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8th grade · English Language Arts · Unit 11 of 12

Weigh the Evidence

Accurate, logical and fair sources

What your child practices

Children judge evidence and sources for accuracy, logic and fairness, spot fallacies and weak statistics, check content made by technology and synthesize sources with proper citations.

Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: ELA.8.RML.1; ELA.8.RML.4; ELA.8.RML.5 · research, accurate, logical and fair information, and credible people and technology

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What is the best way to check a surprising claim you saw in a video?

    • read the comments
    • search for the claim in several reliable news or expert sources
    • check how many views it has
    • watch it again

  2. Question 2

    Which of these is a credible source for medical information?

    • a post selling vitamins
    • a celebrity's opinion
    • an anonymous forum
    • a hospital or public health website

  3. Question 3

    What is the difference between a fact and a claim?

    • a fact is an opinion
    • a fact can be verified; a claim still needs evidence
    • there is no difference
    • a claim is always true

  4. Question 4

    An article quotes an expert, but the expert studies a different field. What is the issue?

    • experts are always right
    • the expert may not have knowledge of this topic
    • there is no issue
    • it is a primary source

  5. Question 5

    What is bias in a source?

    • a leaning toward one side that can affect fairness
    • a list of sources
    • a spelling rule
    • a kind of chart

  6. Question 6

    Which source would best show what people in Washington thought about statehood in 1889?

    • a recent opinion blog
    • a video game
    • a modern travel ad
    • newspapers printed in 1889

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