Bellwork BIAS

Instructions: Rank the following sources for each item below according to their
reliability, with 1 being the most reliable and 3 being the least reliable.
Fully explain your choice for 3 of the items below.
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1: The dangers of smoking to health according to:

A report by the tobacco industry _______
A study conducted over several years by doctors at a major medical school _______
A press release by an anti-smoking lobby group _______

Item 2: Canadas participation in United Nations peacekeeping efforts since

1945 learned from:
A movie released ion the theatres about the United Nations _______
The diary of the Canadian ambassador to the United Nations in the early days _______
An account of Canadas role since 1945 in your textbook _______
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3: Current living conditions on Canadas Aboriginal reserves described

A CBA documentary just released _______
Canadian government documentary just released _______
Memoirs of a resident on one of the reserves who died ten years age _______

Items 4: Devastation caused by the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, 1945

learned from:
A novel set in Hiroshima in which the major character saves many lives _______
The memoirs of the pilot who flew the plane that dropped the atomic bomb, written in the
1980s _______
A documentary film made in Britain from available photographs and interviews with
survivors _______
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5: What happened in a fight between two boys as described by:

The father of one of the boys _______
A neighbour who witnessed the fight and broke it up _______
A story in the local community newspaper _______

Item 6: The America governments reaction to hurricane Katrina, 2005

according to:
President Bush one week after the hurricane _______
A survivor of the hurricane _______
A local Windsor radio station two weeks after the tragedy _______
Write your explanation on the back of this page.

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