Lesson Plans

Literacy

Enhance Literacy, Comprehension & Civic Action

Literacy for Democracy

Build Inquiry, Critical Research and Analysis

Asking Research Questions

Standards-Based Testing

Connect with Local Offices and the Internet

Community Health and Content Standards

Explore Your Community

Social Capital

Service Learning and Civics

Assessing for Learning

Community Health and Content Standards

School Violence and Local Government

Critical Social and Civic Capital

Social Capital

Assessing for Learning

Practice Thinking and Writing Skills

Improving Student Work

KAT Talk, Fall 1999

Centerfold Lesson 2:
KAT Practice with the Internet

There are no rules that require information on the Internet to be true. So you have to be careful to think about what you read. Here's some practice, using the KAT website at http://www.pa.lwv.org/pa/kat

If you can't get on-line, use this practice sheet with copies of this newsletter, or with some other document you're reading.

What questions should you be asking about a website? Use KAT's!

1. Who is the LWVPA-CLF, and why would they sponsor KAT and the KAT website?

 

2. What seems to be the purpose of this website: education? advertising? propaganda? public service? All of the above? Can you find a bias?

 

3. Do the authors have qualifications to knowledgeably present the topics?

 

4. How could you check the accuracy of information you find on this website?

 

5. Does anybody actually respond to you if you submit a comment or a question?

 

6. What links from this site to other sources or information are useful and why?

 

7. Is there information on this site that you should write down in your notes or your log? How can you use this site to improve your learning?

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