1. Would you be more likely to take a piece of candy from a trusted friend or a complete stranger? Explain.

2. Website Sponsors Who sponsors your favorite website?

3. How to Evaluate the Website  Look for the date (published or updated)  Look for Copyright Information  Look at length of webpage  Look for advertisements  Look at spelling and grammar  Look at the URL and sponsor of website

4. Website Sponsors  There are millions of websites on the Internet.  Some are reliable and some are not.  The most effective way to determine if a site is reliable is to determine the sponsor of the site.  The URL of the site can help you determine the sponsor of the site.

5. Domain  A domain is a particular section of the Internet. .com .org .edu .gov .net

6. .com  Commercial Organization  Can be purchased by any individual or business in any country.  Find out as much as possible about the company responsible for the site.  “About Us” or “Contact Us”  Copyright Information  http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=226 140 GO GO

7. .org  Nonprofit Organization  Any individual or business may now register a.org domain name  Find out as much as possible about the organization responsible for the site.  “About Us” or “Contact Us”  Copyright Information  http://wikipedia.org http://wikipedia.org  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II GO GO

8. .edu  School or University  The work of a student, teacher, or professor.  Tilde: ~ someone's personal web page someone's personal web page  Identify the school or university  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/wwii. asp GO GO

9. .gov  United States Government  Usually very reliable, published to the Web by the government.  http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/p hotos/ GO GO

10. .net  Network Site  May be excellent resources, but they may be very unreliable.  May be excellent resources, but they may be very unreliable.  Internet Service Provider or Free Host  “About Us” or “Contact Us”  Copyright Information  http://www.worldwar-2.net/ GO GO