This document provides guidance on effective note-taking strategies for a World History textbook. It emphasizes focusing carefully while reading, filtering out irrelevant information, and using shorthand such as abbreviations. The Cornell note-taking system is presented as an organized format involving dividing a page into columns for main ideas and details. Students are instructed to practice taking notes from assigned textbook pages. Key tips include dating and titling notes, leaving space for summaries, and using main ideas to recall content.
10. NO MAGIC FORMULA
• Note-taking from a text is the art of recording ALL OF THE
ESSENTIAL information as QUICKLY and
ORGANIZED as possible
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11. NO MAGIC FORMULA
• Note-taking from a text is the art of recording ALL OF THE
ESSENTIAL information as QUICKLY and
ORGANIZED as possible
1. You must also learn what the instructor is going to
ask about
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12. NO MAGIC FORMULA
• Note-taking from a text is the art of recording ALL OF THE
ESSENTIAL information as QUICKLY and
ORGANIZED as possible
1. You must also learn what the instructor is going to
ask about
2. You must learn to discriminate between what is important
and what is not
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13. NO MAGIC FORMULA
• Note-taking from a text is the art of recording ALL OF THE
ESSENTIAL information as QUICKLY and
ORGANIZED as possible
1. You must also learn what the instructor is going to
ask about
2. You must learn to discriminate between what is important
and what is not
3. You must learn how to record information in an
efficient, organized manner
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14. NO MAGIC FORMULA
These skills come with time and PRACTICE, and
there is no magic formula
• Note-taking from a text is the art of recording ALL OF THE
ESSENTIAL information as QUICKLY and
ORGANIZED as possible
1. You must also learn what the instructor is going to
ask about
2. You must learn to discriminate between what is important
and what is not
3. You must learn how to record information in an
efficient, organized manner
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16. STEP 1. FOCUS
•
Note-taking is an active, NOT passive activity
• The key to effective note-taking is reading carefully so that
you may...
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17. STEP 1. FOCUS
•
Note-taking is an active, NOT passive activity
• The key to effective note-taking is reading carefully so that
you may...
1. filter OUT irrelevant information and
2. paraphrase- this requires concentration.
3. utilize short hand
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18. STEP 1. FOCUS
QUIET THE VOICES IN YOUR HEAD!!!!
•
Note-taking is an active, NOT passive activity
• The key to effective note-taking is reading carefully so that
you may...
1. filter OUT irrelevant information and
2. paraphrase- this requires concentration.
3. utilize short hand
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19. STEP 1. FOCUS
QUIET THE VOICES IN YOUR HEAD!!!!
•
Note-taking is an active, NOT passive activity
• The key to effective note-taking is reading carefully so that
you may...
1. filter OUT irrelevant information and
2. paraphrase- this requires concentration.
3. utilize short hand
Find a comfortable (NOT YOUR BED), quiet place to take
your notes where phones, TV’s, computers, stereos,
radios, iPods, Skype, friends, parents etc. won’t put voices
in your head
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21. STEP 2. FILTER CRAP!
1. Voluminous notes are NOT NECESSARILY good notes
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22. STEP 2. FILTER CRAP!
1. Voluminous notes are NOT NECESSARILY good notes
– What’s important?
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23. STEP 2. FILTER CRAP!
1. Voluminous notes are NOT NECESSARILY good notes
– What’s important?
• Vocabulary (see bold and highlighted terms!)
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24. STEP 2. FILTER CRAP!
1. Voluminous notes are NOT NECESSARILY good notes
– What’s important?
• Vocabulary (see bold and highlighted terms!)
• Rulers, how they rose/fell, chief achievements, and dates
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25. STEP 2. FILTER CRAP!
1. Voluminous notes are NOT NECESSARILY good notes
– What’s important?
• Vocabulary (see bold and highlighted terms!)
• Rulers, how they rose/fell, chief achievements, and dates
• Significant places (nations, regions, geographic features, cities)
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26. STEP 2. FILTER CRAP!
