Lesson plan
SCADPlus
SCADPlus is an information portal maintained by the European Commission, providing public access to European Union initiatives and policies. The information is of a general nature and not intended for legal or technical research purposes. In its disclaimer the Commission states that "it cannot be guaranteed that a document available on-line exactly reproduces an officially adopted text. Only European Union legislation published in paper editions of the Official Journal of the European Union is deemed authentic." Advisory services on how to use the information on SCADPlus are available at the 400 European Documentation Centres across the European Union. As of middle 2007, some 2,500 fact sheets, divided into 32 subject areas, summarize EU legislation of the Activities of the EU. They should provide a complete summary of the latest legislative developments and are available in four languages of the EU: English, French, German and Spanish. Some 1,000 fact sheets with general interest information are also available in the eleven languages which were the official languages of the European Union before 1 May 2004 (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish).…
Article summary
SCADPlus is an information portal maintained by the European Commission, providing public access to European Union initiatives and policies. The information is of a general nature and not intended for legal or technical research purposes. In its disclaimer the Commission states that "it cannot be guaranteed that a document available on-line exactly reproduces an officially adopted text. Only European Union legislation published in paper editions of the Official Journal of the European Union is deemed authentic." Advisory services on how to use the information on SCADPlus are available at the 400 European Documentation Centres across the European Union. As of middle 2007, some 2,500 fact sheets, divided into 32 subject areas, summarize EU legislation of the Activities of the EU. They should provide a complete summary of the latest legislative developments and are available in four languages of the EU: English, French, German and Spanish. Some 1,000 fact sheets with general interest information are also available in the eleven languages which were the official languages of the European Union before 1 May 2004 (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish).…
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Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- 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
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Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.