Worksheet

Intro to Lateral Reading Question Points

Use the questions below to evaluate the following post: https://twitter.com/loisbeckett/status/973922437170593793

Short URL: https://goo.gl/kYY2JF

  1. What is the name of the Twitter account? Do you know anything about this source already? (Although it’s okay to start with something like the Twitter profile, you also need to go outside the post!)

Lois Beckett is the name of the twitter account. I do not know anything about this source already

  1. What can you learn about the person behind the Twitter account? (You will probably need to leave Twitter to do this!)

Lois Beckett is a senior reporter covering gun policy, criminal justice and the far right in the United States.

 

  1. What sources did you use to learn about the person behind the Twitter account? How do you know that these are good sources?

I used www.TheGuardian.com it is as British daily newspaper.

  1. Based on your lateral reading, do you think this account is a trustworthy source of information about the school walkouts? Explain.

Yes, I think this account is a trustworthy source of information because the author seems to be an experienced reporter since 2011

 

Credit: This assignment was developed by the Civic Online Reasoning Institute of Stanford University