1. Creating Note card topics
for efficient and effective outlining

2. Start with a strong working Thesis
Neither Viking personalities nor their daily lives differed drastically enough from today’s commonalities to motivate their attacks; but rather, Vikings’ belief in Norse mythology shaped their brutal raids.

3. Viking culture effectively provided for all essential needs leaving belief in Norse mythology as the supreme motivator for their Brutal attacks.

4. Derive Topics from Thesis before beginning research

5. 1 2 3 4 Viking Culture/ Needs Met Norse Mythology/ Motivation
Viking culture effectively provided for all essential needs leaving belief in Norse mythology as the supreme motivator for their Brutal attacks.
Viking Culture/ Needs Met 1
Norse Mythology/ Motivation 2
Brutal Attacks 3
Refutation 4

6. Clear topics give direction

7. Revisit processed Topic Questions Like: 1. What is a Viking. 2
Revisit processed Topic Questions Like: 1. What is a Viking? 2. What was the Viking culture? 3. What make a culture? 4. What are “essential” needs?

8. 1.Define Viking
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9. Define Culture

10. Culture’s definition provides precise topics to research

12. Subdivide topics using a semi-colon

13. Create cards to support each element of the thesis

14. Belief in Norse mythology supreme motivator Note Card Topics:01
2. Viking Beliefs 02
3. Motivation for Raids 03

18. Summary: Choosing clear note card topics1
1. Develop a Clear Working thesis 2
2. Find the Essential Arguments in the Thesis 3
3. Create Topics that Reflect the Arguments
4. Subdivide Topics to Simplify Outlining