ValleyReads

It is important that you evaluate websites you find so you use good, reliable websites, not just pretty ones.  Ask yourselves these important questions:

Who is the author?  Are they an expert in this field?

What is the purpose of the page?  Trying to sell you something?  Inform you?  Change your point of view?

When was the page created or updated?

Where does the information come from?

Why is this page useful for my purpose?

Here are some hints to help you search:  use quotation marks around phrases; use :edu or :gov  or rg to get sites from educational institutions, government services or organizations;  be wary of any address containing ~

Here are two great links to get you started, and then I suggest you visit the Social Studies page  (look on the margin to the right) and scroll down until you get to the links under Economics

How Stuff Works:  Money

Goldman Sachs Foundation Personal Finance Center

     The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 140-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.

     Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman

Seventeen-year-old Vince’s life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.

     All American Girl by Meg Cabot 

Sophomore Samantha Madison stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed teen ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son.

     This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

Remy, a master at getting rid of boyfriends before any emotional attachments form, finds herself strangely unwilling to free herself from Dexter, a messy, disorganized, impulsive musician who she suspects she has come to love.

     How do you go to the Bathroom in Space? by William Pogue 

Answers questions about the day-to-day details of living in space, including what it feels like to be weightless, how food is cooked, and what happens to the body in space.