Information+Literacy

** IS THIS TRUE? COULD ABRAHAM LINCOLN HAVE COMMENTED ON THE INTERNET??? **

**Review some of the following websites with a partner. Keep in mind the following:**
 * Do they provide accurate information?
 * How do you know?
 * Would students assume information found on the sites above is true? Why?
 * How could you use this with your students to teach them about Information Literacy?
 * ** Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division (Links to an external site.) **
 * **The Dog Island** (Links to an external site.)
 * ** The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus (Links to an external site.) **
 * ** All About Explorers (Links to an external site.) **
 * ** Mechanical Marvels of the Nineteenth Century (Links to an external site.) **
 * **Dangers of Bread** (Links to an external site.)


 * The Five W's of Website Evaluation (Links to an external site.)

**Information Literacy Resources - Take 2 minutes to look at the following sites.** Snopes.com

Urban Legends

Hoaxbusters.org

[|Wikipedia]

Politifact

Factcheck

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