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High School Capstone⏱ 5–8 hours
Build an Argument Map
Map and evaluate the reasoning around a complex issue.
Your mission
Take a complex, contested issue and build an argument map — laying out claims, evidence, and flaws — then judge where the reasoning holds.
What you'll need
- A computer with internet
- A diagramming or document tool
- Sources representing different positions
Your step-by-step plan
Choose an issue
Pick a genuinely contested question with thoughtful people on each side.
Gather the arguments
Collect the main arguments and the evidence each one rests on.
Map and test
Diagram premises and conclusions, and flag any fallacies — like the Argument Lab.
Reach a judgment
Write where the strongest reasoning lies and what would change your mind.
Make it yours
- Steel-man the side you disagree with.
- Note which claims an AI could help check, and which it could not.
How you'll know you succeeded
- Arguments from multiple sides are mapped.
- Premises, conclusions, and any fallacies are marked.
- The judgment names what could change it.