“Attack on Fort Sumter”

1. After you’ve thoroughly researched a topic, how do you decide what you want your research paper to be about?

2. In this lesson you will learn how to determine your research question by reviewing your notes and asking, “What do I want to teach others?”

3. “What Happened at Ball’s Bluff?” “Attack on Fort Sumter” & Note ? ? Note

4. Rewrite your research notes in final-draft format = Not focused = Not interesting

5. 1 • Review your notes and ask yourself, “What do I want to teach others?” 2 • Write your answer in your writer’s notebook. 3 Turn your answer into a research question.

6. 1 • Review your notes and ask yourself, “What do I want to teach others?” • The Confederates (S) and the Union (N, Lincoln’s men, fought each other. • The North and South were supposed to be enemies, but sometimes the soldiers from opposite sides chatted with each other. • The South won the attack on Fort Sumter and Ball’s Bluff (1861). What do I want to teach others?

7. 1 • Review your notes and ask yourself, “What do I want to teach others?” • 4 states seceded from the North. • The first real battle took place in Baltimore. It began the war. • Soldiers used guns and cannons. • Soldiers also died by falling off the bluff and by drowning. • The North thought trees were southern tents, so they didn’t go back to their island. What do I want to teach others?

8. 2 • Jot the answer down in your writer’s notebook. I want to teach others that… Some battles of the Civil War were started by soldier mistakes.

9. 3 • Turn your answer into a research question. Some battles of the Civil War were started by soldier mistakes. How did mistakes cause some battles of the Civil War to begin?

10. 1 • Review your notes and ask yourself, “What do I want to teach others?” 2 • Write your answer in your writer’s notebook. 3 Turn your answer into a research question.

11. In this lesson you have learned how to determine your research question by reviewing your notes and asking, “What do I want to teach others?”

12. (Insert Article “Union Wins a Victory”) Review your notes from the article and ask yourself, “What do I want to teach others?” Write your answer down in your writer’s notebook.

13. Turn this statement into a research question: The North lost some beginning battles of the Civil War because they were unprepared

14. Please add slide(s)

15. (Insert Article “Union Wins a Victory”) Create a research question for this article by asking, “What do I want to teach others?”