Displaying 8 resources
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTrivial Pursuits: Playing with Internet Information: A Lesson in Fact-Checking
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, students reflect on the difference between trivia and other types of information and examine how the Internet ha...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCan We Talk? Exploring the History of Telecommunications Technology
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, American Democracy, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students research the history and technology of telecommunications. Th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Second Draft of History: Examining History Textbooks as Media Constructions
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, English-Language Arts, United States History, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students draft entries about a recent historical event for a history t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnder the Collar: An Investigation Into White-Collar Crime
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, Economics, American DemocracyIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students first examine different types of "white-collar" crimes. T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnionized We Stand: Creating a Union to Promote Student Interests
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Economics, English-Language Arts, United States History, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students compose a statement of basic rights to protect their own ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Literature Through Letter Writing Groups
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students discuss literature through a series of letter exchanges. Exchanged letters can tak...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBuilding Vietnam War Scavenger Hunts through Web-Based Inquiry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, TechnologyIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students read a book about Vietnam, as a whole class or in literature circles. Then, workin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStar-Crossed Lovers Online: "Romeo and Juliet" for a Digital Age
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading Comprehension, TechnologyIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use their understanding of modern experiences with technology to make active meaning of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0