Disclaimer

I found it quite funny and so perfect for this class while searching around on the Internet for different Socials related websites the other day. When "Social Studies" is typed into Google the first site that comes up is the Canadian Social Studies Super Site. (http://www.ualberta.ca/~jkirman/) After reading through it I really thought it was an amazing resource. It does a great job of laying out the different aspects of Canadian Social Studies and provides you with great resources and links in order to help explore the topics. It is simple to use and I think would be very useful for both teachers and students in a magnitude of ways. It is definitely something I will put to use in getting my lesson plans and resources together for my S.S. classrooms. What I thought was funny though and just so Canadian, and even more so so modern Social Studies was the disclaimer that starts the site. "Please be aware that there is no guarantee about the accuracy or truth of materials in any website. The authorship, timeliness, and veracity of a website need to be carefully ascertained and, if necessary, information verified in other sources." It just seemed to reinforce everything we have talked about in class about who writes history, and who is presenting these facts to you. I mean this is a professional website that links you to other academic and professional webistes, with great intentions on helping out students and teachers. Yet still they must reinforce the fact that nothing you read on the Internet can be guaranteed. The disclaimer goes on to target students and explains the importance of checking with teachers on the reliability of the sources before they use them.
By no means am I saying this is a bad thing or untrue. I just really can't see this disclaimer coming up in anything other than a Social Studies website, and even more so a Canadian one.