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FTS: Time: Explore Sources Activity

Explore Sources Activity

Activity Background: For college level research, you'll need to be able to distinguish between and evaluate different types of information and sources. For your Blast from the Past project, you'll need the skills to identify the following:

  • A scholarly (academic) article or book chapter that addresses your past event
  • A non-scholarly but reliable source about your event

Activity Instructions: The four sources below are about the sample topic of our perception of time during the COVID pandemic. Skim through them, and for each source, discuss with your partner whether it is (1) scholarly or (1) non-scholarly but reliable, and how you know. Be prepared to share!

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