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IBHistoryofAmericasHLYear1

SummerAssignment2019

Directions:Thelistedassignmentsareduethefirstdayofclass;allworkshouldbeyoursandyoursalone.Usepenonly-pencilwillnotbepermittedinmyclass.Rememberthatyourbestwork

willalwaysbeexpectedforeveryassignment.Emailanyquestionsthatariseto

sara.messina@saas.k12.de.us.LetyourtransformationintoanIBhistorianbegin!☺

1. ReadandannotateIntroductionpp.1-10.SeetheReadingAnnotationsrubricforreference.Thisishowyourannotationswillbegraded.

2. Completevenndiagram-total,limited,andcivilwars.Youmayusethevennprovidedorcreateyourown,justbesuretocoverallparts(three-partvennscanbetricky).

3. Completeactivity2onpage7onaseparatesheetofpaper.4. ReadandannotateTheFirstWorldWar,pp.11-34.Pleasebepreparedtodiscussthecauses

ofWWIonthefirstdayofclass.YouwillhaveanassessmentonthecausesofWWIourthird

class.

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ReadingAnnotationsRubric

Score Description10

Evidenceofreadingthroughoutentireassignment.Mainideaishighlightedineveryparagraph.AnnotationsareinthemarginsnexttoeachparagraphORnotesfromeveryparagrapharewrittenonaseparatesheetofpaperfortheentirereadingassignment.

8

Evidenceofreadingthroughoutmostoftheassignment.Mainideaishighlightedinmostparagraphs.AnnotationsareinthemarginsnexttomostparagraphsORnotesfrommostparagraphsarewrittenonaseparatesheetofpaperformostofthereadingassignment.

6

Evidenceofreadingthroughouthalfoftheassignment.Mainideaishighlightedinhalfofparagraphs.AnnotationsareinthemarginsnexttohalfoftheparagraphsORnotesfromhalfparagraphsarewrittenonaseparatesheetofpaperforhalfofthereadingassignment.

4

Evidenceofreadingthroughoutentire/mostoftheassignment.Mainideaishighlightedinevery/mostoftheparagraphs.TherearenoannotationsORnotesonaseparatesheetofpaper.

2

Evidenceofreadingthroughouthalfoftheassignment.Mainideaishighlightedinhalfoftheparagraphs.TherearenoannotationsORnotesonaseparatesheetofpaper.

0

Thereisnohighlightingorevidenceofreadinganywhereintheassignedportion.TherearenoannotationsORnotesonaseparatesheetofpaper.

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TipsforSuccess!

Reading

• Beengagedintheassignment-activereadingisveryimportant!• Recordquestionstoaskduringclass.Iwillalwaysaskatthebeginningoftheclassperiodifyouhavequestions.Takeadvantageofthis!

• Lookupwordsyoudonotknow-thisisyourresponsibilitytohelpyouunderstandthereading.

Assignments

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

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

Annotations

• Followtherubrictomakesureyougetthegradeyouwant.• Makenoteofanyquestionsyoumayhaveaboutcontent.• Reviewnotesperiodically.

Presentations

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

• Explainanypicturesyouthoughtimportantenoughtoinclude.• Beabletoanswerquestions.

AdvicefromYear2students:

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