Objectives of Today’s Lesson: Learn why it’s important to take effective notes Learn to take effective notes Practise effective note taking skills

Why is it important to take effective notes? Ensure Understanding Help with Focus Assist with Organization Ensure Understanding: to ensure that you remember details from the articles/books/webpages/etc. that you have consulted. Help with Focus: to help you remain on task and answer the research question that you have posed Assist with Organization: to help you organize your research and ideas Avoid Plagiarism: : to ensure that you do not mistakenly suggest that someone else’s ideas or work is your own Avoid Plagiarism

Qualities of Effective Notes Accurate: Be careful to record correct information. Honest: Always credit words, ideas, and images of others in appropriate citations. Concise: Be brief: use abbreviations, keywords, and phrases. Organized: Use a note-making technique to keep your ideas and information organized. Relevant: Keep checking your data. Does it help to answer your question? Are you staying on topic? Format

Draw & Record Conclusions What? Provide more than just facts and instead draw and record conclusions How? Locate the author’s key ideas Select what is significant Be brief and use point form In your own words, condense ideas, details, and supporting evidence Omit specific details, examples, or descriptions or unnecessary explanations Keep your information organized Record the reference information accurately Format

Main Idea & Important Information Read: ‘Women’s Political Rights in the 1920s’ Paragraph 1 only Think/Pair/Share: Think: Locate the Main Idea Pair: Work with a partner to reach a consensus as to the main idea and write the main idea on the paper provided Share: Share your ideas with the class Format Before we begin to actually take notes, you will need to read the article “Women’s Political Rights in the 1920”

Women’s Rights: Highlighting ‘Women’s Political Rights in the 1920s’ Today, nearly every adult Canadian citizen has the right to participate in an election to vote for his or her representative. The right to vote, called the franchise, gives citizens one of their most important roles in the democratic decision-making process; however, not every adult Canadian has always had the franchise. For many groups of people, it was a hard-won democratic right. For example, even 50 years after Confederation, women were completely disenfranchised (deprived of the right to vote).

Women’s Rights: Note Taking Political Rights today every Can. adult = right to vote Historically not every Can. adult had this right 1867 + 50 years = women still could not vote franchise = right to vote disenfranchise = “deprived of the right to vote”

Let’s Try Taking Notes Format Read Remember “ Women’s Political Rights in the 1920s” Work with a partner to make notes on paragraph 2 Record your findings on the Effective Note Taking handout. Remember Do not copy directly Avoid using complete sentences Condense ideas, details, and supporting evidence Omit specific details, examples, or descriptions or unnecessary explanations Record the reference information accurately Format

Note Taking Exemplar Format Notes on Paragraph 2 using Point Form: Dominion Elections Act 1900 eligible voter = male 1918 = suffragists = win right to vote in federal elections 1920 federal gov’t amends act men & women can vote in federal elections Not All Equal not all women get to vote Asian Can., First Nation denied vote Women still could not vote in all provincial elections 1940 Quebec = last province to grant women franchise Format

Note Taking Tips to Remember Look for the key ideas Use your own words Use point form, not complete sentences whenever possible and appropriate Delete unnecessary words (e.g., the, this) Omit unneeded examples Add subheadings if appropriate Use shortcuts: abbreviations and symbols Include your own ideas, responses, and questions Format Checklist