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,...

This lesson focuses on strategies for active reading such as annotating your texts, reading multiple times, and using your prior knowledge.

[Free Registration/Login Required] The passage "Dancing Ganesha" from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, focuses on a sculpture of Ganesha, a beloved Hindu god who is believed to bring good fortune and success in all daily activities. A...

Discussion of the critical reading skills needed in Social Studies, although the skills discussed can apply to a variety of areas. This is part of a larger site containing numerous lesson plans for Social Studies, and this page is really...

Resource on the political life of England's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and how her conservative politics stirred controversy as well as praise. Students can read and analyze excerpts from Thatcher's speeches. Site includes...

She was born with her eyes closed and a word on her tongue, a word she could not taste. Her name was Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, and she spent the first years of her life listening to her aunt's stories...

Critical analysis of both the historical documents and the literary texts connected with the Salem trials is key to this lesson, which includes a number of activities and some wonderful resources.

Coues's rice rats prefer cattail-bulrush marshes for habitat. Like the closely related Marsh rice rat, Coues is thought to be highly aquatic, active at night, and carnivorous. Learn more about the Oryzomys couesi, more commonly known as...