This task asks students to assess the trustworthiness of a video on TikTok as a source of information about the history of an American city. Students should raise questions about the trustworthiness of the source. Lateral reading does not yield any information about the account, so there’s no way to readily confirm the source of the video. Consequently, it’s unclear what the video depicts. Students might also raise questions about the video being in color. Color moving pictures were not widely used until the 1950s, so it is quite possible that this video has been altered, perhaps by an artificial intelligence-based colorization app, which are now widely available
Level: Proficient
Student questions the source of the video and explains why it would not be a trustworthy source of information.
Level: Emergent
Student considers the source of the video but does not fully explain why this video would not be a trustworthy source of information.
Level: Basic
Student does not consider who is behind the post and/or focuses on irrelevant considerations, like the quality of the video, the amount of information it presents, the amount of engagement it has received from users, or the trustworthiness of TikTok videos or social media platforms overall (without considering the who is behind the post).