Lesson plan

Whitehead

Whitehead may refer to: * Whitehead (surname), includes a list of people with the name ** Alfred North Whitehead, a 20th century English mathematician and philosopher * Whitehead (comedo), a blocked sweat/sebaceous duct of the skin * Whitehead (bird), a small species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand * Whitehead building, heritage listed residence of the principal of the University of Adelaide's Lincoln College * Whitehead (patience), a patience game related to Klondike * Whitehead & Co., a former torpedo company founded by Robert Whitehead in 1875 * Whitehead SpA, one of the names of the later torpedo factory in Livorno * Whiteheads, another name for the wheat disease take-all * USS Whitehead (1861–1865), American Civil War, 136-ton screw steam gunboat * Whitehead Eagles F.C., a football club in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Back to article

Article summary

Whitehead may refer to: * Whitehead (surname), includes a list of people with the name ** Alfred North Whitehead, a 20th century English mathematician and philosopher * Whitehead (comedo), a blocked sweat/sebaceous duct of the skin * Whitehead (bird), a small species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand * Whitehead building, heritage listed residence of the principal of the University of Adelaide's Lincoln College * Whitehead (patience), a patience game related to Klondike * Whitehead & Co., a former torpedo company founded by Robert Whitehead in 1875 * Whitehead SpA, one of the names of the later torpedo factory in Livorno * Whiteheads, another name for the wheat disease take-all * USS Whitehead (1861–1865), American Civil War, 136-ton screw steam gunboat * Whitehead Eagles F.C., a football club in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1875 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1875". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361321364

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.