Evaluate Sample Sites

A. Author - can you tell if the author is qualified to write about Vikings? How?

• Hurstwic
• Viking History BBC
• 10 Facts about Vikings

B. Bias and Balance - what is the purpose of each of these sites? There may be more than one! Some purposes are: to sell something, to persuade you to believe or do something, to educate or inform you, to entertain you.

• BrainPOP
• People
• Metropolitan Museum
• Democratic National Committee
• Amazon

C. Content - Is this good content for a middle school student writing a report on the following topics? Why or why not?

• Viking invasions
• Viking women
• Construction in Ancient Rome
• The American Revolution

D. Date

You are doing a report on Victorian Women's Clothing. Do you see dates on this page? How do the dates help you decide if this is a good source?