McLaughlin

> football > who created it, what were first rules > By using databases and search engines, I would like to learn who created the game of football and what the first rules were. >> Walter Camp was the inventor, and some of the first rules include: 11 men per team, the scrimmage line, and giving up the ball if failing to gain a certain amount of yards per possession >> Britannica >> 299,000,000 >> About.com, YourDictionary.com, InventHelp.com >>> >>> >>> Bellis, Mary. "History of Football." //Inventors//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. <[]>. I chose this site mainly because it specializes in inventors. Learning that Walter Camp was an inventor from the site, there couldn't have been a better match. I am more satisfied with this site knowing that it was updated recently. If there so happened to be any false information, they would have definitely corrected it. The appearance of the website itself looks like it has been done professionally. This tells me that a professional has taken the time to create the site and make it useful for people to learn.
 * Create your own page using your lastname for your page name.
 * Answer the following questions on your page. You may cut and paste these questions to make it easier.
 * 1) If you were to research any topic, what would it be?
 * 1) What do you want to learn about your topic?
 * 1) Create a thesis statement about your topic that encompasses what you would like to learn.
 * 1) DATABASE SEARCH: Try searching your topic in the Library databases.
 * 2) What did you find?
 * 1) Identify which database you used.
 * 1) Create the MLA citation for the two best sources.
 * "Walter Camp." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2011. Web. 29 Sep. 2011. <[]>.
 * Could only find one source in the databases
 * 1) SEARCH ENGINE SEARCH: Using the search engine of your choice conduct another search on your topic.
 * 2) How many results did you get?
 * 1) From your results identify three that you think are the best choices for your topic.
 * 1) Bookmark your sources in your Diigo account.
 * 2) Create an MLA citation for each source. "Walter Camp: Inventor of Modern American Football." //InventHelp, "The Invent Help People": Have an Invention Idea?//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. [].
 * 3) I chose this site because I know the company that runs it (Invent Help), and could consider them reliable. With reliability in facts like: "Camp helped develop play from scrimmage and restrictions to 11 players per side" I was able to consider it a source. Such facts also showed that there was lack in bias, which is a good thing. Bias will only destroy the factual value of the article. Another good thing is this site, is that all links work. Having all the links work, shows that the creators of the site made the article only for the learning benefit.

"Who Invented Football? ." //Answers.yourdictionary.com - Answers to questions//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. . I chose this site for a few different reasons. One reason was that I noticed there were not very many distracting ads on the side of the site. This quality only boosts the reliability of the site because you know they are focusing on the facts. Another quality I believe increases the reliability, is that I can understand all the facts in this site with ease. I had no trouble reading any of the sentences (the grammar was perfect), and from other research I conducted, the facts, such as: Walter Camp being the creator, in the sentences are true. With full reliability, comes the product of this true source.

"Credit is due one man for innovating it: Walter Camp." ("Walter Camp: Inventor of Modern American Football," 2011)
 * 1) Below each citation write a paragraph explaining why you chose that source and how it supports your thesis.
 * 2) Cut and paste one sentence from the text that you would quote to support your thesis
 * 1) Cut and paste one sentence from the text that you would quote to support your thesis

"Walter Camp contibuted the following changes from Rugby and Soccer to American football: one side retained undisputed possession of the ball, until that side gives up the ball as a result of its own violations." (Bellis, 2011)

"The father of football, Walter Camp." ("Who Invented Football?" 2011)