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Evaluating Credibility & Bias in Academic and Media Sources

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  • 4 pages total

  • brief explanation

  • 3 practice exercises

  • 1 answer key page

  • 4 pages total

  • brief explanation

  • 3 practice exercises

  • 1 answer key page

Spot the bias before it spots you — train your inner fact-check ninja!

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Spot the bias before it spots you — train your inner fact-check ninja! ●❍°•°•°○°•°•°❍●

Additional Info:

  1. Grade Level:  11–12

  2. Difficulty Level: Difficult

  3. Standards:

  • CCSS RI.11-12.6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective.

  • CCSS RI.11-12.8: Delineate and evaluate the reasoning and evidence in texts.

  • CEFR C1: Can understand implicit meaning and recognize a wide range of biases and attitudes in complex texts, including technical and academic writing.

This worksheet develops students’ critical evaluation skills by training them to question credibility, validity, and bias in information. Through three structured activities, it focuses on:

Source Credibility: Comparing peer-reviewed academic journals with corporate blogs to assess expertise, authority, and potential conflicts of interest.

Language & Framing: Examining how loaded words in news reports (e.g., “peaceful” vs. “aggressive”) shape and manipulate readers’ perceptions of the same event.

Academic Logic: Identifying confirmation bias and oversimplified conclusions in policy arguments, emphasizing the need for independent, balanced evidence to support claims.