A Ten Minute Warm Up On Spotting Fakes
Launch library · evergreen read
Short warm ups work well because verification is genuinely a habit as much as a skill, and habits form through steady repetition rather than any single long lesson delivered once. Ten minutes is enough time to look at one image or claim together and talk through what stands out before the main lesson properly begins, setting a tone of curiosity that carries through everything that follows.
A simple structure keeps this manageable for everyone involved: show the item, ask what feels uncertain about it, then name one concrete check that could help resolve that uncertainty together. Repeating this structure across many sessions builds a shared vocabulary far faster than any single deep dive session would on its own.
Keep the warm up light and genuinely curious rather than a test with one right answer to hunt for. The goal is building the reflex to pause and question first, not training students to spot one particular trick and then stop looking any further than that.