Friday, September 19, 2008

China blog

After reading p. 65-70 in your text, complete the "before, during, and after" reading posts. You can format this blog in three sections:

Section 1: your prior thoughts on what is a civilization and

Section 2: how similar/different are your thoughts compared to the author.

Section 3: what are the important points you need to know to succeed

Think about what I have been teaching you concerning the interactions with the text. Section 1 would concern the "Before" reading, section 2 would concern "During" reading, and section 3 would concern the most important information. In fact, you may head each section as "Before" "During," and "After."

Indus Valley blog

After reading p. 38-42 in your text, complete the "before, during, and after" reading posts. You can format this blog in three sections:

Section 1: your prior thoughts on what is a civilization and

Section 2: how similar/different are your thoughts compared to the author.

Section 3: what are the important points you need to know to succeed

Think about what I have been teaching you concerning the interactions with the text. Section 1 would concern the "Before" reading, section 2 would concern "During" reading, and section 3 would concern the most important information. In fact, you may head each section as "Before" "During," and "After."

Egypt blog

After reading p. 16-23 in your text, complete the "before, during, and after" reading posts. You can format this blog in three sections:

Section 1: your prior thoughts on what is a civilization and

Section 2: how similar/different are your thoughts compared to the author.

Section 3: what are the important points you need to know to succeed

Think about what I have been teaching you concerning the interactions with the text. Section 1 would concern the "Before" reading, section 2 would concern "During" reading, and section 3 would concern the most important information. In fact, you may head each section as "Before" "During," and "After."

Mesopotamia blog

After reading p. 9-16 in your text, complete the "before, during, and after" reading posts. You can format this blog in three sections:

Section 1: your prior thoughts on what is a civilization and

Section 2: how similar/different are your thoughts compared to the author.

Section 3: what are the important points you need to know to succeed

Think about what I have been teaching you concerning the interactions with the text. Section 1 would concern the "Before" reading, section 2 would concern "During" reading, and section 3 would concern the most important information. In fact, you may head each section as "Before" "During," and "After."

After thoughts on reading 5-9

Now identify the important points for p. 5-9 in your text. Tell us what you believe you need to know from this section to get an A on a test. REMEMBER THE IMPORTANT POINTS ARE YOURS!! You can view what everyone is thinking on this blog but what you write need to be your own thoughts to be successful in retaining the information you need.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Reading p. 5-9

Tell us how you define civilization. What do you think are the elements of a civilization? Then tell us if your thoughts were consistent with the textbook definitions of civilization. Format this blog in two sections:
Section 1: your prior thoughts on what is a civilization and
Section 2: how similar/different are your thoughts compared to the author.
Think about what I have been teaching you concerning the interactions with the text. Section 1 would concern the "Before" reading and section 2 would concern "During" reading. In fact, you may head each section as "Before" and "During."

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Tell what is most important, p. 2-5

Summarize the all the key ideas you need know from the text reading p. 2-5. Go ahead and use bullet points.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Reading p. 2-5

Now that you have posted your initial thoughts on early humans, read your classmates thoughts, and read the section in your text, tell us what you got right and wrong. Also tell us what new information surprised you about early humans.