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Colonial PhotoStory Exploration and Colonization. Note taking Lesson. Steps to taking notes. Skim the material to find information on your topic Carefully read one paragraph Ask yourself to retell the information that was in that paragraph in your own words
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Colonial PhotoStoryExploration and Colonization Note taking Lesson
Steps to taking notes • Skim the material to find information on your topic • Carefully read one paragraph • Ask yourself to retell the information that was in that paragraph in your own words • Pick the main ideas and re-write it in “cave-man language” *Note – “cave-man language” = simplistic language written in bullet points rather than sentences
Research Notes Let’s practice taking notes… • Open America to page 66 – “England Seeks Colonies” • Write this information on card #1 of your note-taking practice sheet: • Politics: Describe how the colony was founded • Source 1 • Your Initials(on bottom line)
Practice Reading and writing notes • Read the “England Seeks Colonies” paragraphs • Tell your partner what the main ideas were- while taking turns • Now we will create bullet point notes (about three) in “cave man language” • Politics: Describe how the colony was founded • Source 1 • Your Initials(on bottom line)
Sample Note Card 1 • Politics: Describe how the colony was founded • Source 1 • Eng. starts in 1500s • colonies are consumers for products, provide raw goods • First colony – Roanoke, disappeared by 1590 • JLS
Practice Reading and writing notes • Read “Founding Jamestown” – first two paragraphs • Tell your partner what the main ideas were- take turns • Now create notes in “cave man language” for this information • PERS topic • Source 1 • Your Initials
Sample Note Card 2 • Politics: Was your colony a charter, royal, or proprietary colony? • Source 1 • Virginia Company founded • desired: gold, fur trade, lumber, farming • gov. gave Va. Co. charter for colony • JLS
Evaluation for Note Cards ___ 15 note cards were completed ___ Each card contains initials ___ Each card lists a PERS(G) category and topic ___ A source # is identified on each card ___ Each card contains three bulleted facts in note form (NOT copied directly from source) ___ Bibliography cards contain MLA information ___ Bibliography cards reflect required number/variety of sources.
Creating Bibliography Card MLA format • Every source you use must have a card with the Bibliography information • Find the title page of America • Complete a source card for this source. • Source 1 • Author • Title • City:Publisher, Year • Your Initials
Sample Source Card #1 Source 1 Author- Davidson, James West Title- America History of Our Nation City,Publisher,year- Boston, Massachusetts: Pearson Prentice Hall,2007 Initials