When you are researching and collecting online sources it is important to adapt your evaluation strategies to include lateral reading.
Lateral reading means you conduct a Google Search to learn more from other sources about your original source. This is the first step professional fact checkers do when examining a source.
Quick Tutorials with great tips on how to:
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ART of reading laterallyRubric that explores:
A- Author
R - Reliability
T - Target/audience -
News/Claims Evaluation RubricAn in-depth rubric based on professional journalism standards
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Hoaxes and FakesCommon Sense Media Lesson Plan introducing lateral reading