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Evaluating Sources for Research
How do you know if a source is trustworthy and credible? Help students find out with this research skills lesson plan! Use a checklist with guiding questions to explore examples and nonexamples of quality resources for research.
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How do you know if a source is trustworthy and credible? Help students find out with this research strategies lesson plan! Designed for a sixth-grade curriculum, this lesson provides learners with essential guidance and practice in assessing the credibility of sources. Students will use a checklist with guiding questions to explore examples and non-examples of quality resources for research.
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to effectively determine the quality of sources for research based on a source's relevance, accuracy, bias, and reliability.
Introduction
(2 minutes)
- Ask students to brainstorm a list of resources they would turn to if they needed to learn about a specific topic. Ideas like websites, encyclopedias, and library books may be mentioned.
- Ask students if they think all resources are equally valid. How do they know?
- Tell students that today they are going to learn how to evaluate various sources to determine if they are high quality and useful for research.