1. Which one is the official website of the United States Whitehouse? How do you know?
http://www.whitehousehistory.org/
2. Which would be a better source for information on the Holocaust? Why?
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
4. Which site is better if you want to donate money to save an animal? Why?
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?
Which of the following websites are fake? Explain your answer.
http://www.deadlysins.com/guineaworm/index.htm
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 |