Next, working with your group, visit the following web links and apply your critical thinking skills as you navigate through the sites.

• One person in the group should be the recorder.
• Answer in writing on the handout the questions which accompany each category.
• Turn in only one set of answers per group.
• Be sure you have included all group members' names on the answer sheet!

Authority and Accuracy?

Buy Dehydrated Water

OncoLink

Tobacco Control Archives

1. Can you determine who put this page together?
2. What is the background, credentials, or authority of the author of this web page?
3. How would you verify the information presented on this web page?

Advocacy and Objectivity?

Consumer Reports Online

Families Against Internet Censorship

EarthSave International

Human Cloning

1. Do the author(s) present the information as fact or opinion or conjecture?
2. Does this page present more than one viewpoint or opinion?
3. Can you determine who or what group sponsors this web page? Do they hold a particular view or opinion? 

Currency and Coverage?

Drudge Report

CNN

Auto-by-Tel

1. What does "up to date" or "current" mean for this site? (Hint: What is the latest date you can find on this site?)
2. Does the site really provide information on all the aspects or areas it claims to cover?
3. Is the information provided uniformly complete for all the aspects and areas the site claims to cover?