Web+Evaluations+CA

=__**Web Evaluations**__=


 * __Title:__** America's Story from America's Library
 * __Site URL:__** [|http://www.americaslibrary.gov]


 * __Comments:__** This site is a very well put together site. I absolutely loved this website. It gives you so much information about the history of America, but it is fun to look at. They have games and videos. They talk about each generation of America. It talks about American's past times, and you can break down each individual state if you want to. You can also look up famous Americans who made a difference. You can look up famous activists and reformers, Presidents, Senators, writers, artists, scientists, athletes, entrepreneurs, and explorers. It gives you information on everything from the colonists coming over from europe, to the first automobile, to Harry Houdini's death, to the present day. The site is very easy to navigate and is decorated nicely. This site makes history fun!

I feel that this is a grat introductory site. There is great basic information to introduce topis, people, and time periods to students. It is also easy to navigate and is well decorated, not too fancy, but not boring either. However, the site is limited in its information, so it could only be used to a certain extent in educating your students. I also found that the list of presidents isn't complete, so it makes me wonder if other names have been excluded from the site and too much bias is used in making the site. JA __**Site URL:**__ [|http://www.50states.com]
 * __Title:__** 50 States

50states.com is an interesting website that is easy to get around. I feel as if this website is geared more towards high school level students looking for popular information. The resources of this website would serve for many great purposes such as study guides and review sessions. This website provides important and useful information such as major cities, when they came about, and even when the state itself was officially declared as its own state. Fun and interesting facts such as the states location geographically, its capital, and even the state bird are listed for you. Bordering states are also listed as well as economic resources. Major colleges and universities are listed along with their major departments. This is a great website with a lot of very very useful information, facts, and statistics. I would recommend this side to secondary level education due to its abundance of information and texture. -- DS
 * __Comments:__** The site is very easy to navigate. It would not be the most pleasing thing to look at for elementary school aged kids, but middle and high school kids would do just fine with this site. I think that I could use this site as a study tool for my students. I also think that for any geography projects I give them, they could use this site as a very good resource. It can tell you any city in any state. The state tells what order all of the states were annexed into the Union. It will give you any of the state nicknames. You can also see the state birds of each state. you can look up maps of the states or look at individual states economies. You can also look at colleges and Universities in all of the states. I really enjoy this web site and I think that it could be a good resource in the classroom.


 * Link to Rubrics: [[file:amate_web_rubric.doc]] [[file:amate_WebEvalChecklist.doc]]**