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Awards Received by Ben's Guide
Here are some of the awards which Ben’s Guide
to U.S. Government for Kids has received:
- Ben’s Guide was ranked in the top 2% of approximately
110,000 sites reviewed on bigchalk's
exceptional educational sites on the Web due to it's "rich
content and its academic relevance."
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- Ben’s Guide was highlighted in the February, 2001 issue of
Skewl
Sites newsletter as "a top notch resource to teach
many topics related to government."
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- HomeworkSpot.comBen’s
Guide featured Ben’s Guide as a "top-notch
tool for students, parents and teachers."
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Ben’s Guide has also been reviewed in various
publications. Here’s what they’re saying:
- The Washington Lawyer (October, 2000)
wrote, "Of all the educational resources on the World Wide Web,
this is one of the best for teaching young people about such things
as historical documents, branches of government, how laws are made,
the election process, and much more."
- The Philadelphia Inquirer (May 11, 2000)
noted that while the Federal government "is growing increasingly
child-friendly," Ben's Guide fills a civics void. In addition,
it recommends that "any virtual government tour" start with
Ben.
- The Newsletter
of the Documents Interest Group of Oregon (DIGOR) called Ben’s
Guide "a well-designed children’s website" that "could
be useful for reference questions as well" and described it as
having "an attention to detail and to readability that is exemplary
in web design."
- AccessAmerica,
an electronic newsletter of the National Partnership for Re-Inventing
Government, highlights Ben’s Guide, calling it "exciting"
and a "powerful resource."
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