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What information do you know about this event?

What information is confirmed? What remains uncertain? Are there any facts that are contested?

What additional information would you like to have to help you understand the event better?

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What emotions does this event raise for you?

Are there particular moments, images, or stories that stand out to you? If so, why?

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What questions about fairness, equity, or justice does this event raise for you?

What choices did key figures make, and what values may have guided those choices?

How were people impacted by this event? Are there people who should be held accountable? If so, how?

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·       This technique is described in a 2018 study conducted by two Stanford researchers, Lateral Reading and the Nature of Expertise, which showed that college students and trained historians struggled to evaluate the online sources shown to them by researchers because they read vertically, meaning they focused on information contained within the original website. Fact checkers were able to quickly determine the credibility of websites by reading laterally, meaning they opened multiple tabs in their browsers to read what other sources say about the website.

·       This Teaching Idea trains students to read online sources laterally, like professional fact checkers do, so that they can better evaluate the credibility of news they see online.

Search for the organization on Wikipedia and follow the references at the bottom of the page to find out more about the organization.

Search for other news stories on the same topic and compare their coverage.

Look up who owns the domain of the website.

Use fact-checking websites to evaluate the information, such as PolitiFact, Snopes, the Washington Post’s Fact Checker, or NPR’s Fact Check.

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It shut down everything and permanently changed how we go through life.

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it is a virus

happened world wide

impacted everyone in some way

many people died

is covid even real?

unsure how covid started

quarantine

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Severe housing crisis right now

Vancouver specifically

Shelters over crowded, no resources available or limited resources available

people who are trying to help are being stopped

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Homelessness can effect hundreds and thousands of people.

It is a rising issue.

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We know everyone was impacted by it.

Happened abruptly.

The world stopped functioning.

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sad to see people dying

it was stressful

quarantine sucked

worried about family

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Our group has chosen to select the image in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

What We Know:

Many people have been impacted by this event

Israel began the conflict with Palestine

Many families and children are suffering

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we know that homelessness is an increasingly evident problem

it effects people globally

there are several pathways that can lead to someone becoming homeless

people of many different ages are homeless including youth and the elderly

homelessness can be caused by drug addiction, inflation/poverty and unstable households

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Sad to be constantly reminded of it

puts things into perspective

How much can we do on our own to support this community?

Nervous for the future

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Our group has chosen to select the image in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Emotions Evoked:

Helplessness

Sadness

Heartache

Fear

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It caused a lot of mental health problems in people's personal and educational lives.

March 13, 2020, was the last day of school for what we thought would be a 3-week march break, but it turned into a full lockdown.

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Struggling with adapting to the new norm.

Isolation, stuck inside, not seeing family and friends.

Mental health concerns.

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empathy: caused by so many reasons out of the persons control

sadness: people are suffering in their conditions

concern: the overall well-being of homeless people in (harsh weather, health problems, etc.)

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how good our healthcare is

losing jobs, money was an issue

hard to live

people got depressed (mental health )

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A particular story that came to mind was Doug Ford's holiday video about making gingerbread houses, instead of speaking of the on-going crisis of housing issues.

This demonstrates that politicians are "dancing around" the issue instead of tackling it.

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There is a lot of inequity and problems around racist remarks and discrimination.

A lot of people lost their jobs, and people struggled to make money.

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Celebrities advocating for vaccinations.

Politicians mandating new rules, encouraging the vaccine.

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How does socio-economic status play a role in homelessness

How can the government or other organizations support homeless people

How do homeless people feel about their situation and what do they need most to help them

How do homeless children access education/ how is their education impacted by being homeless

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no fairness when it comes to homelessness

Can affect anyone

Advocacy not present enough

Without resources and affective supports from the government who do we hold accountable for this

Important to be sensitive about this topic as you never know what people are going through

how can we provide resources to those who are struggling and how do we get their voices to be not only heard but understood as well?

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Our group has chosen to select the image in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

We as a group ponder the question of why this is happening to innocent people.

We see the impacts through the individuals who in which live in these countries. How does it influence them as individuals in physical, mental, and emotional ways?

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In 2019, it was reported that around 235,000 Canadians experienced homelessness that year. Since then, it was expected that this number would continue for the following years.

Therefore, this group believes that the government should do more, and prioritize more resources, to help combat this issue.