Students will learn about major Civil War battles through a virtual tour of Gettysburg in Second Life and documenting their experience online. The class will use computers and a projector to access digital media and tour the virtual battlefield recreation and museum with avatars. Students will take notes during a lecture, then use Second Life to observe Gettysburg and take screenshots, which they will post on their wiki pages along with explanations. Their participation and online posts will be evaluated for understanding.

1. Day Three:
The War
Instructor: Daniel Ball
Analyze Learners:
Students are in the ninth grade. There are twenty-eight students in the class. The class is
composed of sixteen girls and twelve boys, with two Hispanic students and one African-American
student.
State Objectives:
Students will demonstrate their understanding of the major battles of the civil war with ninety
percent competency through classroom participation and documenting a virtual tour.
Select Media, Materials, and Methods:
Computers
Projector
Second Life
Wikispaces
Pencils
Paper
PowerPoint
Smart Board
Utilize Media, Material, and Methods:
1- The computer will be used to access digital media and present a short lecture to the class. Students
will use their computers to access Second Life and post their screen shots on their wiki page.
2- The projector will be connected to the teachers computer to project the lecture PowerPoint and to
show the class how to get to the virtual Gettysburg
3- Second Life will be use to tour a battlefiel recreation and museum with a online Avatar
4- Wikispace will be used by the class to organize and share their PowerPoint to the rest of the class
and will be the method of evaluating the students in this lesson.
5-Pencils will be used by the students to take notes on the paper provided.
6- Paper will be used with the pencils to take notes on the lecture.
7- PowerPoint will be used by the teacher to present information and images to the student during the
short lecture at the beginning of class.
8- The Smart Board will be used with the projector and the teachers computer to present the lecture and
Second Life demonstration.

2. Require Learner Participation:
Note taking and Questions.
Students will be encouraged to take notes and ask question during and after the lecture.
Second Life.
Using the virtual world students will travel and observe a recreation and museum of Gettysburg.
Students will document their experience using screen shot. These screen shot will be posted to their
wiki page along with explanation of what each shot shows.
Evaluate and Revise:
Students will be evaluated for their participation in the lecture and their posting of their screen shots.
Students must have at least five screen shots and explanations for each.