Provide students techniques for evaluating sources to help them identify biased or non-authoritative sources.

Action:

For a given source, direct students to ask and answer:
- Who produced the information?
- Who could benefit from the dissemination of this information?
- What perspective is not represented?
- Does the information support or challenge established understandings of the issue?

Reason:

Identifying biased and non-authoritative sources requires knowledge of the domain. Providing a concrete set of questions can help students more efficiently identify biased and non-authoritative sources.