Source Top Trumps

This activity is useful for introducing Level 4 students to different reading materials at university, and the need to read credible and reliable sources when researching. Source Top Trumps provided.

Specific resources needed for implementing this resource:

Source Top Trumps, Source Information Sheets

Contributor’s comments on the use of this resource:

Instructions for running the activity:

1. Students read through the source Information sheets
2. Students provide scores out of 5 for different characteristics (credibility, reliability,
   bias, involvement in academic debate) of each source on the Source Top Trumps
3. Students order Source Top Trumps from ‘best’ to ‘worst’

Further Suggestions:

• To add an element of gamification, Step 3 can also be performed in a ‘battle’, as in the regular way of playing Top Trumps.
• Different information sheets may need to be created for different subjects and disciplines which may regard sources differently.