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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How One Scientist Averted a National Health Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
Andrea Tone explains how Frances Kelsey was able to prevent a massive national public health tragedy by privileging facts over opinions, and patience over shortcuts.
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Graphic
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Persuasion Map

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A printable graphic organizer for students to use when writing on opinion or persuasive essay. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas, lesson plans, and other resources are also...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Choose Your News

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Damon Brown gives the inside scoop on how the opinions and facts (and sometimes non-facts) make their way into the news and how the smart reader can tell them apart. [4:48]
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science : Scientific Explanations and Interpretations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents the relationships of facts, explanations, and opinions in science.
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Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This mini-instructional activity covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that it was constitutional to keep black and white people segregated as long as the accommodations for each race were "equal." Students learn about the...
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Other

Freeology: Free Graphic Organizers

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Blank templates of all types of graphic organizers from Venn Diagrams to Vocabulary Sketches are available for free at this resource.
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Lesson Plan
New York Times

New York Times: Evaluating Sources in a 'Post Truth' World: Fake News

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Need help determining fake news from real news? This seems to be a problem today. Find practical activities and questions to help navigate a media landscape in which it is increasingly difficult to tell...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How False News Can Spread

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In previous decades, most news with global reach came from several major newspapers and networks with the resources to gather information directly. The speed with which information spreads now, however, has created the ideal conditions...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is used to go along with the story,"Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport".. There are mini lessons on homophones, story vocabulary, fact/opinion, and comparing and contrasting.