Explaining ideas in informational texts | Reading | Khan Academy
109Readers, we're digging into those two most important questions: "what's happening?” and “why is it happening?”
Today, we're going to be talking about explaining ideas in an informational text. And an informational, just like it sounds, is a text that gives you information—that could be information about science, history, or some other subject.
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