By Stanford History Education Group

Stanford asked 200+ students which provided stronger evidence about policies to solve climate change: A sponsored post for an oil company with an infographic or a news article. 

70% chose the ad. 

In this task, students are presented with two articles from the same online news outlet and asked which is a more reliable source. Students must identify who is behind the articles and consider potential conflicts of interest in order to successfully evaluate the articles.

By Jenelle Williams and Megan Kortlandt

C3 Teacher State Hubs bring educators together to develop and share inquiry-based instructional materials and professional development opportunities. New York State is our featured C3 State Hub. Our work with states began in 2014 in the state New York with the New York State Social Studies Toolkit project. Eight new state hubs have come online since then including Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia. See more about these states below.  Make sure to also check out our Organizational Hubs.