1. Voluminous notes are NOT NECESSARILY good notes
– What’s important?
• Vocabulary (see bold and highlighted terms!)
• Rulers, how they rose/fell, chief achievements, and dates
• Significant places (nations, regions, geographic features, cities)
• Religions, religious beliefs, and religious leaders
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27. STEP 2. FILTER CRAP!
1. Voluminous notes are NOT NECESSARILY good notes
– What’s important?
• Vocabulary (see bold and highlighted terms!)
• Rulers, how they rose/fell, chief achievements, and dates
• Significant places (nations, regions, geographic features, cities)
• Religions, religious beliefs, and religious leaders
• Changes and innovations (FIRSTS!)
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28. STEP 2. FILTER CRAP!
1. Voluminous notes are NOT NECESSARILY good notes
– What’s important?
• Vocabulary (see bold and highlighted terms!)
• Rulers, how they rose/fell, chief achievements, and dates
• Significant places (nations, regions, geographic features, cities)
• Religions, religious beliefs, and religious leaders
• Changes and innovations (FIRSTS!)
2. READ THE SECTION BEFORE YOU WRITE!
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29. STEP 2. FILTER CRAP!
1. Voluminous notes are NOT NECESSARILY good notes
– What’s important?
• Vocabulary (see bold and highlighted terms!)
• Rulers, how they rose/fell, chief achievements, and dates
• Significant places (nations, regions, geographic features, cities)
• Religions, religious beliefs, and religious leaders
• Changes and innovations (FIRSTS!)
2. READ THE SECTION BEFORE YOU WRITE!
• Weed out what is unimportant so that you don’t have to
waste your time writing EVERYTHING down.
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30. STEP 2. FILTER CRAP!
1. Voluminous notes are NOT NECESSARILY good notes
– What’s important?
• Vocabulary (see bold and highlighted terms!)
• Rulers, how they rose/fell, chief achievements, and dates
• Significant places (nations, regions, geographic features, cities)
• Religions, religious beliefs, and religious leaders
• Changes and innovations (FIRSTS!)
2. READ THE SECTION BEFORE YOU WRITE!
• Weed out what is unimportant so that you don’t have to
waste your time writing EVERYTHING down.
• MAKE THIS AN ACTIVE EXERCISE!!!
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31. STEP 3. USE SHORTHAND!
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32. STEP 3. USE SHORTHAND!
• Use shorthand for words or ideas you find yourself
writing over and over again
• Shorten words
• Use abbreviations
• Use first letters for words used repeatedly
• Use symbols
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33. STEP 3. USE SHORTHAND!
• Use shorthand for words or ideas you find yourself
•
Christ= X; Christianity=Xty
writing over and over again
• Use abbreviations
Civilization=Civ
•
Mesopotamia=Meso
•
• Shorten words
•
Nile River=NR
• Use first letters for words used repeatedly
•
Battle= X
King=
•
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•
•
• Use symbols
Women= W; Men= M
Led to=
34. STEP 3. USE SHORTHAND!
• Use shorthand for words or ideas you find yourself
•
Christ= X; Christianity=Xty
writing over and over again
• Use abbreviations
Civilization=Civ
•
Mesopotamia=Meso
•
• Shorten words
•
Nile River=NR
• Use first letters for words used repeatedly
•
• Use symbols
• Avoid recording words whose inclusion
is unnecessary for meaning (articles,
prepositions, verb to be, etc)
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Women= W; Men= M
•
Battle= X
•
King=
•
Led to=
35. STEP 4. CHOOSE A
FORMAT THAT WORKS FOR
YOU C-Notes
PEV
Outline
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37. CORNELL NOTES• Try the Cornell Note-taking System.
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38. CORNELL NOTES• Try the Cornell Note-taking System.
• Briefly, this method makes it easier to
highlight and recall major ideas from a
textbook.
