Student & Teacher Responsibilities

Student responsibilities, with teacher guidance as necessary, are to:

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• Use key words and questions to evaluate and review possible resources;
• Use a variety of resources, including electronic resources, experts, library resources, community groups, and student-developed resources (e.g., surveys, experiments);
• Locate primary and secondary resources, including archival and manuscript collections, government sources, legal sources, museums, news sources, and documentaries; and
• Examine the reliability of resources and make decisions about the accuracy of information.

Differing Points of View:

• Student responsibilities, with teacher guidance as necessary, are to:
• Review how to determine if something is a point of view;
• Examine methods of determining an author’s bias, opinion, direction, and points of view; and
• Select and interpret resources that represent various points of view.

Guiding Questions

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Questions for consideration include:

1. What sources of information does the student have access to?

2. Does the student know how to conduct Internet searches and to evaluate the reliability of websites?

Differing Points of View:

Questions for consideration include:

1. In what ways can students examine an author’s language to determine the point of view?

2. How can students determine if an argument is valid?

3. What evidence—stated or unstated— does an author provide to support his/her assertions?

4. How do students determine if information is relevant or irrelevant?