CMS 205W: CRAAP Testing Form

Assignment: Evaluate Your Sources

Aaliyah Bryant
Source 1:

Braud, S. (2020, August 14). 5 events in Black history you never learned in school.
HowStuffWorks. Retrieved September 17, 2021, from
https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/black-history-didnt-learn-in-
school.htm.

Currency: There is more recent information on this topic but this one talks more about Black
History pre and during the Civil War. There is no research to overturn this.
Relevance: This is relevant to the Black History that is not taught in schools which I am
advocating more to be taught. It relates by giving more story of enslaved Africans during and
before the Civil War than what we are taught. This supports my main conclusion because this
proves that Black history is not being taught enough. This article is intended for students
especially Black students.
Authority: This was written by Sarah Braud. No information her specifically but the editors have
college degrees on this topic. This expert is unbiased and is a secondary source as she did
research. This is a commercial website, yet this edited by college graduates with knowledge on
the subject. The evidence is based off of articles that also did research.
Accuracy: This was factchecked by college graduates with knowledge on the subject. We can
trust this as this website is by experts of this topic. The language is unbiased, and this content has
no errors from what I see.
Purpose: This is informational and Braud makes that very clear.

Source 2:

Jones, J. (2016, January 19). 6 things your school didn't teach About Dr. Martin Luther King.
GAFollowers. Retrieved September 17, 2021, from https://www.gafollowers.com/things-
your-school-didnt-teach-about-martin-luther-king/.

Currency: This is not the most recent source however, the most recent source was unreliable.
There is nothing that overturns this evidence.

Relevance: This relates to not teaching enough about MLK. This supports my claim because
MLK is not taught enough in schools. This is intended for those who want to learn more about
MLK.
Authority: The author, Jeremy Jones, works for GA followers which is a news source that writes
about numerous topics including Black History. Jones is unbiased and this article is a secondary
source. This a commercial website but it’s a journalism site. Evidence includes quotes from other
articles.

Accuracy: It is factchecked as it is a journalism site with editors who researched these sources.
Yes, we can trust the article as there are sources that back up its claim. There was unbiased
language and there are no errors.

Purpose: This was an informational article, and this was made very clear in the article.

Source 3:

Woo, E. (2020). How should Black history Be Taught? USC Rossier School of Education.
Retrieved September 17, 2021, from https://rossier.usc.edu/magazine/fall-winter-2020/a-
reckoning-with-racism-starts-with-learning-the-unvarnished-truth-and-toll-of-slavery/.

Currency: This is a recent and consistently up to date source and no research that overturns this
source.

Relevance: This relates to when I advocate for Black History should be taught in schools and
also important to advocate for how it should be taught. This source does support my main
conclusion as it agrees that not enough Black history is taught in schools. The intended audience
is for teachers.

Authority: Elaine Woo is a student at University of South Carolina and writes for their magazine.
She is an education major which makes her an expert on the topic of how education like history
should be taught. This source is biased as it is teachers talking about their personal experiences.
This is a primary source. This is an educational site as it is a college magazine. This evidence is
actually testimonies from reliable professors and deans.

Accuracy: This information is peer reviewed as it is an educational magazine. We can trust the
accuracy as these things are said by the reliable interviewees themselves. This language is biased
as it is personal stories from the teachers and deans. This content is free of errors.

Purpose: This was more of a persuasive article to teach Black history in schools and Woo makes
that very clear.