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Evaluating Online Sources Lesson PlanEvaluating Online Sources Lesson Plan
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Southern Poverty Law Center
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9th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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Evaluating Online Sources

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All sources are pretty much the same, right? If this is how your class views the sources they use for writing or research projects, present them with a media literacy lesson on smart source evaluation. Groups examine several articles, discuss guiding questions, and create their own source evaluation tools.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

evaluating sources, evaluating websites, evaluating claims, media coverage, news articles, news reporting, news media, discussion skills, the internet

Additional Tags

classroom support

Instructional Ideas

  • The lesson makes a great addition to a journalism or social studies class
  • Allow plenty of time for discussion, as the interesting topics covered in the lesson are bound to get the class talking

Classroom Considerations

  • Create a class set of the six articles used in the activity, so groups can cycle through them
  • Each group needs a computer with Internet access

Pros

  • Activity uses multiple sources and provides a simple approach to source evaluation
  • Pupils work with current events in real time, making the lesson much more relevant

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.2 RI.9-10.7 RI.9-10.8 RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.2 RI.11-12.7

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