How have educational standards evolved? Educators of adults examine expectations in the 10th workshop out of 15 to better determine how standards have grown. Participants respond to a variety of sample questions to determine how they...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Pretending to be someone else is so much fun! In this hilarious instructional activity, students will get to take on the persona of a book character as they practice their question and answer skills. At...

Part of an extensive website from the Council on Foreign Relations devoted to understanding all aspects of terrorism and its implications for the United States, this section deals with defining and understanding the different types of...

This handout focuses on what an exploratory or inquiry paper is and how to write the introduction including the questions you need to answer and setting the context, stating why the main idea is important, and stating your research...

This online textbook selection focuses on how scientists make inferences from evidence. Students are given a reading passage about underwater exploration and are asked to make inferences based on the text. The passage is followed by...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan asking students to use verbal cues in the form of yes/no questions to guess an item inside a bag. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are included....

Graphic organizers are provided to help analyze the importance of people in history and to place events in chronological order. Guiding questions are provided to help guide students

In this instructional activity the teacher uses modeling and questioning strategies to walk students through making inferences in various texts and then using those inferences to draw conclusions.

"Illinois Pioneers and Prairies" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about life in the prairies of Illinois for the early settlers including their hard work, setting up governments, building schools, and making laws. It is...

What were the purposes of punishments given by courts in the Middle Ages? This question is reviewed in this Learning Curve challenge. Students are given primary evidence and two case studies - Medieval punishments and Capital punishments...

A thorough and interactive site where students determine who fired the first shot. Students examine documents, illustrations and answer questions to reach a conclusion.

Brief account of the Everson v. Board of Education Supreme Court case. Gives dates, facts, questions, and conclusion.

Shadows are all around us. During this lesson, with teacher guidance, students will answer text dependent questions and draw conclusions about the book Bear Shadow.

The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the LSAT. This section provides examples of the "Main Conclusion" question type of the "Logical Reasoning" section.

The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the LSAT. This section provides quick guide on "how to identify a conclusion in a line of reasoning" in the "Logical Reasoning" section.

The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the LSAT. This section provides quick guide on "how to identify the main conclusion of an argument" in the "Logical Reasoning" section.

In this section of a textbook, students learn how to develop and facilitate an effective closing to a speech. It includes links to the following topics: the role of a conclusion, summarizing ideas, and signaling the end of the speech and...

How do we identify information that would strengthen or weaken an argument? Strengthen and Weaken questions ask you to find info that would make the conclusion of an argument more or less likely to be true, based on the evidence that's...

In this seven-question exercise, practice calculating key outcomes, reading balance sheets, and drawing conclusions about what banks can do in the expansion of the money supply.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students to draw a conclusion from a verbal cue.

This activity poses the question: What would happen if a meteor or comet impacted Earth? Students simulate an impact in a container of sand using various-sized rocks, all while measuring, recording and graphing results and conclusions....

[Free Registration/Login Required] Three lessons designed to introduce young learners and beginning readers to the concept of drawing conclusions based on actions performed in a charades game, on verbal cues given in a guessing game, and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how spiders choose to eat a balanced diet. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.

An activity designed for second grade, where students explore how to separate various solids and liquids, for example, pepper and water. They then decide on another mixture and compose a new question to investigate. Throughout they are...