WEBLINK ASSIGNMENT GRADING GUIDELINES
General Instructions
Write a 4-6 sentence description of a single URL on the
specified topic. Submit the assignmentas a Word document.
Your Web LinkAssignments should includean introduction to the
site and a description, and/or evaluation, of it.Be specific. The key is that
someone should be able to read your entry and know whether this site is one
that might be relevant to their research. See the example below for a good
description.
Example
Pennsylvania State Constitution of 1776. (2008)
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/pa08.asp
The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 (ratified September 28,
1776) has been described as the most democratic in America and was drafted by
Robert Whitehill, Timothy Matlack, Dr. Thomas Young, George Bryan, James
Cannon, and Benjamin Franklin. The Constitution provides for a unicameral
legislature, a Supreme Executive Council, a President elected by an Assembly
and Council together, and a Council of Censors. The constitution was later
copied by revolutionaries of Vermont as a basis for their constitution. This
site is useful as it gives us an insight into the debate over constitutional
government that would culminate in 1787.
Grading Criteria
• The entry is from an academic or literary source.
• You have included a helpful description of at least 4-6
sentences that tells the readers what we’ll find on the site.
• Your description is grammatically and mechanically correct.
• The URL is correct.
• The URL is NOT from Wikipedia or other wiki or social media
sites
• Other unacceptable sites include online general reference
encyclopedias such as Encyclopedia Britannica, online dictionaries, and general
informational search sites such as infosearch.com, infoplease.com, about.com,
answers.com, etc.





