{"id":119,"date":"2018-01-22T20:02:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T20:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-webliteracy\/chapter\/activity-find-top-authorities-for-a-subject\/"},"modified":"2018-01-22T20:02:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T20:02:23","slug":"activity-find-top-authorities-for-a-subject","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-webliteracy\/chapter\/activity-find-top-authorities-for-a-subject\/","title":{"raw":"Activity: Find Top Authorities for a Subject","rendered":"Activity: Find Top Authorities for a Subject"},"content":{"raw":"<p>Get together in small groups, and by both pooling group knowledge and doing research, develop a list of three authoritative books\/websites for information on one of the following subjects:\n<\/p><ul><li>Lead Poisoning in Homes<\/li>\n \t<li>American Hate Groups<\/li>\n \t<li>Weight Loss<\/li>\n \t<li>Nuclear Policy<\/li>\n \t<li>Philosophy of Stoicsim<\/li>\n \t<li>Civil War and Race<\/li>\n \t<li>The Deficit and Deficit Spending<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nYour sources should be\n<ul><li>Written, edited, or curated by people with a high-level of subject expertise.<\/li>\n \t<li>Have a process in place that ensures accuracy and verification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOr be\n<ul><li>Written and published by someone with a reputation for accuracy<\/li>\n \t<li>Informed by a broad array of expert interviews and perspectives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nWhen each group has finished their selection trade your list of expert books\/sites with another group and have that group critique the list.\n\nSome questions for reflection:\n<ul><li>Do the best sources show up at the top of Google search results?<\/li>\n \t<li>If not, what does show up? 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