Information and evidence · Learning path two

Fact-checking: build an inspectable evidence trail

Six lessons, a verification file and a cross-context assessment turn found material into reasoned, revisable conclusions.

For readers who have found material and want to trace originals and check claims. Practice with news, notices, product descriptions and visual evidence.

Allow 15–20 minutes per lesson and 10–15 for the assessment. All cases are fictional teaching materials.

From an exact claim to evidence and correction

1. 1. Pin down the exact claim

   Create a scoped, traceable object of verification before judging it.

2. 2. Restore the original context

   Trace quotations to full materials and inspect what was omitted.

3. 3. Check time and version

   Separate event, publication, applicability and verification dates.

4. 4. Corroborate without counting repetitions

   Track dependencies and compare actual evidence rather than the number of sites.

5. 5. Images and video: check the caption too

   Verify provenance, time and place without treating appearance as authentication.

6. 6. Build a verification file and preserve corrections

   Keep the claim, evidence, conclusion scope and revision history together.

7. Final assessment: verify new contexts

   Exhibitions, transport, products, visitor data and on-scene photos, with explanations after submission.

Your final artifact

An exportable file preserving the claim, scope, E-numbered evidence, shared origins, provisional conclusion, gaps and saved versions. It organizes human verification without authenticating images or scoring truth.

Review information search: find the materials first