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This workshop can be tailored to focus on primary or secondary sources, if desired.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secondary Source Focused Lesson Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students will be introduced to fact checking resources, tools to determine political bias of media outlets, and specific search techniques to help them dig deeper into a source to evaluate its reliability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Primary Source Focused Lesson Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students will learn skills to evaluate and analyze primary sources using pre-selected material or material they discover through their own research. The focus will be on source format, creators, audience and voices (who is represented, and who is silent in the sources).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify and evaluate different types of sources for their suitability<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate the reliability of sources<\/li>\n<li>Use lateral reading skills to examine a source<\/li>\n<li>Identify potential areas of bias within sources<\/li>\n<li>Understand how to use sources with varying viewpoints effectively and ethically<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sample In-Class Activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lecture\/Presentation introducing concepts and methods of evaluating<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrations of evaluating a source using vertical and lateral reading techniques<\/li>\n<li>Practice by completing a source evaluation worksheet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recommended for:<\/strong> <button style=\"background-color: #9b3426;border: none;color: white;padding: 8px 16px;text-align: center;text-decoration: none;font-size: 14px;margin: 2px 2px;border-radius: 4px\">All Students<\/button> <em>(May be more focused for 300 and 400 level seminars)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><button style=\"background-color: #133156;border: none;color: white;padding: 15px 32px;text-align: center;text-decoration: none;font-size: 24px;margin: 4px 4px;border-radius: 8px\"><a style=\"color: white;border-bottom: none\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=aqDNptlSckauH_b5yfFONwdSRfSdhVNCkkEVBvWSyHZURVlKNExBMEwyT0tSTDJRVkpCUUpQSzE1MCQlQCN0PWcu\">Request a Workshop<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Topic Overview Students will use critical thinking, and lateral and vertical reading techniques to evaluate sources and information for their accuracy, reliability, and suitability for their research. 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