Information Competency Skill:
Student knows how to judge the quality of information.

Suggested assignment to develop this skill.

Objective:
Student determines which type of information source is the most useful in researching a variety of different topics.

Activity:

For each topic in List A, indicate the most useful source of information shown in List B.

List A:
  • World War II
  • President Clinton's trip to Africa
  • Information on the Los Angeles Unified School District
  • A list of major natural disasters worldwide
  • The Roman Empire
  • Academy Award winners of 1995
ListB:
  • newspaper articles
  • recent magazine article (within the last year)
  • magazine articles older than one year
  • encyclopedia article
  • book
  • The World Almanac
  • Statistical Abstracts
  • website