Reference Unit 0 calendar: when each block runs
| Block | A rotation | B rotation |
|---|---|---|
| Orientation | Thu Aug 6 | Fri Aug 7 |
| Block 1 | Mon Aug 10 | Tue Aug 11 |
| Block 2 | Wed Aug 12 | Thu Aug 13 |
| Block 3 | Fri Aug 14 | Mon Aug 17 |
| Block 4 | Tue Aug 18 | Wed Aug 19 |
| Block 5 | Thu Aug 20 | Fri Aug 21 |
| Block 6 | Fri Aug 28 | Thu Aug 27 |
| Block 7 | Tue Sep 1 | Wed Sep 2 |
Your section follows one rotation, A or B. Check which one you are in and read that column.
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The reliability of a claim depends on the conditions under which it was produced, not on how confident it sounds.
Questions that get you there
- Factual What do the four OPVL letters ask of a source, and what does each one look for?
- Conceptual Why does knowing where a source came from change what it can be used to prove?
- Debatable When informed people disagree, is one of them wrong, or is the evidence not yet good enough to settle it?
The anchor skill for the whole year is OPVL: Origin, Purpose, Value, Limitations. We learn it here first, on contested topics you already have opinions about, and we come back to it in every later unit at increasing difficulty.
The other big move is the AI Documentation Protocol: AI is treated as a source, OPVL'd like any other, and documented in a structured template that goes with every deliverable. The aim is not to police AI use but to build the metacognitive habit that makes AI use valuable instead of dangerous.