Evaluating Sources

Evaluating Sources

5th - 8th Grade

27 Qs

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Evaluating Sources

Evaluating Sources

Assessment

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English

5th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.3.5, RL.11-12.6, RI.3.1

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27 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a primary source?

a document or other item created at the time.

a description of an event written later by a historian

an opinion piece written by a subject matter expert

the most important document or account for a given essay

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

When you are testing to find out if the website you are using has the most up to date information, you are testing for:

Purpose

Authority

Currency

Relevancy

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A website is credible (shows authority & accuracy) when:

the source is unbelievable and fantastic

it is unreliable and false

the source is appropriate for a business report

it is believable and trustworthy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

A website is biased when:

doesn't tell the whole story

is trying to convince you to take a side

it contains opinion instead of fact and is prejudiced and not impartial

all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

How can you check that a website is trustworthy (shows authority & accuracy)?

Check the links the website has to other sources

Check the facts with another website

Research the author of the website

All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a way to check a websites authority/author

The author has credentials

Google the author to find if they have other publications

The author has contact information

All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Links that fail to open on a website are called

debugging

broken links

annoying

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