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This activity is meant to demonstrate the concepts of authorship and authority to first-year writing students. Students will use their prior knowledge and everyday experiences with subpar information to draw parallels between evaluating academic and popular sources.
Contains detailed lesson plan, evaluating information handout, and materials for adapting to an online only course.

By comparing and contrasting two different sources, students will be able to understand the concepts of authorship, authority, and scholarly communication as an ongoing, evolving dialogue.

By evaluating and revising flawed research questions, students will learn strategies to formulate appropriate research questions for lower-division undergraduate essays.

This lesson is designed to illustrate the differences between paraphrasing, summarizing and quoting. By asking students to define and identify plagiarizing and paraphrasing, they will understand the purpose and mechanics of using sources in their writing.

In this activity, students think metacognitively as they search to work out strategies for navigating the search process. In the process, they use Google Docs to collaboratively produce a Search Tips sheet which the whole class can refer back to.

This exercise outline the different ways that information may be incorrectly or unethically presented to audiences and offers suggestions for correctly using information.

This exercise will ask students to think critically about competing influences on research and policies related to the health industry and its impact on their own health choices.

Everyday we see television commercials, online videos, newscasts, and more, many of which are meant to sway our opinions and influence our decisions, including our purchasing decisions. This exercise will introduce students to some of the techniques video producers use to influence our purchasing decisions and behaviors.