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SIFT Instruction (No Quiz)

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In this activity you will examine the headline of a web article you have found for your research topic.

Take note of your findings on a piece of paper or an electronic document:

  1. What is your research question or topic?
  2. What is the web article you are examining? (If you don't already have a web article for your research topic, find something something promising to use for this and the following activities. Use the web search engine of your choice.) 
    1. Name of the website
    2. Title of the Article
    3. URL of article
  3. Are you already familiar with this news source or content producer? 
  4. Did you have any feelings when you read the title?
    1. If yes, document what feeling(s) you had.
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