the amount of money the author earns for the source.

The importance of the information for your needs.

The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content.

The trustworthiness of the source of the information.

The timeliness of the information.

the importance of the information for your needs.

The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content.

The trustworthiness of the source of the information.

The importance of the information for your needs.

You are researching current medical breakthroughs for a class presentation. You have found a website that uses information from 2004. Is this website a good resource?

No, because it is not current enough for this topic.

Yes, because a lot of important breakthroughs occurred in the early 2000s.

Yes, because if the website had more important information it would have automatically updated the website.

No, because you only ever want to use websites created in the last 3 years.

You are researching the most recent presidential election and the reasons why people voted for a candidate. Which would be the best website to use?

a non-partisan organization that publishes polls of voters from a broad range of the political spectrum

a blog created by a conservative thinker interviewing some friends of the writer

a blog created by a liberal thinker interviewing some friends of the writer

an online encyclopedia that explains how the electoral college functions

When you determine the author's purpose, which one is most trustworthy?

An author trying to sell something

Why is it important to consider the author's bias?

The author might not give you all the facts

The author might not be qualified to write about the topic

The author might be making a joke

The author might be writing a blog post

How do you make sure that you are getting accurate information?

Look at several sources on the same topic to make sure the information is the same

Only choose .org and .gov websites

Avoid all news websites, since they are sensational

Which argument most logically follows from Jefferson's expressed ideas in the Declaration of Independence?

Any form of government that suppresses people's freedoms should be overthrown.

The rights of men should be supported over those of women.

Monarchy is a bad form of government because rulers ar enot elected.

All forms of government destroy human rights and should be abandoned.

Which of the following is the central idea put forth in the Declaration of Independence?

The American colonies are justified in rejecting British rule and setting up a new government.

The American people will fight to the death to protect themselves from attacks by Britain.

The people of Great Britain should claim their own independence from the rule of the current king.

Americans who support the idea of independence from Great Britain greatly outnumber those who do not.

In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson accuses Britain of "quartering large bodies of armed troops among us." Which of the following best defines the word quartering as Jefferson uses it here?

providing board for extra charges

acting at fifteen minute intervals

Which of the following statements from the Declaration of Independence makes the strongest emotional appeal to readers?

He is at this time transporting large armies... to complete the works of death, desolation , and tyranny...

He has called together legislative bodies... for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly...

He has abdicated government here, be declaring us out of his protection...

absolute control or unlimited power; tyranny

Wrote pamphlets the average American would understand.

Wrote in an elevated manner to please politicians.

Wrote essays supporting the British rule and the crown.

Wrote motivational speeches for General Washington's troops.

· Common Sense was a pamphlet Thomas Paine published to distribute in the colonies to...

influence more people to join the independence movement.

explain to Britain why they should end the quartering act

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Documents, images or artifacts that provide firsthand testimony or direct evidence are called...

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A biography about Abraham Lincoln

An autobiography is a

A classmate giving a report about Cleopatra. The classmate giving the report is a

Adam told me that someone got hurt during gym when he was there. Adam is the...

A dictionary, an almanac, and an encyclopedia are all examples of

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