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Posted by: Michael Apfeldorf
Apply information literacy skills to WWI era media that appeals to emotion.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Literacy, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Michael Apfeldorf
Using primary sources related to the women's suffrage movement, the blog includes information literacy strategies for understanding how persuasive arguments are constructed.
Posted in: Literacy, Teaching Strategies, Women's History
Posted by: Michael Apfeldorf
A key aspect of information literacy is evaluating the relationship between claims and evidence: Do claims follow clearly and logically from evidence? Can the evidence also support alternate claims? Guide students to apply information literacy skills to a 1912 article “Mars Peopled by One Giant Thinking Vegetable.”
Posted in: Literacy, Science Technology and Math, Teaching Strategies