(Your goal is to figure out the key question that was in the mind of the author when
s/he wrote the article. In other words, what was the key question that the article
addressed?)
3) The most important information in this article is?
Student Ignorance regarding their culture that the author addresses has also been
seconded by E.D. Hirsch, Allan Bloom, Mark Bauerlein and Jay Leno. E.D. Hirsch
even worked up a self-help curriculum, a do-it yourself guide on how to become
culturally literate.
(You want to identify the key information the author used, or presupposed, in the
article to support his/her main arguments. Here you are looking for facts,
experiences, and/or data the author is using to support her/his conclusions.)
4) The main inferences/conclusions in this article are?
That the ignorance of students regarding their culture and history is the intention of
the western Educational system.
(You want to identify the most important conclusions that the author comes to and

presents in the article.)
5) The key idea(s)/concepts we need to understand in this article is (are)?
Idea of multi-culturalism that promotes homogenization. Solipsism that does not
promote a devotion to public things.
(To identify these ideas, ask yourself: What are the most important ideas that you
would have to understand in order to understand the author s line of reasoning?
Then briefly elaborate what the author means by these ideas.)
6) The main assumption(s) underlying the author s thinking is (are)?
The assumption that the entire education system produces self-contained
individuals who lack commitment to a public, common culture and shared history.
(Ask yourself: What is the author taking for granted (that might be questioned). The
assumptions are generalizations that the author does not think s/he has to defend
in the context of writing the article, and they are usually unstated. This is where the
author s thinking logically begins.)
7)a) If we take this line of reasoning seriously, the implications are?
It will imply that the entire new generation today is selfish and who follow orders
and are obedient but lack real obligation and devotion.
(What consequences are likely to follow if people take the author s line of reasoning
seriously? Here you are to follow out the logical implications of the author s
position. Include implications that the author states, but also include those that the
author does not state.)
7)b) If we fail to take this line of reasoning seriously, the implications are?
That the world that’s the students have inherited without a knowledge of their past
or future will crash and this collapse would be beginning of a true education.
(What consequences are likely to follow if people ignore the author s reasoning?)
8) The author s main point(s) of view presented in this article is (are)?
That the Education system should promote a study of the Western History and
civilization so that the students know about their past, where they come from and
their culture and not promote multiculturalism in this global world.
(The main question you are trying to answer here is: What is the author looking at,
and how is s/he seeing it?)

9) What else do I need to know in order to intelligently consider the author's
position?
Do all education systems in the West promote politically correct self-contained
individuals who blend into the global culture where they are ignorant about the
existence of their own roots.What impact do students that come from culturally rich
countries have on the western students.
(What additional information is necessary to adequately analyze the author's
position(s)?)