God (religion, to escape religious persecution in Eu Europe) Three main motivators for immigration are: God (religion, to escape religious persecution in Eu Europe) Gold (wealth, money, and land were promised to colonist and indentured servants who were poor in Europe) Glory (Enlightenment ideas of fame, curiosity, and adventure motivated people to explore) Return to your T Chart and draw the above symbols on factors that fit into each group.

Costa’s Levels of Questions Level 1: Know Define Describe Identify List Name Observe Recite Scan Level 2: Process Compare Contrast Group Infer Sequence synthesize Analyze Level 3: Apply Apply Evaluate Hypothesize Imagine Judge Predict Speculate

Costa’s Levels of Questions Level 1: Know Who is your best friend? Name the first permanent English Colony. Level 2: process What is the best thing about your friend? Compare and contrast John Smith and John Rolfe’s leadership styles. Level 3: apply What do you think your best friend will be like in 10 years? What would you have done differently if you were John Smith?

Question Game Try to guess what level each question is. Why was Washington DC an important city? Level 2 – asking for explanation Imagine how North America would be different Europeans never settled here? Level 3 – asking for application What is a continent? Level 1- Asking for identification How are states and countries similar? Level 2 – asking to compare.

Leveled Questions Go back to your notes. At the bottom of the question column write an upper level question (2 or 3) about anything in your notes. Write the answer to your question next to it in the notes column of your page. This is how we include upper level questions in our Cornell Notes.

Cornell Notes: Summary Write a summary that: Restates the main ideas covered in the notes in your own words or; Describes your feelings about the notes for the day. (For example, at what point did the lesson make sense to you? Is there anything you are still confused about?) Written at the bottom of each page. At the end of class or at home. This section about summaries on Cornell Notes is extremely important. Most students have great difficulty writing summaries. The Cornell Notes summaries are an excellent scaffold into writing more complex content driven summaries. Pay particular attention to explaining the difference between synthesis summary and reflective summary.

Cornell Notes: Summary It should be about five lines in Cornell Notes. Answers the essential question at the top of your notes. Includes important information, is accurate, and is specific. Paraphrase, never copy. Excludes outside knowledge or experiences. AVOID: Asking questions Do not begin with “These notes are about…” or “Today I learned that…” This section about summaries on Cornell Notes is extremely important. Most students have great difficulty writing summaries. The Cornell Notes summaries are an excellent scaffold into writing more complex content driven summaries. Pay particular attention to explaining the difference between synthesis summary and reflective summary.

Cornell Notes Summary Read and discuss: Which summary is better? Why? Today I learned that Mesoamerica includes the land between North and South America. Many important groups of people lived there. They were advanced in math and science. Incorrectly, they worshiped many gods. The even practiced human sacrifice. Even though they were advanced, I think they were very mean. The Spanish eventually conquered them. Mesoamerica was the home of advanced cultures including the Olmec, Maya, and Aztecs. The Mayans and Aztecs had a diet based on maize. Both had advanced understandings of math and astronomy, were polytheistic, and practiced human sacrifice. The Aztecs built huge cities like Tenochtitlan. Mesoamerica was the home of thee cultures who shared similar cultures. They were very advanced civilizations and were polytheistic. They lived in big cities and traded. This summary is specific, giving details and names. It includes all of the important information. It is direct and concise. It includes fact, not opinion.

Cornell Notes Summary Now return to your Cornell Notes. Skim through your notes again paying special attention to the things you highlighted or underlined. Write a summary about this information in the bottom of your notes. Share you summary with your partner. Tell them one thing they did well and one they could improve.

1) Finish Cornell Notes - questions - summary