Branching Scenario
Credibility
Between biased information, irrelevant sources, and misinformation, all to often it can be difficult to gather quality sources for research. Do you know what to look for?
Start
You're at the end of the school semester...
You have a research project due in your history class on the negative impacts of industrialization and you're running out of time. You need to make the decisions on what sources to include in your project. Your decisions will impact your research, and your overall grade.
You need to find a source to support the claim that monopolies hold too much power over industry and society.
Which source should you choose?
After reading through Ida Tarbell's book, you determine that you need additional information to support your claim about the negative impacts of industiralization.
Which source should you choose?
You read through Rockefeller's letters to discover that his opinion is heavily biased and doesn't support your claim. You need a new source.
What option are you going to choose?
While researching, you discover that monopolies, still exist in today's society. You need an additional source to support your discovery.
Which source is best suited for this?
Though the film has catchy songs and is based on a historical event, you find that the information provided is not historically accurate. You need a new source and time is running out.
Which source will you choose?
The research project on Carnegie Steel gave you some great information. In your research, you discover that monopolies still exist in today's society. You need an additional source to support your discovery.
Which should you choose?
You realize that the information you found in Rockefeller's letters and in the Facebook post either don't align with your claim or cannot be verified. Time is running out and you need a quality source to finish your project.
Which should you choose?
Project Redo
Your sources were not credible, leading to multiple inaccuracies in your project. You need to redo your project to pass your class for the semester.
Low, but Passing Grade
You realize that not all sources are created equally, but struggle with identifying credible sources that support your claim. You passed, through it was with a lower grade.
You Passed!
Your hard work has paid off! You thought critically about your sources and were able to create a project that was based on credibile information. Time to relax as you wait for the next semester to begin!
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Branching Scenario
Credibility
Between biased information, irrelevant sources, and misinformation, all to often it can be difficult to gather quality sources for research. Do you know what to look for?
Start
You're at the end of the school semester...
You have a research project due in your history class on the negative impacts of industrialization and you're running out of time. You need to make the decisions on what sources to include in your project. Your decisions will impact your research, and your overall grade.
You need to find a source to support the claim that monopolies hold too much power over industry and society.
Which source should you choose?
After reading through Ida Tarbell's book, you determine that you need additional information to support your claim about the negative impacts of industiralization.
Which source should you choose?
You read through Rockefeller's letters to discover that his opinion is heavily biased and doesn't support your claim. You need a new source.
What option are you going to choose?
While researching, you discover that monopolies, still exist in today's society. You need an additional source to support your discovery.
Which source is best suited for this?
Though the film has catchy songs and is based on a historical event, you find that the information provided is not historically accurate. You need a new source and time is running out.
Which source will you choose?
The research project on Carnegie Steel gave you some great information. In your research, you discover that monopolies still exist in today's society. You need an additional source to support your discovery.
Which should you choose?
You realize that the information you found in Rockefeller's letters and in the Facebook post either don't align with your claim or cannot be verified. Time is running out and you need a quality source to finish your project.
Which should you choose?
Project Redo
Your sources were not credible, leading to multiple inaccuracies in your project. You need to redo your project to pass your class for the semester.
Low, but Passing Grade
You realize that not all sources are created equally, but struggle with identifying credible sources that support your claim. You passed, through it was with a lower grade.
You Passed!
Your hard work has paid off! You thought critically about your sources and were able to create a project that was based on credibile information. Time to relax as you wait for the next semester to begin!