The Dixie Clicks: How a Blog about the Civil War Turned into a Runaway Hit

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Main Author:	Langhorst, Eric
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	2006
Subjects:	War Adolescent Literature Web Sites History Instruction Grade 8 Journal Writing United States History Group Discussion Reading Assignments Computer Mediated Communication
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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