Important Civil War Battle tour in Google Earth

My Virtual Tour

Here is the final tour the I uploaded to my wiki: Civil War Battles

LOCATION	ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION	GOOGLE EARTH CONTENT
1. Fort Sumter National Monument-Fort Sumter Island, Charleston, WV	After looking at the pictures of Fort Sumter in 1861 and how it appears today, draw your own picture of the take-over of the fort by the Confederate troops on April 12, 1861. Remember that the North wore blue uniforms and the South wore gray.	Links to pictures of 1861 Fort Sumter; places and panoramio layers for of present day Sumter
2. Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee	Pretend that you are a soldier fighting or serving in the Civil War. Write a letter home to a friend or loved one. Tell how the war is affecting you and the soldiers around you.	Link to you tube video about Battle of Shiloh
3. Dunker Church, Antietam, Maryland	Complete the Emancipation Proclamation concept map given to by your teacher.	National Geographic Magazine Layer
4. Gettysburg National Military Park	Create a collage using the quotes of Abraham Lincoln	Link to you tube video of Gettysburg Address

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6.Sarah's PLE

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TPACK

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What I learned

I learned so much this week, its hard to pick just one thing that is most useful. But since I have to pick, I choose embedding things into my webpage. I had always wondered how people did that, thinkin it was some extremely complicated task I could never attempt. However, embedding is somewhat simple after you get the hang of it. I still need a little practice using the source tool on pbworks, but I'm getting much better.