Wednesday, November 13, 2019

8th Grade: Source Reliability and Evaluating Websites

Objectives:
Know: There are reliable and unreliable sources on the internet
Understand: The difference between using databases and using Google
Be Able To:
  • Evaluate sources for fact, opinion, propaganda, currency, and relevance
  • Recognize the importance of the publication date as an indicator of information currency
  • Search the Internet effectively with expanders and limiters
  • Identify authority of URL and their potential for bias
  • Identify authority of an author in online materials
  • Assess currency and timeliness in evaluating online materials