By the end of this section, you will be able to apply demand and supply models to analyze prices and quantities and explain the effects of price controls on the equilibrium of prices and quantities.

Read an informational piece, and learn how to analyze the development of an event in the text.

Learn about the different perspectives that can be used in an informational text.

Given some information about a real-world context, analyze expressions containing unknown variables that model that context.

This activity is intended to get learners thinking about where information comes from, how it is presented, how its presentation affects understanding, and how information is used. Because the featured document relates to the Japanese...

This site from the Medieval Sourcebook answers the question: Why Study History Through Primary Sources? It provides complete information, a list of review questions, and bibliography information.

Sharpen your use of the formal conventions of English with this self-guided learning module. The module focuses on formal and informal language, making pronouns agree with their antecedents, and common spelling and grammar errors. At the...

[Free Registration/Login Required] "The Role of Music in Performance" by Composer Lynne Plowman is a resource for the Royal Shakespeare Company Education's Dream Team 2016. It provides information about the uses of music in performances.

A well-done set of units that helps teachers teach the importance of media literacy to their students. Click on Secondary School Introduction to see a video of teachers in the classroom instructing students in ways of using and...

This Library of Congress resource page includes information about American brands names and products. The history of advertising as a whole as well as the history of Coca-Cola TV ads, and the beverage industry are also covered. There are...

This instructional activity focuses on how to analyze sources using the C.R.A.A.P. method, how to integrate sources into your paper, and how to synthesize information from multiple sources. It provides three videos: "Researching 101:...

Students will focus on Main Idea, Author's Purpose, Identifying supporting details and Organizing details. Students will read a variety of Informational Text (non-fiction) to understand how stated and implied main idea effect the...

A performance task asking students to create a graph of provided information and then answer two questions about the information provided with that graph.

In this lesson, 5th graders use their prior knowledge and inference skills to determine uses of unfamiliar objects. They participate in group discussions and analyze the key information they have in order to reach conclusions.

Expository text can be challenging to young readers because of the unfamiliar concepts and vocabulary it presents. Discover ways to help your students analyze expository text structures and pull apart the text to uncover the main idea...

How do we identify information that would strengthen or weaken an argument? Strengthen and Weaken questions ask you to find info that would make the conclusion of an argument more or less likely to be true, based on the evidence that's...

Lesson plan considers changes in writing style since the inception of e-mail and text messaging.

E learning text offers information on measuring income distribution with the Lorenz Curve. Site presents charts and data for one to use in order to construct or analyze a Lorenz Curve.

This powerful poster of an upside down family tree won the yearly poster competition for Holocaust Remembrance Day. By analyzing this poster, students will understand the effect the Holocaust had on generations of Jewish families....

Poetry can be used to invoke emotions and humanize events in history. Students will analyze poems written by Dan Pagis about the Holocaust and answer critical thinking questions. Included are the poems, background information, teaching...

Landslides cause between 1-2 billion dollars in damage per year in the U.S. alone. NASA tracks landslides globally in order to analyze trends in landslide frequency, distribution, and impacts to help scientists better predict landslides...

Nonpartisan site with resources for analyzing the pros and cons of the ACLU. Site includes research, pro and con list, background information, commentary and video.

Lesson in which students analyze primary source photos and answer questions based on photos and informational text to learn about life during the Great Depression.

Students begin this instructional activity by discussing what makes a good, vivid story and creating a working checklist of the criteria for a good story. They explore background information about the Mercury Theatre production of the...