Special Collection: Top Stories for Teaching Text Evidence
Teacher-approved stories, lesson plans, and activities for exploring text evidence in your classroom
Could This Robot From Star Wars Ever Exist?
This short nonfiction text explores current and future artificial intelligence and robotics technology.
Learning objective: to support a claim with text evidence
“The History of Teeth” and “Where Are All the Dentists?”
In this gripping story, students learn about the infamous 1962 escape from Alcatraz prison.
Learning objective: to evaluate evidence presented in an article
Escape From Alcatraz
In this gripping story, students learn about the infamous 1962 escape from Alcatraz prison.
Learning objective: to evaluate evidence presented in an article
Vanished
This gripping article explores one of the greatest mysteries in American history: What happened to Amelia Earhart?
Learning Objective: to evaluate the evidence for various theories about Amelia Earhart’s disappearance and to write an essay explaining which theory is most convincing
The Choice
A gripping play based on Frank Stockton’s classic story “The Lady, or the Tiger?”—sure to inspire passionate debate in your classroom!
Learning Objective: to draw a conclusion based on evidence in a story
Could This Robot From Star Wars Ever Exist?: ©Lucasfilm/Entertainment Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com; The History of Teeth: razyph/123RF.com; Escape From Alcatraz: Gary Hanna; Vanished: Smithsonian Institution/NASA; The Choice: Gary Hanna