• When was the information published or posted?  July 29th 2016
• Has the information been revised or updated? No
• Is the information current or out-of date for your topic? Current
• Are the links functional? Yes 
  
  

• Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question? Yes 
• Who is the intended audience? Readers that wants to know about a person’s story of eing sold into marriage
• Is the information at an appropriate level (i.e. not too elementary or advanced for your needs)?  Yes
• Have you looked at a variety of sources before determining this is one you will use? Yes 

• Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor? Robyn Dixon
• Are the author's credentials or organizational affiliations given? If yes, what are they? N/A
• What are the author's qualifications to write on the topic? I don’t know but the fact that she did do an interview with the girl. 
• Is there contact information, such as a publisher or e-mail address? No
• Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source? No

• Where does the information come from? South Sedan
• Is the information supported by evidence? Yes
• Has the information been reviewed or refereed? No
• Can you verify any of the information in another source or from personal knowledge? Yes 
• Does the language or tone seem biased and free of emotion?  Kind of
• Are there obvious errors (spelling, grammar, etc.)? No

• What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade?  Inform
• Do the authors/sponsors make their intentions or purpose clear?  Yes
• Is the information fact? opinion? propaganda?  Fact
• Does the point of view appear objective and impartial?  Yes
• Are there political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases? Yes

• When was the information published or posted? March 2018
• Has the information been revised or updated? Yes
• Is the information current or out-of date for your topic? Current
• Are the links functional? Yes
  
  

• Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question? Yes
• Who is the intended audience? The audience involves people interested in learning about arranged child marriages in Africa and around the world.
• Is the information at an appropriate level (i.e. not too elementary or advanced for your needs)? Yes
• Have you looked at a variety of sources before determining this is one you will use? Yes

• Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor? UNICEF
• Are the author's credentials or organizational affiliations given? If yes, what are they? The publisher is constantly monitoring women and children being sold into marriage and updating their information
• What are the author's qualifications to write on the topic? The fact that it is a reliable publishing news source and its constant watch on women and children in Africa.
• Is there contact information, such as a publisher or e-mail address? Yes, there is contact informaton to the news source.
• Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source? Yes, it is a .org, showing its reliability.

• Where does the information come from? Much of the information comes from the UNICEF global database. 
• Is the information supported by evidence? Yes
• Has the information been reviewed or refereed? I am not completely sure
• Can you verify any of the information in another source or from personal knowledge? Yes
• Does the language or tone seem biased and free of emotion? Yes
• Are there obvious errors (spelling, grammar, etc.)? No

• What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade?  To inform
• Do the authors/sponsors make their intentions or purpose clear? Yes
• Is the information fact? opinion? propaganda? Fact
• Does the point of view appear objective and impartial? Yes
• Are there political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases? No biases

MAIMUNA’S STORY, NIGERIA

• When was the information published or posted? 19 sept, 2013
• Has the information been revised or updated? no
• Is the information current or out-of date for your topic?currenrt 
• Are the links functional? yes
  
  

• Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question? yes
• Who is the intended audience? women anf peol arould the world
• Is the information at an appropriate level (i.e. not too elementary or advanced for your needs)?yes 
• Have you looked at a variety of sources before determining this is one you will use? some

• Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor? Maimuna(Maimuna’s story was shared by Girls Not Brides member Girl Child Concerns)
• Are the author's credentials or organizational affiliations given? If yes, what are they?no
• What are the author's qualifications to write on the topic? This is a testmony she herself lived this story out
• Is there contact information, such as a publisher or e-mail address? mo
• Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source?.org

• Where does the information come from? her own experience
• Is the information supported by evidence? yes
• Has the information been reviewed or refereed? yer
• Can you verify any of the information in another source or from personal knowledge? from personal knowledge
• Does the language or tone seem biased and free of emotion? no
• Are there obvious errors (spelling, grammar, etc.)? no

• What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade? to inform and teach and perusade
• Do the authors/sponsors make their intentions or purpose clear? yes
• Is the information fact? opinion? propaganda? fact
• Does the point of view appear objective and impartial? no
• Are there political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases? There are personal, cultural, and mabye some politcal bias

