
Using Wikipedia (from Civic Online Reasoning)
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Social Studies, English
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6th Grade - University
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Easy
Nicholas Vooys
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19 Slides • 12 Questions
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Using Wikipedia
Effectively Using Wikipedia in the 21st Century.
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Multiple Choice
True or False. Anyone can write anything they want on Wikipedia.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
True or False. A new writer can put all of their original research on Wikipedia
True
False
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True or False. Everything posted to Wikipedia must be verifiable
True
False
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Multiple Choice
True or False. Mr. Vooys has a Wikipedia account. He therefor could write an article about the cat he had when he was growing up.
True.
False.
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Multiple Choice
You can always trust EVERYTHING you read on Wikipedia
True
False
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Multiple Choice
True or False. Once you register for a Wikipedia account then you can edit any Wikipedia article
True
False
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following wiki pages do you think would have the least restrictions when it comes to making edits?
The U.S. and Iran War
Tom Brady
West Springfield High School
The 2028 Presidential Election
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Multiple Choice
What are the little highlighted numbers in brackets at the end of some sentences in Wikipedia articles?
The number of unique facts/details in the article
The number of unique editors who have made edits to the Wiki entry
A link to a specific citation/source cited at the bottom of the page.
Just the numbered sentence in the article. First sentence is 1, Second is 2, etc.
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Multiple Choice
True/False. All facts/details/evidence found on a Wiki article MUST be linked to a digital online version of the source to prove where the information came from.
True.
False.
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Multiple Choice
If you were to read laterally on this story. What would be the best approach?
Read through the article and look for information that sounds true.
Check the grammar and spelling of the article.
Open a new tab and search for any information you can find about the website that published the article
Find the "About Us" tab on the ProPublica (the site that this article is on) website.
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Open Ended
Use Lateral Reading, specifically with Wikipedia to tell me what you can about this Newspunch article:
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Multiple Choice
True / False. Mr Vooys loves using Wikipedia. Therefor you should definitely cite Wikipedia as a source for your next Research Paper
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False.
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Use Wikipedia... wisely. carefully.
Part of lateral reading
A research paper should be your collection of other sources, wikipedia is not original research
Use it and the attached cited sources to try to find other ways to verify a piece of information.
It is simply one of the tools to finding good information. Should NOT be the only tool you use.
Using Wikipedia
Effectively Using Wikipedia in the 21st Century.
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