1. Detecting Bias
Mrs. Caneva
Librarian

2. Welcome!! Goals: Students will be able to… analyze a text for bias.
Please use a marker to put your name on a name tent.
This will help Mrs. Caneva know you a little bit.
Goals:
Students will be able to…
analyze a text for bias.
use the databases effectively to research.

3. Quickwrite
Take about 5 minutes to write answers to the following questions.
What does it mean to have a bias? Explain in your own words.
How do people become biased? Explain.
What biases do you hold?

4. Detecting Bias Graphic organizer PAUSE
We forget to pause before we take something as truth
Faster news cycle
Personal News feeds
Trust published works when we shouldn’t

5. P….Point of view First and Second Person Third person
Contains the words I and You
Most likely an opinion
Could also be a personal experience
Contains a ton of bias, but doesn’t mean it’s not true.
Third person
Never ventures into I, you, me, us, we (except in quoted evidence)
Usually a news story
Doesn’t mean it’s true

6. A…Author Who wrote this piece? Google Search them
Autobiographical information on the site or at the bottom of the page.

7. U--URL .com .org .edu Company, commercial
biased but doesn’t mean it’s not true
.org
Organization
Biased
.edu
Educational sites
Cuts in funding, bias (public, private, persuasive)

8. U—URL (continued) .gov .net Government Bias, trust, funding Network
Internet provider
bias

9. S-Source Seems obvious…but check the source! Type of publication
Section
About Us

10. E-Evidence What types of Evidence are being presented?
Who is quoted? (what is their stature)
Experience
Logos
Both can contain bias