Evaluating Internet Sources
Grade 8•45 minutes
Learning Objective
I can evaluate internet sources for bias and accuracy to determine if they are appropriate for research.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Define each component of the CRAP test (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose) in your own words.
2. Explain why it is important to evaluate sources before using them in a research paper or project.
3. You are researching the effects of social media on teenagers. You find a blog post written by a teenager in 2005 about their personal experiences with social media. How would you evaluate the authority and accuracy of this source using the CRAP test?
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Evaluating Resources with CRAAP
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