Students will learn about the types of Supreme Court opinions and the influence of legal precedent. Additionally, this Media Moment Mini-lesson introduces traditional authors of opinion pieces and explores factors that should influence a student’s evaluation of an author’s credibility. (USA: iCivics 2018)

Stating Opinions

In this New York Times lesson from 2006, students share opinions about the legitimacy of eavesdropping on citizens (2009-18).

Goodplanet is a French NGO founded by the photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand. It offers information on the environment, its latest news and opinions. It presents different views and different aspects of the ecological debate without taking side with any of them.

This multimedia archive is the most complete and authoritative source for all of the Supreme Court’s audio since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. Oyez offers transcript-synchronized and searchable audio, plain-English case summaries, illustrated decision information, and full-text Supreme Court opinions (USA 2020). 

The lesson compares two differing accounts of the only violent event that happened during the Lewis and Clark expedition. After comparing these, students read, debate, and decide upon an open-ended fictional story (USA 2017).

Persuasive cartography is defined as ʺmaps intended primarily to reinforce opinions or beliefs - to send or reinforce messages - rather than to communicate objective geographic information.ʺ (Cornell University Library's Digital Collections 2017)

Students will investigate the different types of terrorism and explore what makes someone a terrorist as well as different ideas and opinions about terrorism from a historical perspective (tes 2021).

Through facts, expert opinions, and Flash activities, the PBS-site shows that most of our assumptions about race are wrong, yet the consequences of racism are very real (2003-20).

 In this New York Times lesson, students research the recent history of torture in the U.S., examine opinions about whether torture is ever justified, and engage in a debate on the issue. (2011-20)