How can learners evaluate research sources for authority, accuracy, and credibility? By completing readings, discussions, and graphic organizers, scholars learn how to properly evaluate sources to find credible information. Additionally,...

Students will plan a paragraph that states their opinion and cites evidence to justify their opinion about an informational text. This instructional activity uses biographies since students can easily be able to write down factual...

It is important to teach students the difference between facts and opinions. This is the groundwork for getting students to think critically when analyzing a piece of text. This lesson plan will help to lay the foundation for opinion...

Read a story on Facebook. Read the headline and think it's too good to be true, but it looks like it's from a news site. Experts offer tips to help sniff out fact from fake. One of today's greatest challenges in a media bombarded culture.

This lesson is a hands-on way for middle schoolers to learn how to discern between fact and opinion. This is an important skill for citizenship in that citizens should be informed about what is happening in their communities and should...

This downloadable slideshow focuses on comparing and contrasting, and distinguishing between fact and opinion. It provides definitions and examples of each.

In order to sharpen a student's understanding of the differences between facts and opinions, this lesson incorporates both the close reading of a newspaper and the writing of a factual article and a letter to the editor.

This site from Cuesta College provides both in-depth definitions of fact and opinion, and several clear examples of each.

Test your knowledge of fact and opinion by answering these ten questions. Correct answers are provided.

This tutorial focuses on critical reading using a downloadable PowerPoint presentation, "Critical Reading 101," which includes separating fact from opinion, 6 propaganda techniques, and 6 common fallacies in reasoning. Also provided is...

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...

Since a recent Stanford study showed that students at practically all grade levels can't determine fake news from the real stuff, the push to teach media literacy has gained new momentum. This article gives five quality examples of...

This mini-lesson 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 concept of...

Using State Facts for Students, a data access tool from the U.S. Census Bureau, students will explore data about their state and voice their opinions on how the population has changed over time. Students will work in small groups to...

In this self-guided unit, you will read Romantic and Transcendental literature and you will practice the art of persuasion using rhetorical devices, appeals, and refutation while avoiding logical fallacies. By the end of the unit, you...

Provides an overview of how to evaluate and make judgments about scientific information.

An assortment of reading mini-projects are included on this site. Reading skills worksheets and differentiated reading activities are also included.