Website Evaluation: Home

1. Which one is the official website of the United States Whitehouse? How do you know?

http://www.whitehousehistory.org/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

2. Which would be a better source for information on the Holocaust? Why?

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust

3. Which provides better information for a vacation to Mankota, Minnesota? Why?

https://descy.50megs.com/mankato/mankato.html

http://www.mankato-mn.gov/

4. Which site is better if you want to donate money to save an animal? Why?

http://www.hsgkc.org/

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

5. Which site provides better information about bread? Why?

http://www.oprah.com/health/Health-Benefits-of-Whole-Wheat-Bread

http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/bread.html

6.. Which site would be better to find groceries? Why?

http://petsorfood.com/

https://www.kroger.com/

Which of the following websites are fake? Explain your answer.

 http://www.deadlysins.com/guineaworm/index.htm

http://www.teenreads.com/

http://www.dhmo.org/

http://kidshealth.org/kid/

 

 

 

Common URLs

URL	What is it?	Should I use it?
.com	commercial website	use with caution and for general information
.edu	College or University website	considered reliable for research
.org	organization website	many are biased
.net	network or personal website	many are biased
.gov. or .mil	U.S government website	considered reliable for research