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CCS 101 & 102 Yelm High School: Evaluation Activity

Permanent URL: https://library.spscc.edu/blowers

This is a guide for Karla Blowers classes.

Evaluation Activity

Now that you're familiar with different evaluation methods in the How to Evaluate Information tab, use the appropriate method to evaluate the following works:

1. X (Twitter) post

2. News article

3. Video

4. Scholarly article

5. Online Magazine

Lily's Eval Presentation

Tools To Help Verify Information

Below is a short list of websites that may help you verify information or bust a hoax.

Snopes.com - fact-checking website for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

FactCheck.org - fact-checking website that aims to reduce the level of deception, confusion, and misinformation in US politics.

PolitiFact.com - fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.

All Sides - estimates the perceived political bias of news articles (e.g. right, left, center) and provides different versions of similar news to expose media bias.

apnews.com/ap-fact-check - fact-checking website from The Associated Press, an independent global news organization.

mediabiasfactcheck.com - fact-checking website that uses an explicit methodology to rate media, social media, and disinformation.

Wikipedia - a free crowdsourced encyclopedia where anybody can create and edit entries.

Google - search engine to find information on the internet.