This lesson focuses on how to find, evaluate, and use primary and secondary sources using printed and online sources. It provides practice writing activities such as examining the same topic through primary and secondary sources and...

Contains plans for four lessons that teach students how to make and present strong persuasive speeches. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment...

By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Identify the role of labor productivity in promoting economic growth, analyze the sources of economic growth using the aggregate production function, measure an economy's...

This lesson will help students decide which sources are valid and reliable for supporting a thesis. It discusses how to evaluate books, articles, websites, and more.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource guide to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is designed for the "Reel to Real" education project with the learning department of the Victoria and Albert Museum (Order free DVD at...

Explains all the things that must be taken into consideration when engineers evaluate the soundness and viability of a particular design.

In this lesson, students examines the benefits and the environmental risks of extracting natural gas from shale. Includes handouts, a vocabulary list with definitions, and an interactive on how gas is extracted from shale.

This lesson focuses on evaluating online sources using the CRAAP Analysis: Currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose. A practice exercise is provided. SL.9-10.2 eval & integrate sources

Contains many points to consider when analyzing someone's arguments and evidence, such as the hidden assumptions, cultural assumptions, and testability. Each is explained in a short paragraph with a link to additional discussions on...

This lesson focuses on evaluating print sources using CRAAP Analysis: Currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose. A practice exercise is included. W.9-10.8 Sources

This lesson focuses on types of sources including scholarly vs. non-scholarly sources and print, online, and multimedia.

An essay that describes the economy of the United States, mainly in the 1980's. Inflation, GDP, foreign investment, the U.S. deficit and trade are all discussed. There are also graphs that further these concepts.

RTI is not a particular method or instructional approach, rather it is a process that aims to shift educational resources toward the delivery and evaluation of instruction that works best for students. This article provides a quick...

Practice plugging in values to evaluate real-world algebraic expressions. These are introductory problems, so the expressions aren't too complicated. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions...

Given the graphs, or some tables of values, of two functions, evaluate the composition of those functions at a given input.

By the end of this section, you will be able to observe the kinematics of rotational motion, derive rotational kinematic equations, and evaluate problem solving strategies for rotational kinematics.

A well-done set of units that helps teachers teach the importance of media literacy to their students. Click on Secondary School Introduction to see a video of teachers in the classroom instructing students in ways of using and...

Working on higher-level thinking skills with your readers is made easier with this lesson. You will have your students connect with and analyze a mystery story at their grade-appropriate level. Lesson plan, printable worksheets, and...

Explore the social, cultural and dietary factors that have led to an increasingly obese American public. Examine how the medical and diet industries have responded to consumers' desire to lose weight, and evaluate the myriad of diets...

Engineering design lesson examines the principles behind working elevators. Teams of students explore how elevators work, then design, build, and evaluate their own elevator to service a toy car garage.

Investigate synthetic chemicals that may be found in one's environment, and consider how toxic synthetic chemicals may affect people differently. Reflect on alternatives to toxic home-use products, and evaluate the risks and benefits.

This article will help you evaluate informational text to determine whether an author's argument is supported by evidence or not. Click on Model to see a model with explanations and then click on Practice.

In this activity, students learn about the pros and cons of co-firing woody biomass fuels with coal to produce electricity.

Jessica evaluates $\sqrt{2}$ on her calculator which shows a value of $$ 1.4142136. $$ She then writes $$ \sqrt{2} = 1.4142136. $$ Aligns with 8.NS.A.