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06.06 Gathering Information: Part One Directions: Conduct an Internet search to answer the following question: How did Presidential addresses and Supreme Court rulings begin to change the lives of the American people beginning in the mid-20th century? 2. List each of the three sources in the chart below. 3. Evaluate each source according to its accuracy, currency, bias, and authority. An example has been completed for you. 1.

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Accurate?

Current?

http://www.archives.gov/education/ lessons/civil-rights-act/

Yes, the author cites other well-known , reliable sources

Yes, it was written this year (2014)

Yes, this website provides accurate informatio n.

It was last modified in 2019, making it current.

It is very accurate because it was published by a well trusted news website.

It was made in 2013 and is fairly recent.

Teaching With Documents: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Presidency in the United States of America Changes in the 20th Century https://www.britannica.co m/topic/presidency-of-the -United-States-of-America /Changes-in-the-20th-century

Remembering Two Seminal Kennedy Speeches https://www.nytimes.com/ 2013/06/09/us/remember ng-two-seminal-kennedyspeeches.html

Biased or Unbiased? Unbiased because the author shared facts and evidence and not her own opinions It is not biased because the creator uses facts and does not use their own opinions.

Authority?

It only contains facts making it unbiased and has no opinions.

The author or writer works for NewYork Times.

Yes, the author has a doctorate in this field

Overall Reliable? Yes

The creator Yes is a political science editor.

Yes

How the Supreme Court Could Repeal the 20th Century

https://archive.thinkprogr ess.org/how-the-supreme -court-could-repeal-the-2 0th-century-4f67719ac46 a/

This article is accurate because the creator cites sources through out.

It is current because it was made in 2015.

It is unbiased because the author or creator uses facts and does not use any opinions.

He is a columnist for the Think Program.

Yes...