This is a two-day lesson designed around dis-proving one of the rumors about the moon - specifically, the man in the moon. As a teacher, I struggled to find non-fiction articles that met the reading level and grade level of my students - so many articles were too easy, too difficult, or the subject matter was inappropriate!
So, within our study of the moon, we learned about the rumor that there is a man in the moon, by reading an article, investigating cause and effect, finding the main point