Lesson plan
ISTEL
ISTEL, formerly BL Systems, and latterly AT&T Istel, was a British information technology company that provided IT and telecommunications systems to the automotive industry during the 1980s and 1990s. It started as the IT services arm of car manufacturer British Leyland and later expanded to providing services to a number of rival automotive manufacturers.
Article summary
ISTEL, formerly BL Systems, and latterly AT&T Istel, was a British information technology company that provided IT and telecommunications systems to the automotive industry during the 1980s and 1990s. It started as the IT services arm of car manufacturer British Leyland and later expanded to providing services to a number of rival automotive manufacturers.
Key claims
- date of formation: 1979 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the date of formation is "1979". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1336459607
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