Web+Evaluations+TG

__**Web Evaluations**__

 * Title**: History.com: U.S. Presidents
 * URL**: []


 * Comments**: This website supports social studies and history teachers as a resource for information relating to worldwide history. I would have no problem as a teacher recommending this site for use by my students as a learning tool because The History Channel and History Channel.com have prooved to have non-biased information and show both sides of any topic that they have covered. With the wealth of information on this website, and the easy access to this information I would say that there are hardly any limitations on this website other than the amount of topics. I would use this website during my class lessons on US history when learning about the Presidents and have the kids write reports and make presentations of a President of their or my choice. These resources on the US Presidents would be key to helping a young student learn the importance of what has gone on in our country and what role each president has played to influence the citizens of our nation.

This is a very good resource. As you said the History channel is very unbiased and provides a great deal of information. THe only problem that i can see would be that there seems to be a great amount of information that smaller kids might be able to handle. This source would be a great for older kids, but smaller kids might get lost in all of the information. The great thing about the history channel is that if something is not clear, it is easy to search it more in depth directly from the website, making the possibilities of learning endless. This website is a wonderful source for social studies and history teachers by allowing students to have a substantial amount of information right at there fingertips. BB


 * Links to Rubrics**: [[file:Gulickweb_pg_rubric.doc]]


 * Title:** Discovering Lewis & Clark
 * URL:** [|**http://lewis-clark.org/**]

Lewis and Clark are an essential piece of American history and children need to know who they were and more importantly what Lewis and Clark did. Not only were they going to treachurous uncharted land but their were hostile Native Americans and man eating animals along the way. This website shows the importance of this journey and makes it simple enough for children to navigate throughout the website. The facts represented on this site might be a little bias knowing that all the information was put online by the Lewis and Clark Foundation but other than that the information is correctly sited and is correct. I would use this website in my classroom to show what difficulties settlers and explorers had trying to inhabit the United States. I would show them the geography that the explorers had to face and read through their journals to help the students get a better understanding of how tough it was to make America what it is today.
 * Comments:**

This is a great site. I like it because Lewis and Clark are such an important part of history and every student needs to learn about them. This site looks to be aimed more towards maybe junior high level students. The site is layed out perfect for students to naviagte easily and understand the journey of these two men. I really like how it has a geography part in which it shows the maps of the journey and gives such great detail on each location. This would be a great site for students to use for a report on Lewis and Clark. -MK-
 * Links to Rubrics: [[file:Gulickweb_pg_rubric.doc]]**