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**Civil War PowerPoints**
 * General Instructions:**
 * For this assignment, you and your partner will be responsible for conducting research on a topic from the list of available topics and creating a PowerPoint that “teaches” your topic to the rest of the class. Your topic should include the basic, who, what, where, when and why of your topic. If your topic is a battle, it should also include information on casualties.**

**Project Requirements:** **Topics for your consideration** **General Web Sites for the Civil War** Projects are worth 200 points. Click here for the grading rubric:
 * 1.** **Your PowerPoint must be 8 to 12 slides in length. If you find it difficult to cover your topic and need additional slides, you must get permission to use extra.**
 * 3. In addition to your text, your PowerPoint must include the following: pictures and maps (if appropriate for your topic). You may use pictures from web sites.**
 * 4. The finished PowerPoint must be shared with the class.**
 * Topics with an * are suitable for extra credit.**
 * **Andersonville (prisoner of war camp)** || **Btl. of Chattanooga** || **Btl. of Petersburg** || **Lincoln's Assassination** ||
 * **Btl. of Pea Ridge** || **Btl. of Wilson's Creek** || **New York Draft Riots** || **Btl. of Fort Donelson** ||
 * **Btl. of Fredericksburg** || **Btl. of Chancellorsville** || ***Btl. of Gettysburg** || **Btl. of Chickamauga** ||
 * **Btl. of Cold Harbor** || ***Sherman's March to the Sea** || **Massachusetts 54th & Ft. Wagner** || **Btl. of Spotsylvania** ||
 * **Btl. of the Wilderness** || **Btl. of the Ironclads (//Monitor// and //Merrimac//)** || **Naval Blockade & Privateers** || **The Second Btl. of Bull Run/Manassas** ||
 * **Btl. of Antietam** || **Siege at Vicksburg** || **Btl. of Shiloh** || **Women** ||
 * **Medicine** || **Btl. of Franklin** || **Btl. of Ft. Pillow** || **Btl. of Stones River** ||
 * **Pick your own topic with approval** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * You may consider starting your research at one of these sites. Do not limit yourself to these sites. You should consult a search engine like [|Google] to help you locate information for your topic. If you would like to review some information on battles before selecting your topic, the Civil War Battle Summaries site is a great place to start. After you have your topic approved, the Official Records could be a great next step. It is a primary-source record of the military reports filed after a battle.**
 * **[|Civil War Battle Summaries by State]** || **[|The Official Records of the War Of The Rebellion]** ||
 * **[|The American Civil War Homepage]** || **[|Civil War Women]** ||
 * **[|The History Place: A Nation Divided]** || **[|Selected Civil War Photographs]** ||
 * **[|Civil War]** || **[|The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the Civil War]** ||

Projects are due at the beginning of the class Tuesday 6/9. (You will present in class that day and Wednesday).