The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
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Title:
| The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth |
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Description:
| These web sites are to help students recognize whole- and half-truth. Learn about facts, opinions, and points of views. Includes lesson plans, worksheets, and online quizzes as well as games. There is a link to eThemes resources on Fact and Opinion activities for younger students. |
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Grade Level:
| 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Resource Links:
| Skillswise: Fact and Opinion
Learn how to spot and distinguish fact from opinion in news. Includes three quizzes and four printable worksheets.
Fact or Opinion?
Read eight short sentences from newspapers and magazines, then make your judgment whether they contain facts, opinions, or both. Check your answers.
The Blind Men and the Elephant
Read this Indian fable and discuss what are facts, opinions, and point-of-view. NOTE: The site leads to websites with ads.
Tutorial: Distinguishing between Fact and Opinion
This interactive tutorial includes facts, opinions, and blends of both. Chose an answer and read a brief feedback-explanation.
Quia: Comprehension: Fact or Opinion? Game 1
Practice separating facts from opinions in this online game.
Quia: Comprehension: Fact or Opinion? Game 2
This game has students practicing the skill of identifying facts and opinions.
Worksheet: Fact vs. Opinion
Use this PDF chart to analyze text and explain facts and opinions.
Looking at Issues from Different Perspectives
Take the role of an American senator, business investor, environmental activist, and others to learn about important controversial issues related to China and make a decision what truth to tell.
Myth and Truth: The Gettysburg Address
This lesson plan can help students find out how truth can be viewed differently depending on a point-of-view of the teller.
Exploring Free Speech and Persuasion with Nothing But the Truth
This lesson planned is designed for sixth to eighth grade students and based on the "Nothing But the Truth" novel. The lesson includes internet research, forming and presenting a chosen position. The site includes interactive form and printable handouts for the activity.
Public Deception
This lesson plan involves students debating the impact of not telling the whole truth by public figures. The lesson plan is based on a story of a Nobel laureate. NOTE: The site leads to websites with ads.
Lesson Plan: Fact vs. Opinion (Part I)
This lesson plan is designed for sixth to eighth grade students. It involves students working together while reading passages and answering questions on the included PDF worksheets.
Lesson Plan: Fact vs. Opinion (Part II)
This lesson plan is designed for sixth to eighth grade students. In this lesson plan students will learn how to separate fact from opinion while reading a newspaper.
Lesson 3: Fact vs. Opinion
This 11-page PDF file is a lesson plan designed to help students to make distinctions between facts and opinions during people's argumentation. Two activities include argumentations on wilderness and critical assessment of news and advertisements.
Fact vs. Opinion in the Stock Market
Read this real-life situation where separating facts from opinions means your financial well-being. NOTE: The site includes ads.
eThemes Resource: Reading Skills: Fact and Opinion
Description: These web sites describe how to tell the difference between fact and opinion. There are sites that explain the differences and give examples of value words. Includes quizzes, PowerPoint presentation, worksheets, and lesson plans.
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Education Standards:
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AL Standards:
3.4
AR Standards:
W.5.9.5.e, R.9.9.9, IR.12.9.5, W.5.10.3.b, W.5.10.5.e, W.5.11.2.b, W.5.11.5.e, W.5.12.2.b, W.5.12.5.e
AU Standards:
1.1, 1.7, 1.8
DE Standards:
1.3.4.a.2, 1.3.4.b.3, 2.4h.1, 2.4h.2, 2.4h.3, 2.4h.4, 2.4h.5, 2.5f.6, 2.5i, 2.5j.9, 3.1a2.9, 1.3.4.a.2, 1.3.4.b.3, 2.4h.1, 2.4h.2, 2.4h.3, 2.4h.4, 2.4h.5, 2.5f.6, 2.5i, 2.5j.9, 3.1a2.9, 1.3.4.a.2, 1.3.4.b.3, 2.4h.1, 2.4h.2, 2.4h.3, 2.4h.4, 2.4h.5, 2.5f.6, 2.5i.9, 3.1a2.9, 1.3.4.a.2, 1.3.4.b.3, 2.4h.1, 2.4h.2, 2.4h.3, 2.4h.4, 2.4h.5, 2.5f.6, 2.5i, 2.5j.9, 3.1a2.9
IL Standards:
1.11.21, 1.11.30
ME Standards:
F1.a, F1.b, F1.c
MO Standards:
R.1.I.a, R.2.A, R.3.A, R.1.I.a, R.2.A, R.3.A, R.1.I.a, R.2.A, R.3.A, R.1.I.a, R.2.A, R.2.B, R.3.A
NV Standards:
4.12.6.1, 4.12.6.2, 4.12.6.3, 4.12.6.4, 4.12.6.5, 7.12.1.3
OK Standards:
A.2.4.a, B.2.1.b, B.2.2.c, B.2.3.c, A.2.4.a, B.2.1.b, B.2.2.c, B.2.3.c, D.2.1, D.2.1
UT Standards:
2.1.a, 2.1.b, 2.1.c, 2.2.b, 2.2.c, 2.1.a, 2.1.b, 2.3.a.1, 2.1.b
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