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MYP Personal Project: Source Evaluation

Use this guide as a starting point for learning about the personal project.

OPVL Source Evaluation

Use this article with OPVL: German Politicians Refuse to Rule Out Mandatory COVID Injections

1. Do a bit of googling: where does this source come from? What can you learn about the organization that published it? (Origin)

2. Why does this information exist? (Purpose)

3. Can you verify the information in this article in at least TWO reputable main-stream news outlets- such as BBC, CNN, or The Guardian? (Value)

4. Is there any evidence of bias? What makes you say that? (Limitations) 

Your source assessment: would you use this as a credible source for research?

 

Make a copy of THIS google doc to do your own source evaluation using OPCVL.

 

CRAAP Test for Evaluating Sources

CRAAP: Reject, Proceed with Caution, Go

The CRAAP Test for Website Evaluation

Watch the above video for a review of the CRAAP test for website evaluation.

Brain Pop

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Primary & Secondary Sources

CRAAP Test Slides Presentation

CRAAP Test To Use With Your Sources

Click here or on the image below to go to the "Using the CRAAP Test" chart. You can make a copy of this and save it to your Google Drive.