Pop-ups, banner ads, grammar mistakes ... these are all signs of an untrustworthy website. With the handy Legit-O-Meter poster, scholars can now double-check their sources to ensure accurate, reliable information. The color-coded poster allows pupils to easily determine whether their source is legitimate, fake, or somewhere in the middle. 

Concepts

media analysis, information literacy, visual literacy, evaluating sources, evaluating websites

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Additional Tags

visual and performing arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have individuals design their own posters to teach others about website legitimacy
• Create a list of websites with varying levels of credibility and ask learners to analyze them using the poster

Classroom Considerations

• Requires printing and displaying the poster (or copies for each student)

Pros

• Colorful poster with an eye-catching design 
• Includes quick, helpful rules of thumb for evaluating Internet sites 

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.7.1 RI.8.1 RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.2 RI.11-12.1