Evaluating Credible Sources

Why is using reliable sources important?

• To clarify your understanding of the topic.

• To find other people who think like you do.

• So you can be sure you are providing the whole truth.

• To prove that you're right and everyone who disagrees with you is wrong.

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Why should you figure out if a source is reliable?

• To know how many people will believe it.

• To see how to use it in your writing.

• Because your teacher said so.

• To see if you should use it in your writing.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

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Identify which one measures the reliability of a source:

• If the author is a well known blogger.

• If the author is an expert on the topic.

• If the article is published on Wikipedia.

• If the author is unknown, but the publication is shared on social media a lot.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

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What lowers an author's reliability?

• If they are trying to persuade or convince the audience.

• If they are writing to inform the audience.

• If they are writing to educate the audience.

• If they present both sides of the issue.

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Which domain suffix should you look for if you were looking for scholarly sources?

• .gov

• .com

• .edu

• .net

• .org

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CCSS.RI.3.5

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Is the date that something was published important?

• Yes. Sometimes newer sources correct misinformation from earlier sources.

• Yes. Sometimes, interpretations of sources in newer sources provide more clarity than the original source.

• No. Anything published online has already been fact checked and corrected.

• No. If it was published at some point, it's right forever.

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Why isn't your opinion in your essay considered to be evidence or a reliable source?

• You are not an expert in any topic.

• Your opinions, without the support of facts, are biased.

• Your opinion, disguised as facts in your essay, is often just plagiarized from somewhere else.

• Your opinions need to be substantiated by credible sources.

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Meagan has to write an essay on the mental health of middle and high school students. Which would be the MOST CREDIBLE source for her to use?

• CNN News broadcast about the mental health of adults.

• middle school teacher's Tik Tok video about how crazy her students are acting.

• well-researched New York Times article about the mental health of students

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.3.5

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Kayden must complete a research project about current events in his Social Studies class. His mother prints an article from an online encyclopedia that was written in 2011. Is the article a credible source? Choose the BEST answer.

• Yes because it comes from an encyclopedia.

• No because it came from the internet.

• Yes because it was written in the last 15 years.

• No because the information is not current.

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Mrs. Walker is going to assign her students a project about weather patterns. She is going to give them sources to research. Which would NOT be a credible source.

• The link to a podcast produced by a dentist who studies the weather in his spare time.

• An article written by a trained weather scientist that has been studying weather patterns for 25 years.

• A link to a video about changing weather patterns produced by the National Weather Service.

• A chart made by scientists from a university that lists weather patterns.

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