1. Turning your sources into an Outline
Unit 3A Portfolio

2. Do you have enough to work with?
Thesis Statement (from the Thesis Development Worksheet)
New Georgia Encyclopedia article about your topic
Two more SECONDARY sources
Two PRIMARY sources

3. Primary Sources
Created at the time of the event – newspapers, photographs, maps and magazines, audio.
Written in diaries, on postcards, in memoirs and letters at or near the time of the event
Recorded later by eyewitnesses to the events, relying on memories and notes they kept.

4. Secondary SOURCES
Written about your topic after the event, or after the lifetime of the person you are researching.
Secondary sources are from our time. They are contemporary websites and texts.
You may not use Wikipedia as a source. You may use it to find primary or secondary sources.
You may only use ONE commercial encyclopedia (answers.com, bio.com) as a source of information.

5. I chose my topic.
Bernice Johnson Reagon

6. New Georgia Encyclopedia

7. What information is in this article?
During the civil rights movement, Bernice Johnson Reagon distinguished herself as a committed student activist and gifted musician whose powerful voice led freedom songs in her native Albany and beyond.
She was born on October 4, 1942, in Albany. She was impressed at an early age by the power of song in the black choral tradition.
In 1959 she entered Albany State College (later Albany State University), where she became politically active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and later becoming a student leader in the Albany Movement. She was one of the Freedom Singers.

8. Keep researching – different NGE article

9. Citation: New Georgia Encyclopedia MLA Citation: Freedom Singers
Original entry by
Edward A. Hatfield,
MLA Citation:
Hatfield, Edward A. "Freedom Singers." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 02 August 2016.

10. King encyclopedia – Albany movement

11. Q: What did she do during the Albany Movement
Q: What did she do during the Albany Movement? A: She organized local support for protests and inspired civil rights workers using music.
SNCC Freedom Singers

12. Is this a source?

13. Is this a primary source?
“I thought that if we shared music, shared our culture, we could make a statement .. That make be helpful as the South tried to contend with the Civil Rights issues.
“I didn’t know how to fight. I had to teach myself how to fight… If you didn’t cross that line… you wouldn’t meet yourself.

14. Q: How did Bernice Johnson Reagon make an impact on the Civil Rights Movement?
A: Version 1.0 Bernice Johnson Reagon shared her gifts as a musician raised in rural Georgia to make connections between diverse people working in the Civil Rights Movement.

15. SNCC Digital Gateway

16. the power of music
Sweet Honey in the Rock

17. Q: How did Bernice Johnson Reagon make an impact on the Civil Rights Movement?
A: Version 2.0 Bernice Johnson Reagon’s experience during the Albany Movement led to her career in music and activism in the Civil Rights Movement.

18. Place the information into an outline
Name
Date
Title
Introduction
1. Opening Sentence: general statement on the topic
2. Background Sentence: provide background information to introduce the reader to the subject/topic
3. Narrowing Sentence: narrow the topic from broad to specific
4. Thesis: argument to be proven using historical facts

19. Place the information carefully into an outline
Introduction
1. Opening Sentence: general statement on the topic
Bernice Reagon Johnson is a Civil Rights Movement veteran who was born in Albany, Georgia in 1942.
2. Background Sentence: provide background information to introduce the reader to the subject/topic.
She grew up in the African American churches of South Georgia and learned about the power of music at an early age.
3. Narrowing Sentence: narrow the topic from broad to specific
As an original member of the Freedom Singers, she inspired Civil Rights workers to focus on their goals and stay strong in the struggle against segregation.
4. Thesis: argument to be proven using historical facts
Bernice Johnson Reagon’s experience during the Albany Movement led to her career in music and activism in the Civil Rights Movement.

20. Turning Your Outline into a Draft
I'll show you how the hard work you did is going to pay out big time.

21. Step Two: turn these sentences into a paragraph by taking out the outline
1. Opening Sentence: general statement on the topic
Bernice Reagon Johnson is a Civil Rights Movement veteran who was born in Albany, Georgia in 1942.
2. Background Sentence: provide background information to introduce the reader to the subject/topic.
She grew up in the African American churches of South Georgia and learned about the power of music at an early age.
3. Narrowing Sentence: narrow the topic from broad to specific
As an original member of the Freedom Singers, she inspired Civil Rights workers to focus on their goals and stay strong in the struggle against segregation.
4. Thesis: argument to be proven using historical facts
Bernice Johnson Reagon’s experience during the Albany Movement led to her career in music and activism in the Civil Rights Movement.

22. I look for places where there could be transitional words and phrases to make good connections:
Bernice Reagon Johnson is a Civil Rights Movement veteran who was born in Albany, Georgia in She grew up in the African American churches of South Georgia and learned about the power of music at an early age. As an original member of the Freedom Singers, who performed at SNCC and CORE rallies, she inspired Civil Rights workers to focus on their goals and stay strong in the struggle against segregation. Now Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, her experience during the Albany Movement led to her career in music and activism in the Civil Rights Movement.

23. Read over each paragraph.
Does my paragraph have a thesis sentence? Does every sentence in the paragraph support the thesis sentence? Or is something here that doesn’t belong? Maybe you need to move a sentence to place where it makes more sense.

24. Read each paragraph out loud.
Does it sound okay? Do I need to move sentences around? Does this paragraph lead into the next one? Do I have an introduction? Do I have a conclusion?

25. What if I find something new?
Add it in where it belongs in your paper. Which paragraph is about your new discover? Incorporate it! Add new details to you paper. It will be more interesting!