Digital Literacy and Communication · Term 2

Evaluating Online Information

Developing skills to assess the credibility and reliability of websites and online sources.

Key Questions

  1. How can we determine if an online source is trustworthy?
  2. Differentiate between factual reporting and opinion pieces on news websites.
  3. Justify the importance of cross-referencing information from multiple sources.

CBSE Learning Outcomes

CBSE: Reading - Critical Evaluation of Digital Texts - Class 5
Class: Class 5
Subject: English
Unit: Digital Literacy and Communication
Period: Term 2

Suggested Methodologies

Document Mystery

Analyse unlabelled primary sources to reconstruct an event

30–45 min

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Inquiry Circle

Small groups investigate an open question without direct instruction

30–55 min

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