Reliable Online Resources
Overview
Middle and High School educators across Lebanon County, Pennsylvania developed lesson plans to integrate the Pennsylvania Career Education and Work Standards with the content they teach. This work was made possible through a partnership between the South Central PA Workforce Investment Board (SCPa Works) and Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (IU13) and was funded by a Teacher in the Workplace Grant Award from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. This lesson plan was developed by one of the talented educators who participated in this project during the 2019-2020 school year.
Title of Lesson: Reliable Online Sources
Course Name: Library / Research
Grade Level: 6th Grade
Author’s Name: Louise Leach
Author’s School District: Palmyra Area School District
| PA Academic Standards for English Language Arts | |
CC.1.4: Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content. CC.1.4.6.W - Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source. | |
| PA Academic Standards for Career Education and Work | |
13.3: Career Retention and Advancement 13.3.8.A. - Determine attitudes and work habits that support career retention and advancement 13.3.8.B - Analyze the role of each participant’s contribution in a team setting 13.3.8.C - Explain and demonstrate conflict resolution skills:
13.8.3.E - Identify and apply time management strategies as they relate to both personal and work situations. | |
| Learning Objectives | |
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| Conceptual Background | |
Another teacher teaching this lesson would need to know characteristics of reliable online sources. Characteristics to look for to determine the reliability of online sources:
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| Instructional Procedure | |
| Pacing | Instructional Procedure |
| 5 mins | Brainstorm what students already know about the reliability of online sources. Create a Popplet (www.popplet.com) and ask the following question - What do I already know about reliable online sources? Record student responses on Popplet. |
| 5 mins | Watch the BrainPOP video on Online Sources(You need to have a BrainPOP account to view the video.) |
| 25 mins | Divide students into groups and assign the following roles:FacilitatorRecorderReporterTime KeeperGive each group an index card with one reliable online source and one unreliable online source to evaluate. Web addresses for online sources should be written on index cards. Sample web addresses for online sources can include:Reliable online sources:www.worldbookonline.comwww.discoveryeducation.comwww.mrdonn.orgwww.si.eduUnreliable online sources:http://allaboutexplorers.comwww.dhmo.orghttps://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/www.thedogisland.comWorking together in their groups, students should evaluate the two online sources - one reliable and one unreliable. Using inquiry, students need to determine which online source is reliable and which online source is unreliable. |
| 20 mins | Student groups will create a Google Slides presentation showcasing the two online sources they evaluated and explaining which online source is reliable and which online source is unreliable. Presentations will be shared with the teacher when finished. |
| 5 mins | Students will create a Flipgrid video that is no longer than one minute explaining what they have learned about reliable online sources. |
| 5 mins | Revisit the class-created Popplet from the beginning of class. Make any necessary changes to the Popplet now that students have evaluated online sources. |
| Formative Assessment | |
| PoppletReliable Vs. Unreliable Online Sources ChecklistFlipgrid Video | |
| Materials Needed | |
| PoppletBrainPop Video - Online SourcesReliable Vs. Unreliable Online Sources Checklist | |
| References | |