Georgia 8.T.RA.2.b
The Standard
Analyze print, digital, and multimodal sources for accuracy, credibility, and relevance, determining whether the ideas and information support the topic under investigation and appeal to the target audience. (I)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T) · Research & Analysis
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students examine articles, websites, videos, and graphics for trustworthy claims and useful information. They check source details, confirm key claims elsewhere, and decide whether each source fits the research question and intended audience.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can select strong sources and explain their choices using details about authorship, evidence, date, purpose, and publisher. They can separate credibility from relevance and flag claims that need confirmation.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume a polished design, high search ranking, or .org address proves reliability. They may also choose a source because it mentions the topic, even when its claims are unsupported or poorly suited to the audience.
How to Assess It
- Give students a research question and one source excerpt with author, date, and publisher details. Ask them to use, verify, or reject it, then cite two details and name the audience.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups four source cards to sort into use, verify, or reject, then require one written reason for each choice.
Compare a news article and video, then write which better serves a teen audience, citing two specific features.
Play Credibility Relay, where teams check each source for author, date, evidence, purpose, and connection to the research question.
Examine two social media health claims and decide what information a school newsletter could responsibly repeat.
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