For this homework assignment you will investigate the Smithsonian Institution's site on the Internet, in preparation for your visit to the Museum of American History and in preparation for designing your own exhibit for Virtual Greenbelt.

1. Go to the Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, web site and look at the following exhibits:

a. A More Perfect Union
b. From Field To Factory

What do you think about the way these exhibits are presented on the Web? How might they be improved?

2. Find TWO other Smithsonian sites for other museums and link them to your homework2.html page. Compare/contrast the four Smithsonian sites. What works well, what doesn't? What would you do to improve these sites if you were the webmaster?

Other sites include the Air and Space Museum, Museum of American Art, and the Natural History Museum.

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