This site works in conjunction with my 8th grade U.S. history class. We cover 20th Century U.S. history, current events, and the U.S. and Illinois constitutions. Homework can be viewed on the Middle School website.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
WebQuest III: Wikipedia
“Welcome to Wikipedia – the free encyclopedia that anyone can change.”
Great, an encyclopedia that everyone can use and change for free. Wait a minute. That sounds good but what are some of the potential problems?
Brainstorm and discuss this with your partner. Come up with two good things about Wikipedia and two possible bad things about it. Check out this page about WWI if you need some ideas.
Did you know that there’s a simple English language version of Wikipedia? If you have trouble dealing with all of the information on the entries, than this version might be for you. Check out there WWI page here to compare.
Apparently the founder of Wikipedia is going to try to improve the encyclopedia. You can read more about that here. And there are some other articles here.
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