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CONTENT:
AwesomeStories.com uses stories of people, places, and events to create an interactive learning tool that allows users to explore the primary documents that are the basis for the narratives.
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AESTHETICS:
This flashy site uses the latest technology to make the site colorful and interactive. Visitors can view the site with the Flash plug-in or in a static version.
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ORGANIZATION:
The site is organized into eight channels that are listed on the main page. Each internal page has a top menu that makes it easy to return to the main directory or the subdirectory of the channel.
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REVIEW:
AwesomeStories.com takes the stories of history, biographies, movies, religion, and trials and links them to the actual manuscripts, paintings, historical maps, illustrations, data, and graphics that make them come alive for users. Each of the eight channels offers the stories behind the events or people. Users are encouraged to read the stories, examine the primary source material, and draw their own conclusions. Such topics as the Cuban missile crisis, the Great Depression, the history of flight, the trial of Lizzie Borden and Plessy v. Ferguson, the biographies of Sacajawea and Benedict Arnold, the stories that such popular movies as Jurassic Park and Pearl Harbor are based on, and much more are covered.
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Reviewed by Hazel Jobe
Education World®
Copyright © 2002 Education World
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1/23/2002
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