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Subjects Subjects: Arts & Humanities, Educational Technology, Holidays, Language Arts, Social Studies, U.S. History |
Grades:6-8, 9-12, Advanced |
Brief Description
Students use a checklist to evaluate Web content about Martin Luther King Jr. for bias.
Objectives
Students
Keywords
evaluate, Martin Luther King, , media literacy, Web literacy, Web sites
Lesson Plan
In this activity, pairs of students visit two Web sites about Martin Luther King Jr. and evaluate the content and credibility. Students use a checklist that will guide them as they consider the sponsor of each Web site, the validity of the information presented, evidence of bias, and so on.
See the Web Team Developers Guide Becoming Web-Savvy lesson plan. Click on Evaluation Activity 1.
Assessment
See lesson.
Lesson Plan Source
The American Gateways/Settlement House Initiative
National Standards
GRADES K - 12
NT.K-12.1 Basic Operations and Concepts
NT.K-12.2 Social, Ethical, and Human Issues
NT.K-12.5 Technology Research Tools
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Last updated 1/01/2012
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