Study skills & advisory
Can You Trust It? Evaluating Sources
Students learn five questions for judging a source, apply them to four described sources about homework, rate each as strong or weak, and explain why.
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Communications & media
Can You Trust This Source? Rating Five Sources
Students rate five invented sources about one school claim, match key source-evaluation terms, and plan how to verify a rumor.
Social studies
Is It Reliable? Sorting News and Online Sources
Students rate six described sources for reliability, sort fact from opinion, and rewrite a misleading headline.
Technology & computer science
Is This Source Reliable? Judge Three Sample Websites
Students compare written descriptions of three fictional websites using author, evidence, date and purpose, and decide which are reliable.
English language arts
Who Can You Trust? Evaluating Bias and Credibility in Three Sources
Students compare three original sources about a made-up study gummy, chart each source’s author, purpose and evidence, and rate credibility.