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Computers & Digital Literacy · Grade 5

Research and Source Reliability

Learners judge sources like fact-checkers: they identify a source's purpose (inform, persuade, sell, entertain), separate facts from opinions, tell primary from secondary sources, and use lateral reading (leaving a page to see who is behind it and what other reliable sources say), including checking photos that may be edited or used out of context.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 80 minutes
  • Source reliability check: 8 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, put in order, sort into groups and write a short answer
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What learners will discover

  • Identify a source's purpose (inform, persuade, sell, entertain) and explain how purpose affects how much to trust it.
  • Tell facts (can be checked) from opinions (beliefs or feelings), and primary sources (firsthand) from secondary sources (about events, made later).
  • Read laterally: leave a page to check who is behind it and what other reliable sources say, and check whether images are edited or out of context.

Lessons

  1. Why was it made? 3 steps2 practiceabout 18 min
  2. Fact or opinion? 3 steps2 practiceabout 18 min
  3. Primary or secondary? 3 steps2 practiceabout 17 min
  4. Read laterally 5 steps3 practiceabout 27 min
  5. Source reliability check 8 questions at the end

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