CE.5 C Evaluating Information

CE.5 C Evaluating Information

Vocabulary To Know

Copy the information on theses slides.

FACT

• something that can be proven as true

Opinion

• It cannot be proven as true

• key words are feel, like, believe, think

Multiple Choice

Look at the information provided and determine if it is a fact or opinion? Be ready to explain your answer.

• Barack Obama is the former president of the United States. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas.

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Read the passage and determine which sentences are facts and which are opinions.

• Pharmaceutical companies have been racing to find a vaccine that will end the Coronavirus. Pfizer has announced that they have a vaccine that has tested 90% accuracy in stop the COVID 19. Many people have stated that they are skeptical and will not take the vaccine when available. I feel that our FDA and other agencies will make sure it is safe before the wide use of the vaccine. I am confident that it is very safe.

Evaluation of Sources

• Who is presenting the information? Is this source trustworthy and reliable?

• Do other sources support this information? Check other sources for accuracy.

• Is this information a fact or opinion

• Is there bias or propaganda techniques being uses?

Vocabulary write them in your spiral notebook or on notebook paper.

• propaganda- trying to influence people by present only one point of view; it can be false or exaggerated information

• bias- information that is prejudice against minority groups, religious and racial groups., gender or age.

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Watch the video clips from the following slides and discuss bias and propaganda.