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Directions for the Civil War Era Wiki Project
1. Each student will draw a card to determine what character he/she will portray and will be paired with a corresponding character.

2. Each student is to research the particular character, time frame, and events pertaining to that chosen character. You are to use a minimum of three (3) books and/or magazines and a minimum of two (2) Internet sources.

3. Each student is to then discuss and respond to his/her corresponding character on this specific wiki, explaining historically accurate events which happened to each character. Use your imagination to add personal touches as you deem appropriate. Make sure to use the terms, phrases, dates, people, and events which are all historically accurate.

4. A bibliography page is required. Click here for the correct form.

The wiki discussions must include:

 * specific, historically accurate information regarding each character's role in the Civil War with specific names, dates, places, etc...
 * a minimum of 20 entries per student

The discussions will be scored according to the following criteria:
Totaling 20 points.
 * Focus = 3 pts.
 * Content = 10 pts.
 * Organization = 3pts.
 * Style = 2 pts.
 * Conventions = 2 pts.

Discussions are due to be completed by **Monday, February 24th** No entries will be accepted after 9am on that date. The assignment will count as 2 test grades for the third quarter.

Discussion Pages
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Log in to the wikispace using the username and password you were given. You do not need to enter the email address. Click your project page. Click EDIT to begin typing and make sure you click SAVE when you are finished. You only have access to edit your own project page. If you land on a page where EDIT is greyed out, you are on a page you cannot edit or you are not logged in.

Project 1 (Faith and Lauren) Project 2 (Ashley and Alec) Project 3 (Taylor and Hunter) Project 4 (Caroline and Hannah) Project 5 (Emily and Parker) Project 6 (Jordan and Matthew) Project 7 (Ben and Christian) Project 8 (Rachel and Cris) Project 9 (Josh and Nathaniel) Project 10 (Brett and John) Project 11 (Emily and Hannah) Project 12 (McKenzie and Alli) Project 13 (Mackenzie and Faith)

Resources
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This is entry number 1.

Rachel's response.

This number 2.

Her response.