Spark 001: Central Valley Stories (Trook)

Student Learning Outcomes

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

• Identify the traits of reliable information
• Use search strategies for the open web, including evaluating sources and finding various media formats (i.e., recorded interviews, diaries, photos, etc)
• Find reliable information outside of social media
• Distinguish between primary and secondary sources
• Find news sources through the Library (e.g. digitized small community newspapers)
• Find and access books and other materials

Lesson Plan

1. Introductions 

• How to locate this course guide (CatCourses or Library Website)

2. Warm-Up Discussion: When you are looking at information online, what are some traits or markers that the info is trustworthy or credible?   

3. UNLV video about Info Life Cycle 

   • Reflection Activity & Discussion

4. SIFT Method Activity

   • Mt. Chipotle example

   • Subsidence example (see image & link below)

5. Library & Scholarly Information 

   • How to evaluate it

   • Where to find it (See Step 3 & subpages)

6. Using information: Citing & Attribution 

   • Citing images

   • Citing a personal interview 

7. Exit Slip 

    

If you came across this image online, would you believe it was real? Did the ground shrink 9 meters (29.5 feet) between 1925 and 1977?