K-6th scope & sequence
Evaluating Resources- grade 4
Overview
Students will look at images and determine how they have been altered. Discuss why someone might alter photographs that are online.
Lesson Title: Evaluating Resources
Overview
Students will look at images and determine how they have been altered. Discuss why someone might alter photographs that are online.
Grade
Fourth Grade
Duration
2 - 20 minute lessons
Standards and Learning Objectives
Washington State Ed Tech Standards:
3.a Students collaborate with a teacher to employ appropriate research techniques to locate digital resources that will help them in their learning process.
3.b. Students learn how to evaluate sources for accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance.
Washington State ELA Standards:
W.8 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources.
Formative Assessment
Teacher will observe the discussion and make adjustments to student understanding as needed.
Lesson One – Evaluating Resources
Materials
- Youtube video –What is Fake News? Tips for Spotting Them Fake News for Kids https://youtu.be/D0Cd9-eJ-No (4:34 minutes)
- Websites
- Dog Island http://www.thedogisland.com/
- Lucky Dog Resort http://www.luckydogresort.com
- Slips of paper for the exit question.
- Smartboard or similar to share videos and websites
Background
There are many websites on the internet that are real but may be not be accurate.
Procedure
Step 1
Show students the websites for Dog Island and Lucky Dog Resort. If students have their own computers, have them look through the sites individually or with a partner.
- What do you think of Dog Island? How about Lucky Dog Resort?
- Is this some place you would send your dog?
- Do you notice anything about either website?
Step 2
Have students watch the video What is Fake News? Tips for Spotting Them. Talk about what to look for in a trust worth website according to the video.
- Read all the way through the article
- Check the date
- Check the author
- Check other websites to see if anyone else is saying the same thing.
Step 3
Revisit the websites again and try to figure out which service is real, and which is fake.
For Dog Island, point out the copyright date and disclaimer at the bottom if no one has discovered it yet.
Step 4
Exit slip –
- What is a HOAX?
- What should you look for the make sure a site is trustworthy?
Lesson Two – Citing Online Sources
Materials
- Websites
- Dog Island http://www.thedogisland.com/
- Lucky Dog Resort http://www.luckydogresort.com
- Blank Word document for creating a works cited list
- Slips of paper for the exit question.
- Smartboard or similar to share videos and websites
Background
Procedure
Step 1
Review with students that they need to pay attention to reliable website suffixes.
Identify the different suffixes they may encounter as a reminder from 3rd grade (or as new learning if they didn’t do the lesson last year.
- http://www. .com – commerce site or commercial site – proceed with caution
- http://www. .gov – government site – very reliable
- http://www. .edu – education site, affiliated with an educational institution – very reliable
- http://www. .org – organization – proceed with caution
Add one more to the list – Countries’ domain suffixes, some examples include…
- http://www. .cn – China
- http://www. .uk – United Kingdom
- http://www. .br – Brazil
Step 2
Lead a discussion with the students – Imagine you are doing a research project and you have reliable sites picked out, we need to make sure that we give the authors proper credit because it isn’t our work we’re using. This is also called Citing our Sources. Why might this be important? Or even a good idea? How would you feel if someone copied something you created and didn’t give you the credit?
Step 3
Have the two websites from last week on the Smart Board.
We’re going to look at the websites from last week and see if we can find the information we need to give proper credit.
We’re looking for…
- The Author – this might not always be easy to find. You may need to do some digging. If it is from an organization like Britannica, you can just use that as the author.
- The URL – You might need to review the URL or web address
- What is today’s date
Step 4
Look through Dog Island and Lucky Dog Resort websites for the URL and author
Show student how to copy the URL and paste it into a Word document. Add today’s date, since that is the date you went to the website.
Make sure they are in alphabetical order by the author’s name
Step 5
Exit slip – What do you need to include on a works cited list?
- URL
- Author
- Date that you went to the website