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Welcome to Fourth Grade's Spring Research Project! // "Learning about the Underground Railroad and the Civil War" with Ms. Lawson //
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Our goal is to learn about the use of primary sources in research as we explore the Underground Railroad and the Civil War. We will be taking a field trip to [|Graue Mill] in Oak Brook soon, so let's establish some background knowledge and analyze sources such as maps, photographs,documents and music. We can't wait to see the projects you and your partner create to demonstrate what you have learned!

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Brooke, I don't know if you are completely finished or not, but I had to peak. Your activity ideas are awesome. You have something for every type of learner. As a student myself, there were not a lot of opportunities to explore learning like what you have designed. I would a loved the opportunity to choose from your ideas. Gold Star for you :) (Susan F)

Thanks, Susan -- Actually I just completed it tonight, but I'm Debby, not Brooke. Now that I am finished, I can't wait to see everyone's projects!

Debby

Hey Debby! I am very impressed with your product! What a neat topics! I would expect 4th graders would be totally intrigued:) The overall "look" of your product here on the wiki is wonderfully simple. I like how you tap various learning styles of students! It's been a pleasure being on your wiki team through this class-Sue Nelson

Debby, GREAT Job! I wanted to see how you loaded your photostory and I'm still not sure how you did it? What did you do to get it on the wiki? Mine was too big so I had to upload to youtube and embed it. I hope you get a chance to let me know since I would use this method! THanks so much! SHirley

Hi, Shirley - Thanks! Here are the steps: I finalized my photo story (the last step) by clicking on "Save to my computer", then hitting "Browse" in order to save it to my desktop. Once that was finished, I edited my wiki page. I clicked on the "File" button at the top, then hit "Upload files." The normal //My Documents//" box came up, and I directed the uploader to find the wmv file on the desktop. The file is uploaded (a wmv takes a minute or two). Then, you just choose the file and it pops onto your wiki page. It doesn't look like much until you save your page, when the player appears. I'm wondering if your file exceeded the limit. I'm surprised mine didn't, but it worked okay.

Debby