Aim: What are the skills needed by a successful history student?

DO NOW: What advice would you give your younger sibling to

succeed in their first year of school?

NY State Learning Standards 2Common Core Standards RS 1, 6 and WS 2

I Studying TipsA) Be Organized &

Responsible!B) Study Smart!

Have a notebook with a folder and/or binder section just for this class, as well as pens and #2 pencils. Save all notes, handouts and HW.

Date everything! Write the HW down in the

same place every day When absent, call a

friend, email your teacher, or check our class page on the school website for missed work.www.foresthillshs.org

Do not miss any HWs! Reread your class notes. Ask if you do not

understand something. Turn textbook headings

into questions. If you can’t answer your own questions when you finish reading, go back and reread!

Look up any vocabulary words that you do not know.

Do not wait until the last minute!

You do not have to do all large assignments or studying at once; break the work up into smaller, more manageable chunks.

II Cause and EffectHistorians need to be able to look at historical events and separate the

causes from the effects. It’s not always easy! To help you figure it out, you can put the information into a “because” statement, and/or use a flow chart.

Example #1: All of the muppets who live on Sesame Street were very sad. Cookie Monster had eaten every last cookie. Burt and Ernie moved to California when all of the cookies had disappeared.

A “because” statement would look like this:Because Cookie Monster ate all of the cookies, the residents of Sesame Street became sad, and Burt and Ernie had to move to California.

A flow chart would look like this:

Cookie monster ate all the cookies

The residents of Sesame Street became sad

Burt and Ernie moved to California

Cause and Effect Continued…Answer the following in your notebook:

Write a “because” statement, and draw a flow chart for Example #2: On July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the

moon. The United States at this time had been competing with the former USSR in the “Space Race” during the Cold War. Perhaps more importantly,

President John F. Kennedy promised in 1961 to send a man to the moon “not because it is easy, but because it is hard”.

Cause and Effect Continued…

Because of the Space Race, and President J.F.K’s call to go to the moon “because it is hard”, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person

to walk on the moon.

Space Race

JFK aimed to walk on the moon

“because it is hard”.

July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became first person to walk on the

moon.

III How to Read Political CartoonsA) Political cartoons use humor and satire to get across a

political viewpoint to the reader.

B) When analyzing a political cartoon, you should ask yourself the following:

1. What is the literal meaning of the cartoon?

2. What is the figurative meaning of the cartoon?

3. What is the bias of the cartoonist?

When you read something literally, you take it at face value. In the case of a

political cartoon, whatever you actually see is its literal meaning.

When you read something figuratively, you are looking for deeper meaning. In

the case of a political cartoon, you do not take it at face value.

Satire is the portrayal of a wrongdoing in a way where it becomes the

object of ridicule.

Bias is a preference for or against something.

How to Read a Political Cartoon Continued…

Answer the following in your notebook:1. What is the literal meaning of the cartoon?

2. What is the figurative meaning of the cartoon?

3. What is the bias of the cartoonist?

IV Fact vs. OpinionA) A fact is TRUE information.

B) An opinion is a view or judgment.

C) Be careful; just because something is presented as fact, doesn’t make it true! How can you be sure? Do your research!

Should you always trust the news? Why or why not?

V Compare and ContrastA) When you compare 2 or more things, you are looking for

similaritiesB) When you contrast 2 or more things, you are looking for

differencesRecall when we compared and contrasted Taylor Swift and Miley

Cyrus!

SIMILARITIES

DIFFERENCES

DIFFERENCES

VI Charts and Graphs ALWAYS read the label, key or legend, and the source

before you do anything else!

Things a Zombie Would Do

Eat a friend's brain.Eat my teacher's brain.Eat my parent's brain.Do my HW.

Source: Ms. Bugland and Ms. Schlesinger

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HW in SeptHW in OctHW in Nov

Completed HW Assignments Over Three Months

Source: Ms. Bugland and Ms. Schlesinger1. Who completed the most

HW assignments over the 3 months?

2. Who completed the least?

What skills and/or study habits do I need to work on the most this year?

*What steps do I need to take?

Key VocabularyBiasCauseCompare ContrastEffectFactFigurativeLiteralOpinionSatire