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7. Student page
// This is the "launching off" page that your students will use to complete activities, download documents, access links, complete assessments, etc. //

1. Watch the following short videos:
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2. See me to receive your group assignment. Your group will be assigned one of the following topics:

 * Americans fighting Americans
 * High casualties caused by disease and the type of warfare
 * Widespread destruction of American property
 * Change in status of freed slaves
 * Value of railroads and industry

3. Go to [|this website] to research your topic.
It is a huge website with a ton of information! You may also use other websites to do research, but you **must** use and source this site.

4. Go to the [|blogger] website that I have set up for you...
(after your groups are assigned, a link to your group's blogger site will be emailed to you) and fill it with the new information that you have learned about your topic! **DO NOT copy and paste directly from the websites you have used to do research.** This is considered plagiarism and will result in an automatic '0'. Do your research, reflect on what you have learned, and present the information in your own words!! //You can view an example of a blog that I created//[|here].

You will have class time every day for one week in order to complete this.

5. Visit the blogs of each of the other groups.
Read their information and post one or two questions using the "comment" section about things that you would like clarified or addition information that you'd like to know.

6. As a group, read the questions that have been posted to __your group's__ blog.
Revise your blog so that it answers the questions that you were asked.


 * __//This revised blog is your final product!//__** Don't forget to make sure that it measures up to the requirements listed on the rubric:



8. __After__ all presentations are complete, visit our class [|blog]...
and use the comment form to submit a one to two paragraph reflection on what you have learned while completing this project.