Cornell Notes in 5 Easy Steps A Useful method of note-taking

Step 2: Title Step 3: Notes from reading Your Name Class Period Step 2: Title Step 4: Clarify your notes Use about 2 ½ inches on the left Add questions that you have about the reading, headings, rewrite terms (not definitions) Make it easier to find things in your notes Step 3: Notes from reading Include summaries of important ideas, helpful diagrams or charts, definitions of important words, etc. Can be in any form that is helpful to you, for example: Outline Bullets Sentences Step 5: Summarize your notes. Add at least two sentences at the end of your notes (not every page) that summarize the section.

Warring City-States 750 BC Greeks lived in polis (city-state) Name Date 750 BC Greeks lived in polis (city-state) made of city and surrounding area had agora (marketplace) and acropolis (fortified hilltop) City states had different forms of government monarch (ruled by king) aristocracy (ruled by small group of nobles) oligarchy (ruled by few powerful people) Polis How many city states were there? Forms of Government What differences between city-states that caused them to develop different forms of government?