Research!

For the next three days (Thursday, Friday, Monday), we will be doing research for our massive Civil War project. What should you be searching for?

• Use our databases! Check out the libguide created by Ms. Hopkins
• What responsibility you have within the project will determine what you search for...
• Speeches should research the men themselves, what their opinions were, events that were happening at the time of secession/surrender...
• Maps & Battles should research geographical advantages, life of soldiers during the time, primary accounts of battles...
• Editorials should research actual newspapers from the time as well as lives of individuals and how they felt about events of the time
• Personal Letters should research various events/trends that affected people (like battles, riots, laws, elections, food shortages, blockades, family crises, etc.), as well as actual letters from the time period
• It is required you have at least three sources (books, databases) with a filled out Research Source Organizer for each source
• You may notice there is a new tab at the header. This is our "Resources" tab that we will periodically be throwing helpful tools, websites, articles, and materials for general classroom/studying use.

We understand that there is a ton of important information on the blog today but we would be remiss if we did not mention the anniversary of 9/11, so here is a link to 6 documentaries that cover the terrorist attacks.