Lesson Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Is It What I Think or What I Know? (Fact or Opinion)

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
This short lesson provides a fairly simple way to teach young students the difference between fact and opinion.
Lesson Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Is It What I Think or What I Know? (Fact or Opinion)

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
This short lesson provides a fairly simple way to teach young students the difference between fact and opinion.
Activity
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Fact & Opinion

For Teachers 4th Standards
Strategies to help students recognize the difference between fact and opinion provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes teaching ideas such as analyzing facts and opinions in newspapers, and...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Characteristics of Science Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the characteristics of science fiction including the three types of science fiction, a list of characteristics from National Geographic. It features links to Fact Monster: "Science Fiction," Goodreads: "Popular...
Handout
Other

Colorado Historical Society: Kit Carson: A Hero in Fact and Fiction [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
A short biography of the legend of the West, Kit Carson. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Fact or Fiction

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Fact and Fantasy Lesson for 1st Grade in Learning Focused Format.
Activity
Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: History Facts and Fictions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
There are many versions of historical events, people, and places. This PBL offers an opportunity to students to actively explore a disputed event or urban myth to decide which version they will argue in favor of with supporting evidence.
Primary
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Fact Tracker: Leprechauns and Irish Folklore

For Students K - 1st
This site shows you how the fact checker checks information included in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #43: Leprechaun in Late Winter, by Mary Pope Osborne. The book Leprechauns and Irish Folklore, the nonfiction companion...
Primary
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Fact Tracker: Pandas and Other Endangered Species

For Students K - 1st
This book checks information included in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #48: A Perfect Time for Pandas by Mary Pope Osborne. The book Pandas and Other Endangered Species, the nonfiction companion written by Will Osborne and...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: An Epidemic for Reading

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan explores the facts and the history behind historical fiction. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Johnny Appleseed

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
During this lesson, students will learn about Johnny Appleseed through a variety of sources. From the information, students will distinguish between fact and fiction. Students will use the writing process to create their own stories...
Website
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Film Competition 2021: International

For Students 1st - 9th
This year, Childnet is introducing the brand new International Category, to enable young people who attend school outside of the UK to also enter. Whilst this will run alongside the UK competition, please note that the International...
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Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Film Competition 2021

For Students 1st - 9th
For the last 12 years, the Childnet Film Competition has challenged young filmmakers to create a short film or a storyboard in response to a given theme. All entries must contain a positive message and be able to educate other young...
Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 8: The Tell Tale Heart

For Teachers 8th Standards
Eighth graders explore the role of the narrator and point of view in a text. Students will understand how the narrative voice of a text can blur the line between fact and fiction and how a story truth is often different from but relates...
Handout
US Geological Survey

Usgs: Dinosaurs: Fact and Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive series of pages that answers a number of commonly asked questions about dinosaurs.
Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Midnight Ride of Paul Revere Fact, Fiction, Artistic License

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" Fact, Fiction, and Artistic License." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Fact and Opinion 1st Grade Unit

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on fact and opinion through which students learn how to identify opinions through signal words, identify facts in a non-fiction text, and use facts to help them formulate opinions of...
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Fact and Opinion 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on fact and opinion through which students learn how to identify facts and opinions in different fiction genres. Students also use non-fiction texts to identify and verify facts and...
Interactive
Other

Plimouth Plantation: Thanksgiving Interactive: You Are the Historian

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site, developed by Plimoth Plantation, offers visitors the chance to use the skills of historians to peel away the layers of myth and misconception surrounding "The First Thanksgiving" and discover what might really have happened...
Website
Other

Ceri: Earthquake Facts and Follies

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of frequently asked questions about earthquakes. This is a good source for earthquake trivia and separating fact from fiction.
Website
Other

Arthur Miller's "The Crucible:" Fact & Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal website provides an essay by Margo Burns, whose interest lies in 17th Century New England (particularly the Salem Witch Trials). The essay focuses on separating the facts from the fictional depiction of Miller's...
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Fiction: Short Story & Novel Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a short story or novel fact sheet offered as a Word document or a PDF. It includes places for title; author; URL; list of important nouns, verbs, phrases, and clauses; setting (includes definition); characterization (including...
Primary
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Fact Tracker: Mummies and Pyramids

For Students K - 1st
This book checks information shared in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #3: Mummies in the Morning by Mary Pope Osborne. Mummies and Pyramids, the nonfiction companion written by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne, is the...
Website
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Astronomy

For Students 3rd - 8th
Eight hands-on lessons module in which students explore the characteristics of planet Earth, its moons, the sun, the solar system, planets, and the difference between science fact and science fiction.

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