Your outline/graphic organizer

1
Your outline/graphic organizer

• Using your resources and thesis, make an
  organizational document for your research essay.

2
Begin with your thesis

• During the Roaring Twenties in the United States,
  the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  effectively deterred crime using fingerprinting
  and paid informants.

3
Separate your main arguments

• During the Roaring Twenties in the United States,
  the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  effectively deterred crime using fingerprinting
  and paid informants.

Fingerprinting
Paid Informants
Bad news for those of you who didnt give your
main arguments in your thesis. Go back and figure
out what those two or three main arguments are
and rewrite your thesis.
4
Determine what sources will serve your arguments
best.

• During the Roaring Twenties in the United States,
  the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  effectively deterred crime using fingerprinting
  and paid informants.

Fingerprinting
Paid Informants
Hunters article on the history of fingerprinting.
Brittanica story on the accuracy of
fingerprinting.
Court testimony on Chicago polices paid
informants
Article from Chicago Tribune 5/11/23
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What details from those articles will help you
make your argument?

• During the Roaring Twenties in the United States,
  the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  effectively deterred crime using fingerprinting
  and paid informants.

Fingerprinting
Paid Informants
Statistics of how many criminals were brought to
justice through fingerprinting.
Hunters article on the history of fingerprinting.
Brittanica story on the accuracy of
fingerprinting.
Court testimony on Chicago polices paid
informants
Article from Chicago Tribune 5/11/23
Anecdote of John Dillingers attorney fighting
fingerprint evidence.
1924 Act of Congress establishes identification
division of FBI
FBI historical document highlighting first
successful ID of gangster
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Do the same if you wish to make a more
traditional outline

• During the Roaring Twenties in the United States,
  the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  effectively deterred crime using fingerprinting
  and paid informants.
• I. Fingerprinting
• A. Hunters article on the history of
  fingerprinting.
• 1924 Acti of congress establishes identification
  division of FBI
• FBI historical document highlighting first
  successful ID of gangster

• B. Brittanica story on the accuracy of
  fingerprinting.
• Anecdote of John Dillgers attorney fighting
  fingerprint evidence.
• Statistics of criminals brought to justice
  through fingerprinting.

• II. Paid Informants
• A. Court testimony on chicago polices paid
  informants.
• Blah.
• Blah.
• ETC.