Queen Anne's Revenge Virtual World

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Additional images online at the project ning

On this collection of wiki pages are instructional ideas for using the Queen Anne's Revenge (QAR) Virtual World as well as background on Blackbeard and the Queen Anne's Revenge. Included here are both general ideas and more detailed and focused instructional plans for using the virtual QAR. To learn more about the excavation of the QAR see QARonline.org. For more on the Virtual QAR see 2nd Culture ning

Article on the life of Blackbeard

Detailed Virtual QAR activities

Instructional sketches for using the virtual QAR

General ideas

-Interact with objects in the environment to earn money and spend that money on certain resources or activities.

-Take on role, researching the person and historical contexts, and then engage in role play events.

-Conduct quests or voyages (maybe on the ship) to achieve certain objectives - these quests could be tied to historical events, places, etc.

-Create avatars and manage the resources of their character - perhaps using a “Life Meter” that measures food and water intact, clothing, money, health, happiness etc.

-Engage situations that require problem solving; maybe related to operating the ship or conducting a effort to capture Blackbeard.

-Play roles in a larger simulation that captures the dynamics of the relationships between Blackbeard and his fellow pirates and the people of North Carolina.

-Investigate specific artifacts from the shipwreck site (http://www.qaronline.org/artifacts/artifacts.htm - also see you CD).

-Investigate historical resources (some online at http://www.qaronline.org/history/history.htm) to determine the locations of Blackbeard’s activities.