This document summarizes an advisory session on gathering information. The objectives were to recognize the importance of gathering relevant facts while ignoring irrelevant information when making decisions. Prior experiences can guide one to good information sources. The session discussed identifying appropriate information sources for different situations, such as libraries, reference books, interviews, the internet, newspapers, and organizations. As an activity, participants had to gather information through interview questions to decide which of 10 people should live in a fallout shelter. The conclusion emphasizes gathering relevant information from varied sources for informed decision making.

1. Advisory Session :
Gathering Information
Tuesday 18th December 2018
Mr Anas Lahrichi

2. Objectives of Today
O Recognize the importance of gathering
relevant facts and ignoring irrelevant
information when making a decision.
O Prior experiences can direct us to good
sources of information.
O Continue Fallout Shelter Simulation

3. Starter : I’ll show you 10
different people

4. Starter : I’ll show you 10
different people

5. Let’s answer some questions
about them
O Whom would you choose as a friend? Why?
O Whom would you like your brother or sister to
have as a friend? Why?
O Which of these people would make the best
teacher? Why?
O Which of these people would get your vote for
president of the United States? Why?
O Conclusion => in order to make an informed
decision, we would need more information.

6. Which information is relevant
?
O Fun test !
O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6q
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7. Info Search
O A big part of gathering information is
having appropriate research skills
O For example :
O “Where would you go to find the scores of
last night’s football game?”
O You found information there before.

8. Let’s practice !
O We’ll practice identifying the appropriate
sources of information for different
situations.

11. So what are the sources ?
O libraries,
O reference books, atlases, encyclopedias,
interviews with knowledgeable people,
O the internet, newspapers, classified ads,
magazines, clubs, organizations, and
O associations.)

12. Let’s go back to Fallout Shelter
O We have defined the problem last
session.
O 10 volunteers will have special roles :
O Print :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rV4Cx1RL
u0IiBOjvZuL0SgHa0bbkrEhk/view
O Activity 2 through 11
O Read quietly and answer as if you were
that character

13. Go back to groups of last
session : Info

14. Who lives ?
O Prepare a series of questions to ask these
ten people (Interviews)
O Objective is to decide who lives.
O Which sources did you use ?

15. Interview Time
O Based on the questions you prepared,ask
the volunteers.
O Volunteers will either answer from their
biography sheet or will make up an
answer consistent with their character.

16. Conclusion
O To make an informed decision, gather
relevant information and ignore
information that does not apply to the
situation.
O Our own experiences can guide us to
appropriate sources of information.
O Collect information from varied sources to
gain a comprehensive understanding of
the situation.