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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Graphical Sources: Practice 2 (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Analyze the factual, quantitative, and technical data in graphs and charts.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Graphical Sources: Practice 2 (English I Reading)

For Students 9th Standards
Analyze the factual, quantitative, and technical data in graphs and charts.
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Website
BBC

Bbc: News: Country Profile: Syria

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC gives a factual overview of the Middle Eastern country of Syria. Features an audio of the national anthem, a timeline of key events, and links to other related sites.
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Handout
WebMD

Web Md: Measles (Rubeola)

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides great information on Measles (Rubeola). Links provide facts on symptoms, medical tests, wellness and support. This site is well organized and contains great in-depth factual information along with a picture.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Make Inferences in Informational/expository Text

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] By using different organizational patterns as guides, learn how to make subtle inferences and draw complex conclusions while distinguishing factual claims.
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Handout
Other

St. Olaf College: The Malthusian Model

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from St. Olaf College provides great information on the Malthusian Model for population growth. Great factual text is given, along with formulas and examples to increase the learning on the subject.
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Activity
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Minneapolis Institute of Arts: World Myths and Legends in Art: Compare/contrast

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Students choose two works of art from twenty-six choices available. Each work has a picture followed by brief factual information. Students compare and contrast the two works based on information presented with both words and pictures....
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Article
Made From Media

Made From History:10 Historical Myths Everyone Believes Because of Hollywood

For Students 9th - 10th
An article which highlights either myths that have emerged from factually incorrect movies or historical films that have had their facts tweaked in the name of art.
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Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Quotations by Descartes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the University of St Andrews, contains 14 quotes by Rene Descartes. The information, while limited, is factual and worth checking out on the subject.
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Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Bonaventura Cavalieri

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of St. Andrews, gives factual biological information on Cavalieri. Links are provided at the end of the site for more information.
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Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Leonhard Euler

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the University of St Andrews, gives a factual description of Leonhard Euler's life and accomplishments.
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Primary
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Mary Shelley

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania provides the reader with a brief but factual biographical sketch of the author, Mary Shelley. Includes link to the full text of her famous work, Frankenstein.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Planetary Cereal Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a project which would be appropriate to use at the end of a lesson about the solar system. Students will decorate an empty cereal box with information and games showing their comprehension of factual information about an assigned...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Do You Know How?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will write in a technical genre. "Technical writing conveys specific information about a technical subject to a specific audience for a specific purpose. The words and graphics of technical writing are meant to be practical:...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Is Your "Bat"itude?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson is for use at the beginning of a unit on bats to help determine students' previous knowledge about bats as well as their bat attitudes. Students will begin by drawing an illustration describing their feelings about bats....
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Newspapers: Facts and Opinions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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.
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Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Drawing Political Cartoons: How Do They Convey Messages About Current Events?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this 9-12 lesson, young scholars will analyze cartoon drawings to create an original political cartoon based on current events. Students will apply both factual knowledge and interpretive skills to determine the values, conflicts, and...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Facts & Fictions of Opioid Addiction/recovery/relapse: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students, through research, discussion and viewing the program, will learn some factual information about the opioid epidemic, addiction recovery options and...
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade 1: Mooncake

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn factual information about the moon and how light creates shadows. Noting that authors oftentimes use their imaginations to create stories, 1st graders explore how misconceptions and misunderstandings can often be...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Negligence

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about negligence, which is "a type of tort or delict that can either be criminal or civil in nature." This encyclopedia entry explains the features of negligence claims, the types of damage awards victims may receive, and the legal...
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Professional Doc
Other

Youth Learn: The Key to Engaging Students in Learning: Asking Good Questions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Explanation of several types of questions, and suggestions for helping students use good questioning techniques in inquiry-based learning. SL.9-10.1c Active Partic
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PPT
Other

Prezi: Implicit and Explicit Questions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Prezi provides Implicit and Explicit questions and practice activities.
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Activity
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Division by 1 Through 9

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This site gives practice problems for division by 1-9 and games to use this skill. The information is very brief, but factual, and worth checking out for helpful tools on the subject. CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Manuel Rojas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Library of Congress, includes a brief synopsis of Rojas during his war years. The information, while short, is factual and worth checking out on the subject.

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