Evaluating Sources

Evaluating Sources

By Erin Vargo

Open Ended

What are some examples of sources we might analyze?

Examples of sources

• Social media posts

• Websites

• Journal articles

• Database articles

• Newspapers

• Videos

• Blogs

• Podcasts

Poll

On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being the very least, 5 being the very most, how would you rate yourself at evaluating sources?

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Multiple Choice

Here are three facts about parks:

1. You can have a picnic at a park.

2. Parks have space to play games.

3. Many parks have walking trails.

How would you summarize these facts?

• My favorite game is disc golf.

• There are lots of things you can do at parks.

• Parks are terrible places.

Summarizing the information we read helps us find the main idea so we can see if the source is RELEVANT to our topic.

Multiple Choice

T/F information is facts in sentence form.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

T/F data are numbers in lists, charts or graphs

• TRUE

• FALSE

​​Information vs. Data

Multiple Choice

You need to find out how a person becomes President of the United States. You find this: The people of our country vote for the President.

• Information

• Data

Multiple Choice

You are researching dogs. You find a website you like. How do you check to see if the facts are true?

• Search for information about the author

• Do a quick Google Search about the information.

• Check when the website was last updated

• All of the above

​Lateral Reading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYUwDbVJ75Y​

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Lateral Reading

1. Find an article/post.

2. Get off the page and open a new tab!

3. Look into who shared this and why?

4. Search keywords

5. Check what other trustworthy sources are saying

SIFT

Poll

On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being the very least, 5 being the very most, how would you rate yourself at evaluating sources?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5