GROUP ASSIGNMENTS Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

As a member of GROUP 1, your mission is to determine the BEST website

As a member of GROUP 2, your mission is to determine the BEST website

As a member of GROUP 3, your mission is to determine the BEST website

TASK #3 • Compare notes with your team. Click here to print ONE of

• Decide which of your team members will be the spokesperson for your

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GROUP ASSIGNMENTS • Group 1 • Group 2 • Group 3

As a member of GROUP 1, your mission is to determine the BEST website for researching the topic of: First Thanksgiving Using your “Expert” checklists, evaluate all three of the following websites, looking carefully for all the elements on your sheet. • #1 http: //americanhistory. about. com/od/holidays/a/thanksgiving. htm • #2 http: //www. history. com/topics/thanksgiving • #3 http: //www. plimoth. org/learn/MRL/interact/thanksgiving-interactiveyou-are-historian

As a member of GROUP 2, your mission is to determine the BEST website for researching the topic of: The Indians • Using your “Expert” checklists, evaluate all three of the following websites, looking carefully for all the elements on your sheet. • • • • #1 http: //www. plimoth. org/learn/just-kids/homework- help/who-are-wampanoag #2 Wampanoag History #3 http: //www. indians. org/articles/wampanoag- indians. html

As a member of GROUP 3, your mission is to determine the BEST website for researching the topic of: Mayflower and Puritans • Using your “Expert” checklists, evaluate all three of the following websites, looking carefully for all the elements on your sheet. • #1 http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Mayflower • #2 http: //mayflowerhistory. com/ #3 http: //www. fordham. edu/Halsall/modsbook. asp

TASK #3 • Compare notes with your team. Click here to print ONE of the “Evaluating Website Forms” for your team. • Use the form to jot down the strengths and weaknesses of EACH SITE according to YOUR area of expertise (Technical/Visual, Content, or Authority). • Decide with your team which website you feel was the VERY BEST in providing good, solid factual information on your topic. Follow the instructions on the “Evaluating Websites Form” to complete this task.

• Decide which of your team members will be the spokesperson for your team. • This person will share your team findings, and point out, on the large screen image of your #1 site, the elements that made it useful for factual research.