Reliable Sources

Which source would you expect to be more reliable?

• Wikipedia.com

• ilovehistory.com

• USNationalArchives.gov

• conspiracies.com

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A website is trustworthy if

• the author's name is cited.
• the date the author originally provided the information is present.
• the author's job or qualification is available.
• all of the above.

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You are researching space exploration and you find a website that details all of the Apollo space missions.  In evaluating the legitimacy of the site, you examine where links go from the site.  Which types of links would most add to the site's credibility?

• Links to an astronaut's Instagram page
• Links to www.Nasa.com
• Links to the move Apollo 13
• Links to www.Nasa.gov

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What does RELIABLE mean?

• something that is WRONG and cannot be trusted

• something that is TRUE and can be TRUSTED

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RELIABLE SOURCES are places or websites that we can get informations that are:

• VALID and TRUE

• FREE and EASY to access

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What is the first thing that you can do if you want to know a RELIABLE SOURCE?

• Download the information from the internet and share it to your friends.

• Look for the name of the author or the website and search it in the internet or ask a teacher or a trusted adult.

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BIAS means:

• Taking only one side of information and disregarding the other aspect of information.

• Taking and hearing all aspects of information.

• Using facts and opinions to make assess something.

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What is a Works Cited page?

• Works Cited is a page that comes at the end of an essay.

• Works Cited pages give us more information about the writer.

• All of the above

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What is plagiarism?

• Plagiarism is taking credit for someone else’s work.

• Plagiarism is creating a citation for a quote.

• Plagiarism is stating an author's ideas in your own words.

• Plagiarism is inserting the author and page number in parenthesis.

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True or false? Reliable sources usually have spelling and grammar mistakes.

• True

• False

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