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39. CORNELL NOTES• Try the Cornell Note-taking System.
• Briefly, this method makes it easier to
highlight and recall major ideas from a
textbook.
It’s ideal to study from for a test and
HIGHLY recommended!!
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41. EXAMPLE - CORNELL NOTE-
Subject: Note-taking
Date: 10/17/12
Main Ideas
Details
Cornell
notes
-Can be used to provide an outline of the course, chapter, or lecture.
-Organized by main ideas (left column) and details (right column).
-Can be as detailed as necessary.
Procedure
C-Notes as a
study tool
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1. Divide paper into main ideas (margin) and details
-The left column is the recall column. This column is filled in after taking notes.
-The right column is for the bulk of the information (details, definitions, etc).
2. After taking fairly detailed notes in the right column, write main ideas, terms, or
concept names in left column
3. Use sweat sheet to clarify for yourself or add additional notes on the same topic
4. Take notes as they are given by instructor or text in an orderly fashion.
-C-Notes Can be used as study tool
-Define terms, or explain concepts, main ideas listed on the left side (cover right column
-Identify the concept or term based on its definition on the right side (cover left column)
42. INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
• Take
out your textbook. Please read and take
notes on pages 6-7 for discussion tomorrow.
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43. A FEW ADDITIONAL TIPS
• Date and title every section of notes
• At the bottom of the last page of notes, leave a space for a
summary of the notes
• In reviewing for exams, cover the right column—the bulk of
the material—and use the left column words to recall the
content.
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49. 1/5/12
pgs 66-69
Ancient India
KEY WORDS
Notes
IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHY
-Mountains and location important
-Monsoons bring moisture to S
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50. 1/5/12
pgs 66-69
Ancient India
KEY WORDS
Notes
IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHY
-Mountains and location important
-Monsoons bring moisture to S
• 110 languages; >1000 dialects (variety of lang)
• Regions
◦ Mountains
◦ Rivers
◦ plateau
◦ coastal plain
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51. 1/5/12
pgs 66-69
Ancient India
KEY WORDS
Notes
IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHY
-Mountains and location important
-Monsoons bring moisture to S
Diversity
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• 110 languages; >1000 dialects (variety of lang)
• Regions
◦ Mountains
◦ Rivers
◦ plateau
◦ coastal plain
52. 1/5/12
pgs 66-69
Ancient India
KEY WORDS
Notes
IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHY
-Mountains and location important
-Monsoons bring moisture to S
Diversity
Dialects
Thursday, October 17, 13
• 110 languages; >1000 dialects (variety of lang)
• Regions
◦ Mountains
◦ Rivers
◦ plateau
◦ coastal plain
53. 1/5/12
pgs 66-69
Ancient India
KEY WORDS
Notes
IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHY
-Mountains and location important
-Monsoons bring moisture to S
Diversity
Dialects
Mountains Rivers
and Plains
Thursday, October 17, 13
• 110 languages; >1000 dialects (variety of lang)
• Regions
◦ Mountains
◦ Rivers
◦ plateau
◦ coastal plain
54. 1/5/12
pgs 66-69
Ancient India
KEY WORDS
Notes
IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHY
-Mountains and location important
-Monsoons bring moisture to S
