Curated OER
Scholarly v. Popular (Journals)
How do you determine whether a resource is credible or not? Contrary to what your class probably believes, just because it's published doesn't mean it provides accurate information! So how does one determine if it's credible? Use this...
Curated OER
Research Techniques: Gathering Credible Sources
How can you spot a credible source? What even makes a resource reliable in the first place? Answer some of these questions with this presentation. Although intended for higher education, this PowerPoint could be modified for middle...
Curated OER
Thinking About Hate
This lesson starts out with a guided discussion about the statement "Birds fly in the sky; airplanes fly in the sky; therefore, airplanes are birds" and goes on to cover logical fallacies and reliable sources, relating these to the topic...
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University of Virginia: Center for Politics
This non-partisan site serves "as readily accessible resource for scholars, reporters, officeholders and the general public on issues central to our system of government."
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Usc Annenberg: Online Journalism Review
A review of journalistic issues and news, the OJR covers journalism worldwide, especially in cyberspace.
Library of Congress
Loc: History Firsthand: Primary Source Research
History Firsthand has been designed to provide elementary children with experiences which enable them to begin understanding primary sources. Students move from personal artifacts to the vast American Memory collections and learn how...
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Polling report.com
This non-partisan site reports the results of the latest national public opinion polls. Constantly updates and informational.
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The Center for Public Integrity: Home Page
Excellent site for journalists and others who feel that it is their beat to keep a watchful eye on the political culture of the country through investigations and analyses of public service.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Hoax/no Hoax? Online Comprehension and Evaluation Strategies
Students use research-based comprehension strategies to read and evaluate websites, and practice analysis by comparing hoax and real websites and by identifying false or misleading information. SL.11-12.2 Eval&Integrate sources
Sophia Learning
Sophia: How to Choose Credible Sources
This tutorial focuses on choosing credible sources for a research project. It offers two versions of a slideshow: a non-audio slideshow and an audio slideshow which explains the information as it is shown. They each define terms, offer...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Supporting Details
This tutorial focuses on supporting details using a video of a paragraph from a book showing the topic sentence and two strong, reliable, supporting details. This is followed by a slideshow that stresses the need for variety in the types...
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Student Press Law Center: Student Press Law Center
Based in Virginia, this site provides legal help and information to student journalists and journalism teachers.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: What Lies Beneath the Upper Crust?
Students use the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program as an example to help them find ways of checking science news stories for accuracy. They are given a science news story and instructed to investigate the accuracy of the claims made in...
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Radcab: Your Vehicle for Information Evaluation
How do you know you are using a trustworthy source when writing a research paper? Use this acronym for easy questions to ask yourself to make sure you have a reliable source. Click on each one for further details.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Evaluate Resources
We will evaluate the usefulness of sources, select sources for our research, and record bibliographic information for the sources we select. This will help us prepare our research.
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Expert click.com: Yearbook of Experts
This site, which is provided for by Expert Click.com, gives an online encyclopedia of sources for journalists and broadcasters.