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Credible Sources
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Learn to identify what makes sources credible and how to identify the most reliable sources.
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Primary Sources are...
First hand accounts.
The oldest source.
Simple to understand.
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If I wanted credible advice on what car to buy, what would be my best resource?
Consumer Reports Magazine
A used car salesman
The owner of a Ford dealership
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Which source is generally more credible when deciding which product to buy?
A Celebrity
The manufacturer
A consumer who has used the product.
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Which source is generally more credible?
A source from 1988
A source from 2018
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Which source is generally more credible?
A known expert in the field
Someone familiar to you.
Someone with strong opinions on the subject.
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When a source favors one opinion over another it is...
Reliable
Credible
Biased
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A source must be ____________ to be credible.
Current
Relevant
both
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Which source would be a more credible account of the events of 9/11?
An FBI agent stating his opinion of the events in Oct 2001.
an eye-witness account by a member of the NYFD at Tower 2.
The mother of a passenger on flight 93.
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Credible sources are...
both
Free from bias
Based on facts
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Which of the following is a Primary Source?
a recording of MLK's "I Have a Dream Speech"
A newspaper article on the Selma Riots
A Harvard history professor's lesson on civil rights.
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Credible sources are best when based on...
Facts
Opinions
Ideas
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A peer reviewed journal is...
Current because articles are revised and updated annually.
Biased because they aim to persuade the reader.
Credible because it is written and evaluated by experts.
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Which source is most likely to contain bias?
a blog by a political analyst
a New York Times article
a peer-reviewed journal article
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Which is the
least relevant
source for a paper on factories during the Industrial Revolution.
A 1912 fictional novel about the life of child laborers.
US Farm Bureau statistics on crop production from 1890-1900.
Statistics on workers injured in textile factories in 1890.
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Credible sources contain which of these elements...
Opinion only
Bias and Opinion
Accuracy and Consistency
