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True Information?: You Be The Judge.....

The document provides links and resources for researching US states. It includes several websites that provide facts about the 50 US states for students or children. It also lists some questionable websites as examples of assessing credibility online. The document emphasizes using common sense when evaluating websites and offers the CARS method (considering credibility, accuracy, reliability and potential biases based on a site's domain extension) as tips for vetting online information.

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115 views7 pages

True Information?: You Be The Judge.....

The document provides links and resources for researching US states. It includes several websites that provide facts about the 50 US states for students or children. It also lists some questionable websites as examples of assessing credibility online. The document emphasizes using common sense when evaluating websites and offers the CARS method (considering credibility, accuracy, reliability and potential biases based on a site's domain extension) as tips for vetting online information.

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True information?

You be the judge......


 America the Beautiful (link)

 World Almanac Encyclopedia (link)

 Lands and People (link)

 Searchasaurus (link)
 BuILder – Project Information

◦ http://www.informationliteracy.org/builder/1661

◦ A way to organize the project

◦ All powerpoint presentations, information, links,


and handouts will be located on the buILder
Internet Sources

1. Creativecommons.org (Pictures)
2. 50 States (Facts)
3. Library Spot on States (Facts)
4. Internet Public Library (Facts)
5. 50 States for Kids (Facts)
6. A to Z Kids Stuff on States (Facts)
7. U.S Census Bureau (Facts)
 http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.ht
ml
 http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
 http://www.thedogisland.com/
 http://www.fvza.org/
 http://petalgae.com/

 It is important to use common sense when


looking at websites.
 C.A.R.S
◦ Credibility – who wrote the website
◦ Accuracy – the purpose of the website
◦ Reliability – how old is the site
◦ Success – origin of the site, sponsors,
advertisements
 .com = likely to be biased
 .co.uk = likely to be biased
 .edu = likely to be reliable and accurate
 .org = likely to be reliable
It is Research
Millionaire
Time!!

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