Fact or fiction?
- In an open web search, decide whether a website can be trusted.
- Research a claim.
- Decide whether a partisan website is trustworthy.
- Identify strengths and weaknesses in a social media video.
- Read a tweet and decide whether it provides useful information.
1. Evaluate this article by answering:
- What type of publication or forum does the article appear in?
- Who wrote it? Is the author a journalist, an academic or other expert?
- Does the article cite pro, con and neutral sources? Identify these.
- What is the domain name and what does it tell you about the audience for the article?
2. Evaluate this claim: Four Ways DACA is illegal.
- What type of publication or forum does the article appear in?
- Who wrote it? Is the author a journalist, an academic or other expert?
- Does the article cite pro, con and neutral sources? Identify these.
- What is the domain name and what does it tell you about the audience for the article?
- Write a response to one of the comments at the end of the article.
3. Are these partisan websites trustworthy? Are they liberal, conservative or nonpartisan?
4. Identify strengths and weaknesses in a social media video.
5. Read a tweet and decide whether it provides useful information.
- What did you learn and what do you think about it?
