How to Evaluate Sources for Reliability - Writing for Kids
4 min4th5thReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
A research mini-lesson on reliability: how to tell if a source can be trusted by checking the author, purpose, and whether other sources agree.
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Discussion questions
A reliable source is one you can trust to be accurate.
- What makes a source reliable or unreliable?
- Why check who wrote something and why?
- How can other sources help you check a fact?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: source, reliable, author
- Look at two sources and decide which is more reliable, and why.
- List two questions to ask before trusting a source.