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Unit 4 - Suspicious minds

Unit Goals: Suspicious Minds

- to understand the elements of a
conspiracy theory
- demonstrate the techniques used to
make us believe in conspiracy theories
-to understand why we like conspiracy
theories
-to provide tools so you can evaluate
whether a theory is true or not.

Suspicious (adjective)
If you are a suspicious person it
means that you often dont trust or
believe what you hear or see.

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When there is a tragedy or shocking
event suspicious minds often dont
believe the standard story
Suspicious minds question or dont
believe the official version of events
They create another version of events

Do UFOS exist.....?
"The U.S. government has no
evidence that any life exists outside
our planet, or that an extraterrestrial
presence has contacted or engaged
any member of the human race," Phil
Larson from the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy.

Source: NBC News, July 11, 2011

Thousands of UFO
organizations..
-OVNI Alert (Quebec)
-National Center for Space Studies
-UFO Study & Information Group (U.S.)
-British UFO Research Association (England)
-Fund for UFO research (U.S.)
-Mutual UFO Network United States
-Citizens Against UFO secrecy (U.S.)
-UFO Investigators League.. and the list goes
on

May 2014 -UFO attacks

Taliban

UFO attacks Venezuela

9 foot alien sighted in November

2015 in Florida!

According to Le Journal de Montreal

There were 160 new cases of UFO

sightings in Quebec in 2015

New Vocabulary
Conspiracy Theory (noun):a
theory that explains an event or
situation as the result of a secret
plan by usually powerful people or
groups

American government
plot

For example, many people believe that

the U.S. government has a secret plan
to stop us from believing that UFOs
exist

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Conspiracy theories are often a
reaction to the sudden death of a
celebrity
Or a tragic or strange event that is
shocking

Michael Jacksons dead or is he?

Jackson spotted in
Seen in Russia..
http://www.michaeljacksonsighting
s.com

September 11 terrorist
attacks

Did terrorists attack the Twin Towers

on September 11, 2001?
Thousands of websites and videos
claim that
Sept. 11 was an inside job planned by
the
Bush administration to scare the
American
public and justify going to war in the
Middle East.

Answers: Listening Exercise

1. What does the word suspicious mean?
If you are a suspicious person it means
that you often dont trust or believe
what you hear or see.
2. What is a technique conspiracy
theorists use?
One technique conspiracy theorists uses
is to create websites. They also post
photos and videos and write articles.

Answers: Listening Exercise

3. Do you believe that the American
government is covering up the
existence of UFOs? Why or Why not?
Yes, I believe the American
government is covering up the
existence of UFOs because I there is
a lot of information on the Internet
that proves they exist.

Answers: Listening Exercise

3. Do you believe that the American
government is covering up the
existence of UFOs? Why or Why not?
No, I dont believe the American
government is covering up the
existence of UFOs because so much
of the information on the Internet is
posted by people who are not
scientists or experts.

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4. Do you believe the official version
of how the Twin Towers in New York
City fell on Sept. 11, 2001.
Yes, I believe that the American
government is telling us the truth
about the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks
because I have watched a lot of news
reports about the terrorist attacks.

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4. Do you believe the official version of
how the Twin Towers in New York City
fell on Sept. 11, 2001.
No, I dont believe the American
government is telling the truth about
Sept. 11 because I have read that
the Twin Towers were hit by missiles
shot by the U.S.