National Archives (UK)
The National Archives: Focus on Film
Should students believe everything they see on tv? The National Archives provides this resource for students to examine cinemas as an accurate source of history. Links to archived videos and activities are provided. RI.11-12.7 Eval...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Web Site Evaluation Rubric [Pdf]
This is a two-page PDF of a rubric to use in the evaluation of websites in the quest for credible websites for research purposes. RI.11-12.7 Eval Different Media/format
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Background for the Graphic Novel Persepolis: A Web Quest on Iran
This lesson focuses on young scholars researching and learning about Iran's culture, society, and leadership before and after the 1979 Revolution in preparation for reading the graphic novel Persepolis. Students work in small groups to...
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Handouts: Evidence
What kinds of evidence best support the points you make in a paper? Where can you find the evidence you need? This handout answers all these questions and more, including the difference between primary and secondary sources. You'll also...
Other
Santa Rosa Library: How to Evaluate Information Resources
Tips and information about how to evaluate resources, both print and electronic. Includes information about source authority, purpose, objectivity, currency, completeness, and relevance. It includes a printable handout (top right)with...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Using Sources: Bringing Sources Into the Conversation
This lesson focuses on identifying the five components of the "source sandwich:" transition and introduction; a signal phrase; quotation, paraphrase, or summary; citation, and explanation of material's relevance. A practice exercise is...
Other
Time & Life Pictures: Defining Visions of an Enduring History
This database of images contains hundreds of photographs from TIME and Life Magazines from a span of over 70 years. This is a wonderful resource for the study of history, culture or photojournalism. Images are searchable by photographer,...
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Nielsen Norman Group: Guidelines for Multimedia on the Web
Guidelines on how to design presentations for web media. This is an old article and some of the information is outdated, but much is still relevant. SL.9-10.5 Audio Visuals, RI.11-12.7 Eval Different Media/format....