Today's Prompt: Norton Field Guide, "Evaluating Sources"

The following is a list of claims with stated reasons that require grounds, or support of their stated reasons. Each group will be assigned one claim, and it will need to find the best possible quality source using criteria from the "Evaluating Sources" reading in the NFG, pages 469 to 472 (this will be more challenging for some claims than others). You will need to answer the seven bullet-pointed questions about your source listed on 469-471, transcribing your answers onto this document your group will fill out. Please save a copy of the document for yourselves, and then use it to record your work. I would encourage you to use the library databases first to find sources, though you may need to use the Internet in some cases.
  1. We need to change the rules governing the investigation of sexual crimes on college campuses because too many innocent young men are being unfairly punished.
  2. We need to change the rules governing the investigation of sexual crimes on college campuses because too many crimes committed by young men are going unpunished.
  3. No one should be afraid to get their child vaccinated, because vaccines are not responsible for the rise in autism.
  4. No one should get their child vaccinated, because vaccines are responsible for the rise in autism.
  5. We should greatly reduce our consumption of fossil fuels, because carbon released into the atmosphere by human activity is resulting in a dangerous warming of the earth's atmosphere.
  6. There is no need to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels, because carbon released into the atmosphere by human activity does not affect the earth's atmosphere.

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