Resource Assignment
In-Class Activity: Day 1

Source Identification/Evaluation

Take a look at the three articles provided.

Source 1: https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article239854848.html

Source 2: https://csulblis.libguides.com/c.php?g=756956

Source 3: https://www.cits.ucsb.edu/fake-news

Source 4: https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/gf151tb4868/Civic%20Online%20Reasoning%20National%20Portrait.pdf

Determine if each source is primary, secondary, or tertiary and scholarly/editorical review or non-scholarly. How can you tell? Be prepared to explain your answers. Use the worksheet on the follow page to help guide your answers. (Do not write on the worksheet…you will use it later).

Source 1 & 2

Circle one: Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary

Circle one: scholarly/Editorial Review or non-scholarly

How did you determine this?

How did you determine this (state at least three items that helped you identify the source)?

Source 3

Circle one: Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary

Circle one: scholarly/ Editorial Review or non-scholarly

How did you determine this?

How did you determine this (state at least three items that helped you identify the source)?

Source 4

Circle one: Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary

Circle one: scholarly/Editorial Review or non-scholarly

How did you determine this?

How did you determine this (state at least three items that helped you identify the source)?