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Fake News & Credible Sources
Fake News & Credible Sources
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An #ELA based Quiz about the spread of #FakeNews and how to stop it for #6thgrade and #7thgrade.
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Credible sources are based on...
Feelings
Ideas
Facts
Opinions
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"The Onion" is considered...
America's number one source of real news
a fact-checker website
a great resource for cooking articles
A satire website that creates fake news for entertainment purposes
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Which is an example of Media Bias???
Someone saying "Trump rants and raves"
A lollipop commerical
A novel
A video of MLK Jr. Speaking
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To corroborate something means to
share it online via a social media platform
confirm the truth, or correctness of
copy it
not believe it
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When you evaluate a source, you
check that it is up to date
check that it is written by an expert
check that it is factual
all of the above
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Snopes.com is...
considered the biggest source of fake news.
a fact-checker website
a government website
an online encyclopedia
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According to what we have learned, what is another way to weed out fake news?
Look at the pictures & captions
By not reading the article
By sharing it on social media
Look at the contact information
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a source that seriously discusses false information with the intent to deceive is called
a hoax
an editorial
a satire
an article
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One way to spot fake news is to...
look at the length of the article
determine whether the article is from a trustworthy site
look at how many pages the site has
determine if the author used any big/important words
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"Fake News" can best be defined as...
news that people don't like to read
stories that are true, but look fake
newspapers printed on fake paper
false stories that appear to be news
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One type of online information that would NOT be fake news
hoaxes
satires
editorials
biographies
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Bias is defined as
sharing both sides of a situation equally
being fair to all, unprejudice
an opinion/liking that is not fair to all; prejudice
being indifferent
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Corroborate
To Understand
To Support
To Disapprove
To Question
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Credible sources are...
Free from bias
Based on facts
All of the above
Backed by other credible sources
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What are you doing when you are identifying key points and getting an overview of the text's content?
scanning a text
emailing a text
researching a text
copying a texr
