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=**Seventh Grade Civil War Wiki**=

====What is a wiki? / Directions / Authors & Sources / The Fine Print / More Fine Print / Editor's note====

=**What is a wiki?**=

A wiki is a collaboration between many people to create and share information. There are many different uses for a wiki. We will be creating a Civil War wiki. Each of you will be responsible for researching a particular event or topic about the Civil War. This information will supplement the information that you are learning in Social Studies class. You will use the information from their wiki to create individual web pages in response to your class trip to Gettysburg and Emmittsburg.

Please watch this short video from Common Craft that explains what a wiki is and how create and edit one. The title is "Wikis in Plain English." The url: http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english

**Directions**
Please select your area of expertise from the list of pages at the left and post the information you have researched. You may add as much information as you would like, but you have to contribute at least one fact to begin. You may add to a previous post if you think it needs more information or has information that is different from yours. If, during your research, you discovered information about another topic, you may also post to that page. You are not limited to posting only to your area of expertise. Use the discussion tab to ask questions or explain your reasons for changes. You might want to check the discussion tab to see what is posted.

In the first optional box at the bottom of the page please fill in the source of your information. You need to list the title and author for a print resource, or the title and the database, or the web site url (copy and paste) in this box. This is not optional. In the second optional box you may also tag your page with the subject descriptions (search terms) that you think will help people find information. This is optional.

**Authors** **and Sources**
Fifty-six members of the Seventh Grade have authored this wiki. They used two Library classes to research their information, as well as completing a research assignment at home. The source of their information are primarily print resources from the Library. Some Internet sources were also used. Students were to include the source of their information, but only several students did so.

__**The fine print**:__ You are expected to post correct information; this is not a game. Students are expected to follow the guidelines of the Acceptable Use Policy. Typos will occur. If there is a typo, for example, you may correct it. Deliberate posting of mis-information or sabatoge of another's work will have consequences.

**__More fine print:__** If you have any problems posting your information, you need to contact me by e-mail: rzajko@ancillae.org or see me in school.

**Editor's Note**
The editor synthesized the contributions of all the students in order to present a cohesive Web 2.0 publication. Redundant or repetitive information was excised, similar information was combined, spelling and grammar errors were corrected and some contributions were re-assigned to different topics or more appropriate pages. The editor also standardized the layout. The majority of the content has been contributed by the students. The editor added content only where necessary, to clarify passages or to add minimal additional information. The editor added images to some pages to enhance the student narrative. This wiki is not meant to be a comprehensive study of the Civil War.

Shameless Self-Promotion
This wiki activity (not this particular wiki) was designed as part of the Civil War research unit by the teacher-librarian in Spring 2007. The first wiki was created in Spring 2007 by the Class of 2008. The Civil War research unit was submitted to the "Best Civil War Lesson Plan" contest sponsored nationwide by The Civil War Preservation Trust and The History Channel in 2007. In April 2008, the Civil War research unit was awarded first place by these organizations.