Overview/Purpose:
This lesson encourages students to question the authority of a text.
Guiding Questions:
- How can facts be used to support opinions?
- How can I be a critical reader of facts in various sources?
Recommended Time:
45 minutes
Common Core State Standards:
Materials:
Technology Required:
Computers with Internet access and/or print based resources
Lesson Design:
- Distribute and go over the Question the Facts handout.
- Using an article you select, and the question prompts from the handout, model creating a t-chart with Facts and Questions.
- Students continue their research, creating their own t-charts using articles from their own research.
- Students share what they discovered with the class.
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