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IBHistoryofAmericasHLYear1SummerAssignment2020

Directions:Thelistedassignmentsareduethefirstdayofclass;allworkshouldbeyoursandyoursalone.Usepenonly-pencilwillnotbepermittedinmyclass.Rememberthatyourbestworkwillalwaysbeexpectedforeveryassignment.Emailanyquestionsthatarisetosara.messina@saas.k12.de.us.LetyourtransformationintoanIBhistorianbegin!☺

1. Readandannotate/takenotesIntroductionpp.1-10.Youmayannotateortakenotesinyourpreferredstyle,butIwillrequesttoseeyourannotationsornotesandexpectthemtobethorough.

2. Completevenndiagram-total,limited,andcivilwars.Youmayusethevennprovidedorcreateyourown,justbesuretocoverallparts(three-partvennscanbetricky).Remembertousepen-notpencil-andtypingisnotpermittedforthisassignment.Youshouldincludedefinitions,examples,similarities,anddifferences.Thisvennshouldbepackedwithinformation.

3. ReadandannotateTheFirstWorldWar,pp.11-34.PleasebepreparedtodiscussthecausesofWWIonthefirstdayofclass.YouwillhaveanassessmentonthecausesofWWIonourthirdclass.

4. CompletetheEndofunitactivitiesonpp.34-35inpenonaseparatesheetofpaper.

Name

Messina

IBHistoryHL

Date

TipsforSuccess!

Reading

• Beengagedintheassignment-activereadingisveryimportant!Thereisnosubstituteforthis!

• Recordquestionstoaskduringclass.Iwillalwaysaskatthebeginningoftheclassperiodifyouhavequestions.Takeadvantageofthis!

• Lookupwordsyoudonotknow-thisisyourresponsibilitytohelpyouunderstandthereading.

Assignments

• Takeprideinyourwork.Submitassignmentsyouareproudofandreflectyourhardwork.

• Labelallassignments-date,pagenumbers,questionnumbers,activityname,etc.

• Alwaysrestatequestion.• Citeanyinformationusedforresearch.• Useink-nopencilortyping(unlessotherwiseinstructed).• Useformalwriting-capitalizepropernouns,usepunctuation,etc.• Avoid“text-speak”(ie.bcuz,w/).• Besuretocontactmewithanyquestions(email,Schoologymessage,stopintoclassroom)BEFOREduedate.

Annotations/

Note-taking

• Again,thereisnosubstituteforthisinordertomakesureyouunderstandthecontent.

• Itisyourresponsibilitytoadoptanote-takingorannotatingstrategythatworksforyou.

• Makenoteofanyquestionsyoumayhaveaboutcontent.• Reviewnotesperiodically.

Presentations

• Practice!• Knowhowtopronounceallwords(askifnotsureandpractice).• Extraresearchmaybeneededtounderstandcontext.Thisisyourresponsibilityandisnotalwaysincludedinthepresentation.

• Explainanypicturesyouthoughtimportantenoughtoinclude.• Beabletoanswerquestions.

AdvicefromYear2students:

• Payattentiontovideos-willhelpputreadingincontext.• Managetimewell-useassignmentschedulestoplanreadingtime.• Takeadvantageofreadingdaysinclass!!• Studyforassessments.