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Reading Strategy: Simple Outlining in World History

Reading Strategy: Simple Outlining in World History. Making Outlines. There is so much information included in textbooks. Outlining teaches you to arrange information in an organized way and quickly identify the main ideas and supporting details of a reading selection.

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Reading Strategy: Simple Outlining in World History

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  1. Reading Strategy: Simple Outlining in World History

  2. Making Outlines • There is so much information included in textbooks. • Outlining teaches you to arrange information in an organized way and quickly identify the main ideas and supporting details of a reading selection.

  3. Directions – Simple Outlining • The lesson title will be the title of your outline. • The headings/topics of a lesson are the headings of your outline and are designated by Roman numerals. • The subheadings/subtopics of a lesson are the main ideas and are designated by capital letters. • The supporting details within main ideas are designated by Arabic numerals. • The subdetails within the supporting details are designated by lower case letters.

  4. Please note… • There are always two or more headings supporting each subdivision • Each subdivision is indented to show their relative importance • You can outline in phrases and short sentences • Sometimes minor headings don’t need to be more than one word • You can find many excellent examples of outlines in encyclopedias

  5. Sample Outline TITLE І. Heading/Topic A. Main idea 1. Supporting detail 2. Supporting detail a. subdetail b. subdetail

  6. Sample Outline TITLE І. Heading/Topic A. Main idea 1. Supporting detail 2. Supporting detail a. subdetail b. subdetail B. Main idea 1. Supporting detail 2. Supporting detail a. subdetail b. subdetail

  7. The Geography of Greece: Chapter 9 - Lesson 1 І. A Mountainous Land A. Greece is a rugged mountainous land with deep valleys and rugged highlands 1. No great rivers to overflow and make the soil good for farming 2. Does not have much good farmland B. Mountains divide the people 1. Not a unified country 2. Main part on the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula a. also lived on islands in the Aegean Sea b. Aegean Sea separates Greece from the western edge of Asia known as Asia Minor

  8. П. A Land Tied to the Sea

  9. Ш. Independent Communities

  10. ІV. Two Early Greek Civilizations

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