Civil War Collaboration Project

Introduction:  The Civil War is a widely written about topic. We could probably spend an entire year studying the Civil War and still not cover everything dealing with the war.  Therefore, Miss Wilber's Social Studies classes will be working in groups to put together a collective Civil War Resource of Top 10 lists of several different topics dealing with the Civil War.

Task:  Groups will generate a Top 10 list of a topic dealing with the Civil War.  Groups will work together to not only come up with a Top 10 list, but will also provide background information on each event, person, place, thing, etc. listed in their Top 10 list.  Groups will also need to provide an introduction paragraph to their Top 10 List as well as a work cited for the resources used to create the list.

Groups:  Groups will consist of 2 people from one class paired with 2 people from another class.  Groups will use the collaborative features of the PBwiki site to communicate and complete the project together.

Requirements: 

-Top 10 List--the Top 10 List must be complete and accurate.  Also, make sure to check your grammar and spelling.  (Sometimes it's helpful to have someone else read your work.  They tend to catch errors that you don't.)

-Notes Page--Your group will be required to turn in all notes you took while doing research for this project.

-Work Cited--Your web page needs to include a complete work cited of the resources your group used to complete the project.  You may either include it at the bottom of your web page or save it in a NeoOffice document and upload the document just like a picture to your webpage.

-Be creative--add color, pictures, video links, website links, and/or a PowerPoint presentation to your website to make it unique and interesting.  (Check out the "Web Page Ideas and Tips" link located on the "Side Bar" to the right.)

-Activity--when finished or close to being finished with your webpage create an activity that goes along with your webpage.  This could be a quiz (at least 5 questions), a scavenger hunt, a crossword puzzle, etc, but it must be an activity that someone has to look at your web page in order to complete.  (A wordsearch would not work).  Check out puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

Copy and paste your puzzle into a NeoOffice Document, save a copy to your server, then upload the document onto your web page.  (Watch the video, "Add a link to a file," on the "Web Page Ideas and Tips," located in the Sidebar.)

-About Us--Add an about us section to your webpage.  Almost all websites have an about us section that tell about the author and/or creator of the site.  Create a section on your webpage to share about your group and its members.

-Peer Review--Group members will be completing a review of how they personally worked on the project and how their individual group members worked on the project.

-Presentations--Instead of presenting your web pages to the entire class, students will be required to review 5 different group's web pages and complete an activity for one of those 5.

Due Date:  Completed Top 10 Lists must be posted on your group's web page by Friday, May 22nd.  Presentations of your Top 10 Lists will start the following Tuesday, May 26th.

Top 10 Civil War Lists

Civil War Resources