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Click this link to answer our discussion question:

Why is it important for us to be able to evaluate information we are reading online?

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Topic: Evaluating sources of information online

Grade level: 3rd - 6th grade

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Visit this website and choose the "Reality River" game by clicking the arrows. Test your evaluation skills!

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Interland is an adventure-packed online game that puts the key lessons of digital citizenship and safety into hands-on practice. Play your way to being Internet Awesome.

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Work with a partner to go through the list and identify which articles are real and which are fake, and why.

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Finding Credible News - News or Fake News? Student Handout

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Here is a list of credible and trustworthy websites to get information.

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Most Reliable and Credible Sources for Students | Common Sense Education

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Most Reliable and Credible Sources for Students is a list of 27 apps, games, and websites curated by Common Sense Education editors.

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Watch the video here, or log in on your BrainPop account via Class Link and search "Online Sources".

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Here is a helpful checklist for you to use when evaluating sources.

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Test your skills at identifying fake or misleading information!

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See if you can tell which of these stories are true, and which are fake.

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Play this game to use clues and identify if a post is real or fake.

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Reality Check / Au-delà des faits! - Media Smarts

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This video tutorial teaches you about how to evaluate online sources, and what to keep in mind when reading information online.

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How to Evaluate Sources for Reliability - Writing for Kids

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Did you know you can use Google to find out if an image is real or fake?

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A quick demo of how Google's reverse image search tool can be used to fact-check and research images. Have you ever wondered about the source or history behind an image? Google image search can help provide answers. Whether you're doing research or just curious, reverse image search offers a digital paper trail of where an image has appeared on the internet. All you need to do is drag and drop an image into the images.google.com search bar, paste a URL into the search bar, or right-click on an image when using the Chrome browser.

For more resources, check out our Turn Students Into Fact-Finding Web Detectives page.

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How to Use Google Reverse Image Search to Fact-Check Images | Common Sense Education

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How to Use Google Reverse Image Search to Fact-Check Images is a video from Common Sense Education. Use this video to help your students learn and thrive in our connected world.

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Google is a great tool to help us find the information we need quickly. This video teaches you how to find credible results for your search.

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Google can be a great starting point for any research project. But if you're looking for more refined, credible, and useful information you've gotta get familiar with Google's "search operators" - basically ways to target your search. This video covers the four most essential search operators and provides examples for how they can help narrow down your results to sources that'll be most helpful.

For more tips, check out our article.

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Google Search Tricks for Research | Common Sense Education

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Google Search Tricks for Research is a video from Common Sense Education. Use this video to help your students learn and thrive in our connected world.

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We get a lot of information from news. This video helps us learn how to separate the facts from unnecessary information.

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Students learn the components of online news articles, paying close attention to advertising and sponsored content that can be confused with article content.

(To view subtitles, click on the white box at the bottom right of the video.)

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Reading News Online | Common Sense Education

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Reading News Online is a video from Common Sense Education. Use this video to help your students learn and thrive in our connected world.

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Watch this introduction video BEFORE exploring the rest of the resources!

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VI.A.3

Learners follow ethical and legal guidelines for gathering and using information by:

3. Evaluating information for accuracy, validity, social and cultural context, and appropriateness for need.