Freire

Article summary

Freire / Freyre is a word used in the Portuguese and Galician languages to define the occupational name for a friar or a nickname for a pious person or someone employed at a monastery. The word is derived from Latin frater, which means brother. Not Jewish in origin but some Sephardic Jews adopted this name.

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1974 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1994 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of birth is "1974". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of birth is "1994". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367417955