Using the Web for Social Studies Enrichment.

McCoach, D. Betsy

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Publication Date: 2002

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Using the Web for Social Studies Enrichment.

McCoach, D. Betsy

Gifted Child Today, v25 n3 p48-52 Sum 2002

This article discusses the benefits of using the Internet to enrich the social studies curriculum and the need to teach students to evaluate every Web site they visit according to three criteria: reliability, authorship, and purpose. Questions are listed to aid students in this evaluation process, along with Web sites. (CR)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Evaluation Criteria, Gifted, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Internet, Social Studies, Student Research, World Wide Web

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Social Studies for Gifted Students.