International World

History Project-Ancient
Greece
http://historyworld.org/ancient_greece
.htm

Ancient Greece
http://ancientgreece.com
/s/Main_Page/

Ducksters
http://www.ducksters.co
m/history/ancient_greece
.php

Authority/
Credibility
Many of the
articles give an
author. Some of
the authors are
college
professors, some
are primary
sources. Citations
are provided in
some articles.

Objectivity/
Bias/Purpose
There is some
bias, especially
in the primary
source
materials. The
more modern
writings are not
biased.

Content/
Coverage
All aspects
of ancient
Greece are
represented
here. All
groups
would be
able to use
this website.
The
information
is very indepth.

Accuracy

Currenc
y
Last
updated
in
January
2007

Usability

Ranking

Very
easy to
navigate.
The left
side of
the
screen
gives a
list of all
topics
covered.

Good. The
informatio
n is very
in-depth,
maybe
too much
so for a
9th grader.

Recent
copyrig
hts date
from
2012 to
2014.

Superficia
l
informatio
nIt is
accurate
but
incomplet
e.

Last
updated
11/2014

Small
print, a
lot of
words.
Reluctant
readers
may be
discoura
ged.
Loads
very
slow-I
tried it
on 3
different
computer
s.

1
Even
though it
has not
been
updated
for a
number of
years, the
informatio
n on the
page is
still
relevant.
2
This
website is
good. I
would use
it as a
teacher for
reference.

No authors or
citations. No clue
is give as to
where the
information came
from or who
created the
website.

Written almost
like a textbook.
Would benefit
from more
graphics. Very
dry and factual.

There are no
authors and no
citations. It is a
product of
Technological
Solutions, Inc.,
which tells me
nothing.

Seems geared
toward younger
students. It is a
lot of facts, with
not enough
information to
apply.

The amount
of
information
may be
overwhelmin
g, but the
persistent
student will
benefit.
The
information
is very
general. Not
all parts of
ancient
Greece are
represented,
making it
useless to
some groups
(i.e.
architecture)

Very high.
Primary
sources
are very
accurate.

4
I would not
use this
website in
general, it
is too
elementary
. But it
may be a
good
website to
keep
bookmarke
d to use to

History Extra
http://www.historyextra.c
om/blog/ancientgreece/what-did-ancientgreeks-do-us

The author is an
Assistant
Professor of
Classics and
Ancient History.
He is also a
published author.

The author
debunks a few
common
misconceptions
about the
influence of
ancient Greece
on modern
society.

Shows good
connections
between the
ancient
Greeks and
the modern
world.

Very high.
All the
things the
author
talks
about are
things
that are
covered
in the
SOLs.

Printed
July 25,
2013 in

Short,
easy to
read.

differentiat
e
instruction
with
inclusion
students.
3
I may
include
this article,
and
strongly
recommen
d that
students
read this
article to
help
connect
ancient
Greece to
the
present. It
fits in with
the overall
idea, but I
feel
students
might
benefit
from
discussion.

My pathfinder project is going to center on Ancient Greece. This will be a part of a World History and Geography to 1500 class,
covering SOLs WHI.5b,c,e,f.