Instructional Goals:

·         Students will locate a website when provided a URL.

·         Students will gather information from the accessed website.

·         Students will evaluate the information from the accessed website.

·         Students will share their evaluations during a discussion period.

·         Students will understand the importance of evaluating information accessed on the internet.

·         Students will write a report describing their evaluation of the website.

Learning Objectives:

·         Students will identify five items that inform them of a website’s validity.

·         Students will identify three items that helped inform them that their website did not contain valid information.

·         Students will produce a written report describing at least three factors that make the website information invalid 

Motivational Goals:

·         Inspire students to want to evaluate information accessed on the internet.

·         Build students’ confidence in evaluating information provided on the internet.

·         Increase students’ interest in knowing if information is valid or not.

·         Promote satisfaction in website information evaluation accomplishments.

See attached lesson plan in Supporting Files.