Global Citizenship Challenge

1. Global Citizenship Challenge Lessons 8 and 9

2. Lesson Objective – Nod y wers • To analyse the credibility of sources – are they reliable? Are they valid? Are they bias? • Develop and present a written personal standpoint on the use of wind farms as a sustainable energy source. • Skills Objective - Sgiliau • Critical thinking and problem solving. • Facts, factors, differing opinions and viewpoints including those of peers • Consideration and use of PESTLE

3. Credibility of sources Primary sources - you do not need to consider the credibility of primary resources as they are personal opinions of people. You will have spoken to this person first hand via an interview or through a questionnaire. Secondary sources – secondary sources are a source that you have researched and somebody else has written. You need to be very careful with the credibility of secondary sources as they may have a bias or be sponsored by a political organisation that would affect the way it is written. Listen to the information on the next few slides before discussing the different types of secondary sources you could use for this challenge

4. The Internet can be a great tool for research, but finding quality web materials and using them to your advantage in your writing can be challenging. Research and the internet

5. Virtually any person can publish almost anything on the Internet. Unlike most print sources, web sources do not have to be professionally accepted and edited to be published. Does this make them reliable? Why do we need to evaluate web sources?

6. Informative pages Personal web pages Political/interest group pages Marketing-oriented or advertising pages Entertainment pages Think about the person/organisation writing on these web pages. Are they credible? (trustworthy) Types of web pages

7. Assess the authorship, content, and purpose of the web site. This is important because many web sources are not checked for accuracy. some personal sites are used to express individual opinions about issues, but not necessarily the facts. Identify the website

8. Credibility may be compromised by misinformation or by unintentional neglect. Locating the name of the site’s creator may be challenging. Examine for credibility

9. Task: Read the background information on page 27 and the viewpoints for and against the Mynydd y Gwair wind farm on pages 28 and 29. Are these sources valid? – How would you know this? Do any of these sources show bias? How do they do this?

10. Discuss in pairs the different types of secondary information you could collect on whether wind farms are a sustainable and alternative energy source and if the proposed Mynydd y Gwair wind farm should go ahead. Write your thoughts on page 30 of your booklet. Task

11. What are your top 3 tips on assessing the credibility or validity of sources? Write your ideas of page 30 of your booklet. Task

12. What is a personal standpoint? • Your task is to write a personal standpoint on whether wind farms are a sustainable and alternative energy source and if the proposed Mynydd y Gwair wind farm should go ahead. You will be writing this in the form of a letter to the local Council. • What you must include: • Your own opinion and views on wind power as an energy source – are they effective? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using wind farms? • Opinions, views and arguments of others – what are the opinions of the varying stakeholders? Do they agree or disagree with the use of wind farms. Do you agree or disagree with their opinions? Do their views matter? Why? Are they credible or bias in any way? • Develop an argument throughout including identification of key information such as causes, changes, consequences, similarities and differences • Challenge assumptions of using wind power as an energy provider • Relevant political, economic, social, technological, legal, environmental (PESTLE) factors

13. How to write an effective letter Correct use of addresses Think about the organisation of your ideas Consider your audience Start with the main message 5. Use the correct tone - avoid everyday, slang or jargon language; avoid contractions (I’m; it’ll etc.); avoid emotive, subjective language (terrible, rubbish etc.); avoid vague words such as nice, good, get etc. 6. Limit each paragraph to one topic – be concise and relevant 7. Draw your letter to a conclusion – end with your most important point 8. End the letter appropriately

14. The task You now have the remaining part of this lesson and the whole of next lesson to write your personal standpoint. You may want to plan your ideas and thoughts before writing – use page 32 0f your booklet to plan what you would like to include.

15. The task Now write your personal standpoint on page 33 of your booklet or alternatively you can use the computers to write your letter.