3a: Evaluating Subjects & Sources

Activity 3a: Evaluating Subjects & Sources - Making Judgements, Evidencing Opinions

Task

Choose one of the questions below to answer. You will need to research using several different websites. Consider how reliable and accurate these sites might be. You can include your own opinions, but you should also use your research. Your response should be in a PowerPoint and may include images and backing music. Aim to use short bullet points for text, rather than long paragraphs. The final slide must be a bibliography giving links to each website you used for your research

• What is the ‘Mozart effect’? Do you think it is accurate?

• Is Taylor Swift the most influential artist of our generation?

• Which is the most important musical written since the year 2000?

• Why did the Oasis reunion tour sell out so quickly?

Optional Starter

Find three different websites giving a review of the same concert or album by an artist of your choice. How different are the verdicts?

Extension

Of the websites and online sources you used for Task 2, which do you feel was the most reliable and why? What about the least reliable?