• When was the information published or posted? October 29, 2017
• Has the information been revised or updated? Yes
• Is the information current or out-of date for your topic? Current
• Are the links functional? Yes
  
  

• Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question? Yes
• Who is the intended audience? The audience is anyone wanting to learn more abount child arranged marriages in Africa.
• Is the information at an appropriate level (i.e. not too elementary or advanced for your needs)? Yes
• Have you looked at a variety of sources before determining this is one you will use? Yes

• Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor? The National World News
• Are the author's credentials or organizational affiliations given? If yes, what are they?  Just the title of the publisher
• What are the author's qualifications to write on the topic? The credentials of the news source on which it was published
• Is there contact information, such as a publisher or e-mail address? Yes, their twitter, facebook, email, etc.. was provided.
• Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source? No

• Where does the information come from? The information comes from first personprimary souces as well as data from Save the Children and Girls not Brides.
• Is the information supported by evidence? Yes
• Has the information been reviewed or refereed? I’m not sure.
• Can you verify any of the information in another source or from personal knowledge?  Yes
• Does the language or tone seem biased and free of emotion?  The tone is not overall biased, due to the personal and emotial stories given, but the information at hand is not a biased opinion.
• Are there obvious errors (spelling, grammar, etc.)? No

• What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade? To inform
• Do the authors/sponsors make their intentions or purpose clear? Yes
• Is the information fact? opinion? propaganda? The information is fact.
• Does the point of view appear objective and impartial? Yes, for the most part.
• Are there political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases? There are personal biases from the victims telling their stories, because they had been through a lot.

• When was the information published or posted? March 8, 2013 
• Has the information been revised or updated? No
• Is the information current or out-of date for your topic?  It is fairly current, within the past five years.
• Are the links functional? Yes
  
  

• Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question? Yes
• Who is the intended audience? The audience is anyone interested in learning about child marriages that occur around the world.
• Is the information at an appropriate level (i.e. not too elementary or advanced for your needs)? Yes
• Have you looked at a variety of sources before determining this is one you will use? Yes

• Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor? CBS News
• Are the author's credentials or organizational affiliations given? If yes, what are they? No, it was just published by CBSN.
• What are the author's qualifications to write on the topic? CBS news is a very reliable and valid news sourse for people all over the world
• Is there contact information, such as a publisher or e-mail address? Yes, their facebook, twitter, reddit, flipboard, and email address are available.
• Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source? The URL is .com, showing that this is a reliable website and news source. 

• Where does the information come from? The information comes from the government of these countries as well as the human rights watch and first person sources. 
• Is the information supported by evidence? Yes
• Has the information been reviewed or refereed? Yes
• Can you verify any of the information in another source or from personal knowledge? No
• Does the language or tone seem biased and free of emotion? Yes, it simply states facts and inforation
• Are there obvious errors (spelling, grammar, etc.)? No

• What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade?  To inform
• Do the authors/sponsors make their intentions or purpose clear? Yes
• Is the information fact? opinion? propaganda? The information given is fact.
• Does the point of view appear objective and impartial? Yes
• Are there political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases? There is some cultural and moral biases.

• When was the information published or posted? November 26, 2017
• Has the information been revised or updated? No
• Is the information current or out-of date for your topic? Current
• Are the links functional? Yes
  
  

• Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question? Yes 
• Who is the intended audience? Readers that want to know a story of a girls being sold into marriages
• Is the information at an appropriate level (i.e. not too elementary or advanced for your needs)? Yes
• Have you looked at a variety of sources before determining this is one you will use? Yes

• Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor? Gethin Chamberlain 
• Are the author's credentials or organizational affiliations given? If yes, what are they? Freelance photojournalist 
• What are the author's qualifications to write on the topic? He travles different places to cover stories and takes pictures of things he discovers.
• Is there contact information, such as a publisher or e-mail address? No
• Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source? No

• Where does the information come from? Malawi
• Is the information supported by evidence? Yes
• Has the information been reviewed or refereed?  Yes
• Can you verify any of the information in another source or from personal knowledge?  Yes 
• Does the language or tone seem biased and free of emotion? Kind of
• Are there obvious errors (spelling, grammar, etc.)? No

• What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade? Inform, Teach
• Do the authors/sponsors make their intentions or purpose clear? Yes 
• Is the information fact? opinion? propaganda? Fact
• Does the point of view appear objective and impartial?Yes 
• Are there political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases? Yes

• When was the information published or posted? Dec 9,2015
• Has the information been revised or updated? yes
• Is the information current or out-of date for your topic? current
• Are the links functional? yes
  
  

• Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor?  Annerieke Smaak and Nisha Varia
• Are the author's credentials or organizational affiliations given? If yes, what are they? No
• What are the author's qualifications to write on the topic? Annerieke Smaak is a Senior Coordinator in the Women's Rights Division. Before joining Human Rights Watch, she worked for Teach for America in Philadelphia. Annerieke holds a bachelor's degree in international politics from Georgetown University and a master's degree in international affairs.Nisha Varia is the advocacy director of Human Rights Watch's women's rights division. As a researcher in the women's rights division between 2003 and 2014, she conducted investigations, published reports, and carried out advocacy campaigns on migrant domestic workers' rights across Asia and the Middle East.
• Is there contact information, such as a publisher or e-mail address? no
• Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source? .org

• Where does the information come from? all the sources at the bottom
• Is the information supported by evidence? yes
• Has the information been reviewed or refereed? yes
• Can you verify any of the information in another source or from personal knowledge? yes
• Does the language or tone seem biased and free of emotion? yes
• Are there obvious errors (spelling, grammar, etc.)? no

• What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade? To inform teach or educate and persuade you to agree.
• Do the authors/sponsors make their intentions or purpose clear? yes 
• Is the information fact? opinion? propaganda? fact
• Does the point of view appear objective and impartial? yes mabye a little bias
• Are there political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases?Perconal bias believing it’s not true or right.

• When was the information published or posted? oct 30 2013
• Has the information been revised or updated?no 
• Is the information current or out-of date for your topic? no
• Are the links functional? yes
  
  

• Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question? yes
• Who is the intended audience? people all over the world
• Is the information at an appropriate level (i.e. not too elementary or advanced for your needs)? no
• Have you looked at a variety of sources before determining this is one you will use? yes

• Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor? liz ford
• Are the author's credentials or organizational affiliations given? If yes, what are they?no
• What are the author's qualifications to write on the topic? Liz Ford is deputy editor of the Guardian's Global development website. She leads on women's rights and gender equality issues. She was previously editor of the Guardian's Katine website, and before that worked on the Guardian's education desk.
• Is there contact information, such as a publisher or e-mail address? yes
• Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source? .com

• Where does the information come from? facts research references to other articles
• Is the information supported by evidence? yes
• Has the information been reviewed or refereed? yes
• Can you verify any of the information in another source or from personal knowledge? no
• Does the language or tone seem biased and free of emotion? no
• Are there obvious errors (spelling, grammar, etc.)? no

• What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade? The purpose is to inform.
• Do the authors/sponsors make their intentions or purpose clear? yes
• Is the information fact? opinion? propaganda? fact and opinion
• Does the point of view appear objective and impartial? no, has a taken stance
• Are there political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases? They are political and cultural.

• When was the information published or posted? 2013
• Has the information been revised or updated?no 
• Is the information current or out-of date for your topic? yes
• Are the links functional? yes
  
  

• Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question? 
• Who is the intended audience? to inform poeple all over the world
• Is the information at an appropriate level (i.e. not too elementary or advanced for your needs)? no
• Have you looked at a variety of sources before determining this is one you will use? yes

• Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor? .AfricanWeddingTraditions.com
• Are the author's credentials or organizational affiliations given? If yes, what are they?no
• What are the author's qualifications to write on the topic? 
• Is there contact information, such as a publisher or e-mail address? no
• Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source?.com

• Where does the information come from? all over 
• Is the information supported by evidence? kind of 
• Has the information been reviewed or refereed? yes
• Can you verify any of the information in another source or from personal knowledge? no
• Does the language or tone seem biased and free of emotion? no
• Are there obvious errors (spelling, grammar, etc.)? no

• What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade? 
• Do the authors/sponsors make their intentions or purpose clear? yes
• Is the information fact? opinion? propaganda? facts and opinion
• Does the point of view appear objective and impartial? yes
• Are there political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases?Cultural

