Week 4: Evaluating Web Pages

Read Evaluating Web Pages

Read Nell’s WWWDOT approach on ANGEL site

Evaluate the following sites:

a. All the following sites are about Immigration.

Please evaluate these sites and think about how you decide whether the site is good or not.

a) http://www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/index2.html

b) http://www.aiisf.org/

c) http://www.msu.edu/course/mc/112/1920s/Immigration/Jamiespage.html

d) http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/introduction.html

e) http://www.ellisisland.com/ellis_home.html

f) http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/index.html

g) http://immigration.about.com/

h) http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm

i) http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/population5.html

b. Three websites on Underground Railroad:

Website A: http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/ugrr/home.html

Website B: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/

Website C: http://www2.lhric.org/POCANTICO/TUBMAN/timeline2/timeline.htm