How We Will Report Major Events

The following slides detail how to create the TELEGRAPH MESSAGES. These will be the class notes covering Civil War Events.

TELEGRAPHS1844: Perfected by Samuel Morse using his special

code. The famous ????

This is the first form of “Text Messaging” using dots and dashes.

These will be a part of your notebook. (traditional or electronic)

Telegraph TemplateTelegraph Number & Headline:

#1 Crisis @ Fort Sumter

Date: Month, Day (s), Year it occurred When was Ft. Sumter?

Next Comes The Facts Page

Example of Fact Page:

F1F2F3F4F5

GO TO NEXT PAGE FOR EXPLANATION

We Report Major Facts About The Event

Facts: Number each distinct fact as: F1, F2, F3, F4, F5 We will interpret at least 5 specifics about the

event. Do not Cut/Paste facts unless told.

Tip: Think in terms of the 5 W and How questions to summarize the event.

DO NOT just write a jumbled paragraph

Next Comes:H.I. = Human Interest

Find a factoid about this Civil War event. Think in terms of a story that brings “life” into this event about people or is good “trivia”.

Start it with H.I.

Last Comes: R=Results

Each telegraph message will conclude with descriptions-facts that show why this event is important towards the progress of the war.

If event is a battle: Who won? Casualties

If event is political: How does it impact the war?

Telegraph #1

RESULT:• Yankees Surrendered the Fort after 34 hrs of

bombing. Fort on fire and out of food.

• Lincoln’s Reaction – What he calls for:

• South’s Reaction in response to Lincoln’s call for 75,000 volunteers: