Time: 30 minutes to research sites; 15 minutes group discussion.

Instructions: You and a partner will be assigned one of the sets of websites* below.  Please complete the following tasks:

1. On your own, click through the three sites to explore their content. Jot notes to yourself (on paper, in an e-mail message to your partner, or in a blank Word document) about how useful, credible, and reliable the information appears.  [approximately 15 minutes]
2. Based on your investigation, rank order the three sites according to their usefulness, credibility, and reliablity.  Which site would you most prefer your students to use for research (#1)?  Which site appears moderately useful, credible, and reliable?  Which site would you steer your students away from (#3)?  [approximately 8 minutes]
3. Compare your conclusions with your partner’s conclusions.  Come to consensus about 4-5 main reasons for ranking the three sites as you did.  Describe any strategies you used to reveal clues to a site's usefulness, crediblity, or reliability.  [approximately 7 minutes]
4. Be prepared to discuss your conclusions.  [approximately 15 minutes]

I.  GUN CONTROL

American Bar Association
http://www.abanet.org/gunviol/

From the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence
http://www.handguncontrol.org

GUNCITE: Gun Control and Second Amendment Issues
http://www.guncite.com/

Alternative Health News Online
http://www.altmedicine.com/

Oxygen.com Health
http://www.oxygen.com/health/

The Alternative Medicine Primer
http://www.seanet.com/~vettf/Primer1.htm

III.  EATING DISORDERS

The Academy for Eating Disorders
http://www.aedweb.org/

Somethingfishy.org
http://www.something-fishy.org/

Eating Disorders.com
http://www.eating-disorders.com/

IV.  MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Examination
http://martinlutherking.org/

The King Center
http://www.thekingcenter.com/

The Matin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/

Websites used for educational purposes only and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs or ideas of presenters.  Users should be aware of the possibility of encountering potentially offensive material at some sites.

Assignment adapted from "Evaluating Web Pages: Experience WHY it's Important" Teaching Library Internet Workshops, University of California, Berkeley http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html