Thursday, October 10, 2013

Wednesday/ Thursday 9/10 October

Here is a link to the class syllabus.

Class began with a review of methods for studying vocabulary. (Flash Cards are the most effective strategy.)

Students then had time to review our current vocabulary list: immigration; emigration; migration; opportunity; displacement; geography; oppression; mortality; fertility.

Next Mr. Zartler lectured on an excellent method for studying from a text book:

Text Book Studying
Skim and Scan
     Titles, headings, sub headings, vocabulary
     Images, repeated ideas and concepts
     Topic sentences of paragraphs

Check Outcomes
     Read summary or Review Questions at end

Review
     Reread titles, headings, sub-heads and topic sentences
     Try to determine the argument / claim the author is making

Read and Take Notes
    Take about one note per heading
    note facts that interest or surprise you
    note facts or arguments that support the authors claim
    take other notes as directed by the instructor


Mr. Zartler then assigned the beginning of Chapter 15 of History Alive! (pages 182-197) to be studied in this way.

During the next class he will give a slide lecture on 3rd wave immigration to the United States and students will begin to work on a 1st person Point of view writing assignment to show what the experience of an immigrant to the US between 1880-1920 would have been like.

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