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Pbs Learning Media: Common Sense Education: Identifying High Quality Sites Lesson PlanPbs Learning Media: Common Sense Education: Identifying High Quality Sites Lesson Plan
Publisher
PBS
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6th - 8th
Subjects
21 Century Skills
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Instructional Strategy
Independent Practice
Lexile Measures
1180L
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Pbs Learning Media: Common Sense Education: Identifying High Quality Sites

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Learn how to "test before you trust" the sites and information found on the Web in this lesson plan and student handout from Common Sense Education. Assessing what you find on the Web is an essential skill for today's students. Use this resource to help students understand and assess the sites they visit on the Web.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

evaluating websites

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evaluating images, internet sites, online information, "test before you trust", common sense education, identifying high-quality sites, lesson plan, news and media literacy, pbs learningmedia, pbs learningmedia: common sense education: identifying high-quality sites, assess sites, determining credibility of the source, evaluating visual images

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

Common Core

CCRA.W.8 RH.6-8.2

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