Questions about the Checking a Source poster

What’s on the Checking a Source poster?

4 numbered steps. You do not need expertise to check a claim. You need a habit. WHO MADE IT? — A named author or organisation with something to lose if wrong?; WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE? — Does it link to a source, or just assert?; WHO BENEFITS? — Is something being sold, or a side being pushed?; WHAT DO OTHERS SAY? — Open a new tab. If nobody else reports it, be suspicious.. Strong emotion is the signal to slow down. Content designed to be shared is designed to make you feel something first.

Who is the Checking a Source poster for?

Checking a Source is filed under 8th Grade (ages 13–14), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting life skills, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.

When should you use the Checking a Source poster?

Ask these before sharing anything, not after. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Checking a Source belongs on the wall where that life skills work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Checking a Source?

Academic Word Roots, Alkali Metals and Alkaline Earth Metals sit alongside Checking a Source in the 8th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Academic Word RootsAlkali MetalsAlkaline Earth Metals

Is the Checking a Source poster free to download and print?

Yes. Checking a Source downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 8th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Checking a Source poster print at?

Checking a Source is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Checking a Source loses nothing.Printing guide