• When was the information published or posted?  May 2012
• Has the information been revised or updated? No
• Is the information current or out-of date for your topic?  No since it happened in 2012 
• Are the links functional? Yes
  
  

• Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question?  Yes
• Who is the intended audience?  to readers that wanted to know about forced marriages especially a girl’s story.
• Is the information at an appropriate level (i.e. not too elementary or advanced for your needs)?  Yes
• Have you looked at a variety of sources before determining this is one you will use? Yes

• Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor? Damien McElroy  
• Are the author's credentials or organizational affiliations given? If yes, what are they? yes, Foreign Affairs Correspondant 
• What are the author's qualifications to write on the topic?  he specializes in foreign affairs. 
• Is there contact information, such as a publisher or e-mail address? Twitter
• Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source? The URL show is it a main source from the news.

• Where does the information come from? Niger 
• Is the information supported by evidence? Yes
• Has the information been reviewed or refereed? Yes
• Can you verify any of the information in another source or from personal knowledge? Yes 
• Does the language or tone seem biased and free of emotion? Yes
• Are there obvious errors (spelling, grammar, etc.)? No

• What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade?  Inform 
• Do the authors/sponsors make their intentions or purpose clear? yes
• Is the information fact? opinion? propaganda? Facts but have some opinions in it 
• Does the point of view appear objective and impartial? Yes
• Are there political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases? Yes

• When was the information published or posted? November 17 2017
• Has the information been revised or updated? No
• Is the information current or out-of date for your topic? Current 
• Are the links functional? Yes
  
  

• Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question? Yes
• Who is the intended audience? Readers that want to about girls being sold into marriages
• Is the information at an appropriate level (i.e. not too elementary or advanced for your needs)? Yes 
• Have you looked at a variety of sources before determining this is one you will use? Yes 

• Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor? Peace Hyde
• Are the author's credentials or organizational affiliations given? If yes, what are they? N/A
• What are the author's qualifications to write on the topic?  She works with the website, Forbes Africa, and also she did an interview.
• Is there contact information, such as a publisher or e-mail address? Yes, e-mail 
• Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source? No

• Where does the information come from? Nigeria
• Is the information supported by evidence? Yes
• Has the information been reviewed or refereed? Yes 
• Can you verify any of the information in another source or from personal knowledge? No
• Does the language or tone seem biased and free of emotion?No
• Are there obvious errors (spelling, grammar, etc.)? No

• What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade? Inform
• Do the authors/sponsors make their intentions or purpose clear? Yes
• Is the information fact? opinion? propaganda? Fact
• Does the point of view appear objective and impartial? Yes
• Are there political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases? Yes

• When was the information published or posted? January 31, 2017
• Has the information been revised or updated? No
• Is the information current or out-of date for your topic? Current
• Are the links functional? Yes
  
  

• Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question? Yes
• Who is the intended audience? People wanting to learn more and be informed about child marriage in Africa.
• Is the information at an appropriate level (i.e. not too elementary or advanced for your needs)? Yes
• Have you looked at a variety of sources before determining this is one you will use? Yes

• Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor? The author is Agnes Odhiambo and the publisher is the Human Rights Watch.
• Are the author's credentials or organizational affiliations given? If yes, what are they? Yes, she is the senior reasearcher in the Women’s Rights division.
• What are the author's qualifications to write on the topic? She is a head reasearcher in a large human rights watch organization that understands what she is talking about and knows when a souce is right to use.
• Is there contact information, such as a publisher or e-mail address? Yes, there is contact information to both the publisher and the author.
• Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source? Yes, the URL is .org showing the articles credibility.

• Where does the information come from? The information comes from first hand primary sources as well as many articles with research done on this topic which includes facts.
• Is the information supported by evidence? Yes
• Has the information been reviewed or refereed? I am not sure.
• Can you verify any of the information in another source or from personal knowledge? Yes
• Does the language or tone seem biased and free of emotion? Yes
• Are there obvious errors (spelling, grammar, etc.)? No

• What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade?  To inform
• Do the authors/sponsors make their intentions or purpose clear? Yes
• Is the information fact? opinion? propaganda? Fact
• Does the point of view appear objective and impartial? Yes
• Are there political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases? No biases.