Lesson

Components
Identification of the
Class
Virginia Standards of
Learning & National
Educational
Technology
Standards (Students)

Lesson Objectives

Materials

Procedures

Description
Subject: English
Grade: 12
Number of Students: 20
Virginia SOL:
12.2 a) Evaluate sources including
advertisements, editorials, blogs, Web
sites, and other media for relationships
between intent, factual content, and
opinion.
NETS-S:
2. Communication and Collaboration:
Students use digital media and
environments to communicate and work
collaboratively, including at a distance, to
support individual learning and contribute
to the learning of others.
3. Research and Information Fluency:
Students apply digital tools to gather,
evaluate, and use information.
The students will understand that utilizing
credible sources is imperative in order to
compile the best research.
The students will know the characteristics of
credible sources.
The students will be able label the provided
sources either credible or not credible.
The students will be able to work effectively
with their peers to develop a rubric for
evaluating credible sources.
WebQuest
Sources (listed on Resources page of
WebQuest)
1. Students will get into groups of three.
Students will take on the roles of recorder,

Assessment &
Evaluation

presenter, and editor.

2. Students will look through the sources,
noting any similar or different
characteristics they notice.
3. Students will sort the sources into two
groups: sources that they believe to be
credible and sources they do not believe to
be credible.
4. Students will then create a rubric (using the
characteristics they noticed) for evaluating
sources.
5. Students will present their findings and
explain their rubric in the presentation.
Students will articulate why it is important to
use only credible information. Students will
state how they will use what they learned
during this activity in their lives.
6. Students will tweet about what they learned
over the course of the Webquest.
Evaluation: At the end of the WebQuest,
students will be evaluated using the rubric
posted under the Evaluation section on the
website. Additionally, students will fill out the
rubric and evaluate their own performance
during the WebQuest. See below for rubric.
Additionally, students will tweet about what
they learned over the course of the Webquest
with the hashtag #ENGL12WQ.

WebQuest Lesson: Identifying Credible Sources

Category
5
4
3
2
Exceeds
Excellent Proficient Developin
expectatio
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List of
No errors
One or
Two or
Four or
credible and
two
three
more
not credible
errors
errors
errors
sources
Creates a
rubric for
evaluating
sources that
effectively
identifies
characteristi

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Beginnin
g
Mostly
errors

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sources
Presents the
rubric to the
class in a
clear and
organized
manner that
demonstrate
s
understand
ing
Group
members
work
effectively as
a team to
complete
WebQuest