Evaluating Sources

True or False - If readers evaluate sources before reading an entire source, they will find higher-quality information and find it quicker. 

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

True or False - All online information is trustworthy and usable for research purposes.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does credible mean?

• The best answer on Google

• Related to the key terms

• Reliable, dependable, trustworthy

• The most recent

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Evaluating content on the Web is important because...

• Web authors are always less professional.

• Web authors are always biased.

• Anyone can publish on the Web. There’s no guarantee that what you’re reading is reliable.

• Printed information is always more accurate than information found on the Web.

Accuracy means...

• the condition or quality of being true, correct, or exact

• a disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in a way that is closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair

• a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Evaluate means...

• to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of

• relation to the matter at hand

• prejudice

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Relevance means...

• Relation to the matter at hand

• to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of

• prejudice

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A URL is a...

• web address you type into a browser to reach a website

• a code hackers use to steal important online information

• the suffix at the end of a web address, such as .com or .org

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

True or False: The website looks really official. The information it offers must be true.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

True or False: There are a lot of graphs and charts on the site. With all this information it must be true.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1