Diversity
Dialects
Mountains Rivers
and Plains
Thursday, October 17, 13
• 110 languages; >1000 dialects (variety of lang)
• Regions
◦ Mountains
◦ Rivers
◦ plateau
◦ coastal plain
• Himalayas- Nth; highest mountains in world
• Rivers
◦ Ganges
◦ Indus
■ West; Modern Pakistan
■ Cradle of India
• Deccan Plateau
◦ Hilly and dry
• E and W Coasts
◦ lush
◦ densely populated
55. 1/5/12
pgs 66-69
Ancient India
KEY WORDS
Notes
IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHY
-Mountains and location important
-Monsoons bring moisture to S
Diversity
Dialects
Mountains Rivers
and Plains
Plateau
Thursday, October 17, 13
• 110 languages; >1000 dialects (variety of lang)
• Regions
◦ Mountains
◦ Rivers
◦ plateau
◦ coastal plain
• Himalayas- Nth; highest mountains in world
• Rivers
◦ Ganges
◦ Indus
■ West; Modern Pakistan
■ Cradle of India
• Deccan Plateau
◦ Hilly and dry
• E and W Coasts
◦ lush
◦ densely populated
58. 1/5/12
pgs 66-69
Ancient India
KEY WORDS
Notes
Indus Valley Civilization
-Cities planned, advanced
• Indian Civilization 3000-1500BC
◦ Indus Valley
◦ Himalayas->Arabian Sea
• Cities
◦ Harappa
◦ Mohenjo-Daro
• Called Indus Valley or Harappan Civilization
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59. 1/5/12
pgs 66-69
Ancient India
KEY WORDS
Notes
Indus Valley Civilization
-Cities planned, advanced
Indus Valley
Civilization
• Indian Civilization 3000-1500BC
◦ Indus Valley
◦ Himalayas->Arabian Sea
• Cities
◦ Harappa
◦ Mohenjo-Daro
• Called Indus Valley or Harappan Civilization
Thursday, October 17, 13
60. 1/5/12
pgs 66-69
Ancient India
KEY WORDS
Notes
Indus Valley Civilization
-Cities planned, advanced
Indus Valley
Civilization
Harappa
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• Indian Civilization 3000-1500BC
◦ Indus Valley
◦ Himalayas->Arabian Sea
• Cities
◦ Harappa
◦ Mohenjo-Daro
• Called Indus Valley or Harappan Civilization
61. 1/5/12
pgs 66-69
Ancient India
KEY WORDS
Notes
Indus Valley Civilization
-Cities planned, advanced
Indus Valley
Civilization
Harappa
Mohenjo-Daro
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• Indian Civilization 3000-1500BC
◦ Indus Valley
◦ Himalayas->Arabian Sea
• Cities
◦ Harappa
◦ Mohenjo-Daro
• Called Indus Valley or Harappan Civilization
62. 1/5/12
pgs 66-69
Ancient India
KEY WORDS
Notes
Indus Valley Civilization
-Cities planned, advanced
Indus Valley
Civilization
Harappa
Mohenjo-Daro
Harappa and MohenjoDaro
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• Indian Civilization 3000-1500BC
◦ Indus Valley
◦ Himalayas->Arabian Sea
• Cities
◦ Harappa
◦ Mohenjo-Daro
• Called Indus Valley or Harappan Civilization
63. 1/5/12
pgs 66-69
Ancient India
KEY WORDS
Notes
Indus Valley Civilization
-Cities planned, advanced
Indus Valley
Civilization
Harappa
Mohenjo-Daro
Harappa and MohenjoDaro
Thursday, October 17, 13
• Indian Civilization 3000-1500BC
◦ Indus Valley
◦ Himalayas->Arabian Sea
• Cities
◦ Harappa
◦ Mohenjo-Daro
• Called Indus Valley or Harappan Civilization
• 35,000/city
• Carefully planned
◦ Grid
• Oven-baked mud bricks
• public wells
• bathrooms
• sewage
• trash system
• Strong government???
64. 1/5/12
pgs 66-69
Ancient India
KEY WORDS
Notes
Indus Valley Civilization
-Cities planned, advanced
Indus Valley
Civilization
Harappa
Mohenjo-Daro
Harappa and MohenjoDaro
Innovations
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• Indian Civilization 3000-1500BC
◦ Indus Valley
◦ Himalayas->Arabian Sea
• Cities
◦ Harappa
◦ Mohenjo-Daro
• Called Indus Valley or Harappan Civilization
• 35,000/city
• Carefully planned
◦ Grid
• Oven-baked mud bricks
• public wells
• bathrooms
• sewage
• trash system
• Strong government???
