Knowledge/Skill Building

🧠 Evaluating Sources with CRAAP & Bias Mapping

Submission Required

Mini-lesson modeling how to evaluate scholarly articles, primary documents (e.g., Plan de Ayala), political speeches, and textbook excerpts using CRAAP criteria (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose). Students analyze two contrasting sources on Porfirio Díaz and Emiliano Zapata, annotating for bias, perspective, and historical context (1910–1920). Class discussion connects source credibility to the essential question about transcendent ideas across revolutions.

Plan day
Day 3
Duration
45 min
Grouping
Whole Class
Steps