Part 1:

Understanding the importance of authority on a personal level will help you translate the importance of authority to your students.

1. Briefly explain what is meant by the statement, "Authority depends on context."

2. Why is it important to understand the process by which information was created?

Part 2:

1. Decide on a topic of interest to you. This can be related to your classroom curriculum or to something you are personally interested in.

Topic:

2. Include a brief summary of your working knowledge of the topic without doing any searching.

Part 3:

3. Google search! Use one key phrase to search for your topic (e.g. information literacy)

   1. First choose the Wikipedia article.

      1. Link:

   2. Choose a different website

      1. Link:

   3. Choose a third website.

      1. Link:

4. What similarities / differences did you notice between the Wikipedia article and the other articles? Summarize your findings.

5. Apply CAARP to all your 3 sources. Does this change your opinion of any sources?

6. How can you relate CAARP to learners in kindergarten? Grade 2? Grade 6?

Part 4

5. List 2-4 possible research questions related to your chosen topic. These questions should not be easy to answer or ask questions that are already known. Try to make them as problem-based as possible.

   1. Question 1:

   2. Question 2:

   3. Question 3:

   4. Question 4: