6.SS.19.F
Evaluate a variety of historical and contemporary sources for validity, credibility, bias, and accuracy.
Grade 6 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2010
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historical sourcescontemporary sourcesvaliditycredibilitybiasaccuracy
Skills
- evaluate (historical sources) #dok3
- evaluate (contemporary sources) #dok3
- determine (validity of sources) #dok3
- determine (credibility of sources) #dok3
- analyze (sources for bias) #dok3
- analyze (sources for accuracy) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can identify historical and contemporary sources. #dok1
- I can describe the characteristics of validity, credibility, bias, and accuracy in a source. #dok1
- I can explain why validity, credibility, bias, and accuracy are important when using sources. #dok2
- I can distinguish between credible and non-credible sources. #dok2
- I can evaluate a variety of sources for validity. #dok3
- I can evaluate sources for credibility by examining their origin and evidence. #dok3
- I can analyze sources for possible bias and its impact on information. #dok3
- I can evaluate sources for accuracy by verifying information with multiple sources. #dok3
Big Ideas
- It is important to critically evaluate sources to determine whether information is accurate and trustworthy.
- Sources can have strengths and weaknesses in validity, credibility, bias, and accuracy that affect how we use them to understand the past and present.
Essential Questions
- How can we tell if a source is accurate and trustworthy?
- What makes one source more credible than another?
- Why is it important to recognize bias in sources?
- How do historians and researchers evaluate the validity of information in different sources?
- In what ways can the accuracy or bias of sources influence our understanding of history and the world today?