home

== =A Media Center/Information Literacy Project for Grades 9 through 12= ===In this project, students will learn to think critically about the information they choose to use in their academic writing. Over the course of the project, students will learn evaluative criteria, see sample sites and sources, conduct research, evaluate sources, and share their findings in a PowerPoint presentation.===


 * ===Essential Question: Can What You Don't Know Really Hurt You?===


 * ===Unit Questions: Why should we really care about the "invisible stuff" in sources? What is the "invisible stuff"?===
 * ===Content Questions: How can you tell who is responsible for the content on a Web site? What are some good criteria for evaluating the validity of a source?===

===Real world connection: Being informed empowers thinkers. If you believe everything you hear or read without considering whether or not the information is true, biased, or false, you are susceptible to being misled or making a weak argument because the ideas you use for support are weak.===

The Unit Plan provides an overview of the project's timeline, methods, resources, accommodations, and assessments.

This PowerPoint Presentation can be used to help students understand why the project might be helpful and some of what they can expect.

Assess students' prior knowledge with this brief activity. Students must have Internet access to inspect Web sites.

This information organizer can help students get a clearer understanding of how their sources relate to one another.

This self-assessment can help students gauge how successfully they have worked during a class period. From the Intel site, this rather lengthy document can be edited to better fit your needs.

Students can use this template to format their information easily for the presentation. [Better version uploaded soon].