Civic Data Literacy

1. Show example of misleading political graphic (axis manipulation, cherry-picked data)
2. Question: "How do you know when to trust civic information?"
3. Introduce source hierarchy: primary government data > academic research > news reporting > opinion > social media

1. Present 4 political claims about Congress
2. For each claim: What data would verify it? Navigate CIV.IQ to check
3. Record verification status on Worksheet H7
4. Rank source types by reliability with reasoning

1. Examine examples of misleading political graphics
2. For each: Identify the manipulation tactic and explain how to fix it
3. Find one real political claim online and attempt to verify using CIV.IQ data
4. Record: claim, verification status, data used

1. Share verification results
2. Build class list: "Our principles for evaluating civic information"
3. Key takeaway: Primary government data is the gold standard — always check the original source

Rank sources from most to least reliable: Congress.gov, think tank report, news article, social media post. Explain ranking.

Present 4 claims about Congress. For each: What data would verify it? Navigate CIV.IQ to check.

Examine examples of misleading political graphics. Identify manipulation tactic and how to fix it.

Find one political claim online. Attempt to verify using CIV.IQ data. Report: claim, verification status, data used.