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Memorials, Memories, and American Identity

For the Charlotte Teachers Institute 2017

The CRAAP Test

Currency: The timeliness of the information.

Relevance: The importance of the information for your needs. 

Authority: The source of the information.

Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness and correctness of the content. 

Purpose: The reason the information exists.

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Evaluation Example

Are you researching a memorial to Martin Luther King Jr.?

Compare the following websites:

http://martinlutherking.org

http://www.thekingcenter.org