The Dawn of the Civil War

    An infographic is a representation of data using graphics that is easy to understand. With this in mind I set out to make my infographic as understandable and informative as possible. First, I explored the programs that I could use to make it, I found that Infogram was the perfect tool to help me achieve that.  Infogram has a really user friendly and ergonomic interface that just about anyone can pick up in a matter on minutes. It reminded me of PowerPoint and Excel mashed into one program so it was very familiar to me. I then used the resources provided on edline to  gather the information i thought was most important to answer the essential question. I broke it up into chucks and used graphs and a little bit of text to inform the reader about the topic. Overall I liked creating an infographic because it is easy and conveys your thoughts to the reader in an organized and unique fashion.

North vs. south: A polarized nation | Create infographics

Sources:

http://www.edline.net/pages/Reading_HS/Classes/1415_10212101/Unit_6_-_The_Civil_War/Activity_1_-_Stats___Strategie

http://www.edline.net/files/_CDHeg_/849bf0de56cb0eae3745a49013852ec4/Resources_Pie_Charts.pdf

http://www.edline.net/files/_CCBWz_/21e469c533466ada3745a49013852ec4/Strengths_of_the_North_and_the_South_Reading.pdf