1. FAC Credibility Fast and Curious

When a source is credible, it means that the information is ...

• High quality but not true

• High quality and trustworthy

• Fake and questionable

• Made up but sounds like it could be true

Only experts can post information on the internet.

• True
• False

Fact checking means

• to check your facts by asking an adult if its true

• to ask your peers if the information on a site is true.

• to check the facts on one site and compare them with other sites

The websites that you need to be the most careful with are websites with ______________ domain name

• .edu

• .com

• .gov

• .org

Which of the following is not used to determine the reliability of a resource:

• objectivity

• fact-based

• credibility

• creativity

Objectivity is defined as:

• stating only one side of an argument

• presenting just the facts without opinion or emotion

• presenting facts that favor one side and limiting facts that favor the other side

• exrpessing the opinion of the author

When determining if an author is credible, you should try to learn if he or she has enough:

• education

• experience

• respect from colleagues

• nation of origin

To see if an author is credible you might:

• research him or her to learn more about their credentials

• see how many likes the article got

• look at the sources that he or she cited

• look at the author's picture to see if they look intelligent

A primary source is

• a source recorded by a witness of an event

• a source written by someone who read about an event

• a source written by someone who heard about an event

A secondary source is

• a source recorded by a witness of an event

• a source written by someone who read about an event or who interviewed someone who witnessed an event

• an object or artifact from an event