World Civilizations | Model UN 23-24: Introduction to SIFT

An Introduction to SIFT Source Evaluation...

Did Coronavirus Come from Bats? What do you think about this source?

17 Goals

You are researching climate change for your World Civilizations project. You come across this website. What are your thoughts about this site as a source for your research?

Origin: Who wrote/published this piece? Is there evidence that they are qualified to discuss this topic?

Purpose: Imagine yourself in the author's shoes. What was the author's purpose for writing/sharing this piece?

Value: How was this piece useful to you? Did it help your knowledge, learning, or understanding of the topic? Does it offer one side/perspective on an idea or controversy?

Limit: How might this piece be limited or incomplete in its coverage of the topic? What might be missing? What does the author leave out?

You're researching alternative energy and battery technology. What do you think about this source?

Greenland Ice Sheet Melt

Your group is researching climate change for class. You come across this. What do you think?

The Climate Reality Project

You are researching climate change will affect Japan for your World Civilizations project. You come across this website. What are your thoughts about this site as a source for your research?

Origin: Who wrote/published this piece? Is there evidence that they are qualified to discuss this topic?

Purpose: Imagine yourself in the author's shoes. What was the author's purpose for writing/sharing this piece?

Value: How was this piece useful to you? Did it help your knowledge, learning, or understanding of the topic? Does it offer one side/perspective on an idea or controversy?

Limit: How might this piece be limited or incomplete in its coverage of the topic? What might be missing? What does the author leave out?

Give.do

You are researching climate change will affect India for your World Civilizations project. You come across this website. What are your thoughts about this site as a source for your research?

Origin: Who wrote/published this piece? Is there evidence that they are qualified to discuss this topic?

Purpose: Imagine yourself in the author's shoes. What was the author's purpose for writing/sharing this piece?

Value: How was this piece useful to you? Did it help your knowledge, learning, or understanding of the topic? Does it offer one side/perspective on an idea or controversy?

Limit: How might this piece be limited or incomplete in its coverage of the topic? What might be missing? What does the author leave out?

5G Vaccines...

Someone forwards this fake Instagram post to you. Using any of the SIFT techniques introduced so far, verify or debunk the information. Be prepared to share your process/technique with your classmates.

Bill Gates and the Vaccine Problem

This Tweet comes your way from a friend of a friend. Should you be worried about the safety of the new vaccines? Use your SIFT detective skills to figure out the misinformation technique being used. Would you retweet or post this to your stories?

You want to know about COVID risk and you come across this. What do you think?

How would you answer the following:

Origin: What is the origin (creator) of this source? Who created it?

Purpose: What do you think was the author's intent when they published this?

Value: How do you think this might be valuable to you as a learner?

Limitation: How might this source be limited in it's usefulness?