Jurretta,

Thanks for the reminder ... but, between when the pre-schooler begins 
using the Internet and when such student gains the maturity and 
experience to make such distinctions, we, adults, need to insure that 
the accurate stuff is there and can be found.

But, to help you understand the problem, here is a link to a site that 
may be useful with primary students: http://www.mapsofwar.com/index.html

Can you determine the accuracy of the data shown? I get a sense there 
could be a bias .. but what would be the best way for a teacher to 
determine such before using the site, or perhaps limiting how a teacher 
uses it ....

Anne

On 3/22/2012 11:21 AM, Jurretta J. Heckscher wrote:
> In response to Anne's suggestion (below), I would only caution that there is no reason to suppose that online sources are any more inherently reliable than textbooks.
>
> On the contrary, students urgently need to be taught how to think critically about historical information conveyed by all media-- and in particular, how to evaluate the reliability of history-oriented Web sites.
>
> ~Jurretta Heckscher
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 22, 2012, at 10:27 AM, Anne Pemberton<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>
>> I would like to see textbooks replaced by use of online sources for information. Instead of doing Chapter 12, students could study, label, and rank the Founding Fathers. Seems the Internet could be a means of giving students access to the "best in their field" ...
>>
>> Anne
>>
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