Krushchev's reflection on the Cuban Missle Crisis

I have to say, I did not think Kennedy had it in him to not back down.  Every cell in my body told me after our meeting in Vienna that he would capitulate and let us set up missle sites in Cuba.  I would never have challenged him so publically if I thought it would not work.  I have ordered thousands of men to their deaths while commanding Red Army troops in Stalingrad, but my people looked on me as a hero because we knocked back the Fascist dogs, but they will only remember that the Capitalist pigs sent the Soviet fleet running.  I do not have much time left leading this great country.  Russians can suffer hunger, they can suffer cold, they can suffer death, but they will never suffer fools!  If I belived in a higher being, I could pray for mercy.  Since there is no God, there will be no mercy.  I need some vodka.

Not so well done WebQuest

http://questgarden.com/80/12/3/090409104207/

This WebQuest, Just History, has basically every error that you could do.  Right from the title I figured that it was going to be special and I was not disappointed.  The color scheme (blues and greens) is not exactly terrible, nor is it pleasant.
The huge issue is that there is not a single hyperlink in the entire document.  You have to copy and paste the addresses into your toolbar.  The spelling, grammatical and syntax errors are evident right from the start and do not let up.  I even found that once you look at and leave one of the sections, the only way to back up is to use the back arrow, as you can not just click on the sidebar again. 
The directions really do not explain in even a general sense what a student is expected to accomplish and the rubric is all over the place and not even consistent in letter sizes or styles.

Well done WebQuest

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/built/procedure.html

This WebQuest, Child Labor and the Building of America, is very well set up, linked properly and very thorough, as should be expected by a Library of Congress product.  I seem to have checked every link on the main page, most on the secondary pages and many on tertiary pages and everything works properly and leads to new information. 
The concept, set up for American History classes from 7-12 grade, seems highly structured and possibly too long for quick use, but also has enough deep information that it is entirely possible to sub-divide the lesson into smaller pieces or basically go as long as the teacher wants too.  The idea is for a 5 week course, but again, there are many possibilities to change this if needed.
The pictures and other data are easy to interpret and read and seem to add to the presentation as a whole.