CASSI TORRES 

History Seminar

Week One

• Tuesday, January 16

  • Welcome!

  • Getting to Know you

    • Quick Write: Welcome Please tell me a bit about yourself.
      Where are you from? What is your major? What is your favorite subject?

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• Thursday, January 18

  • CASA Peer Mentor Introduction

  • CASA Presentation - What resources are available to you?

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Week Two

• Tuesday, January 23

  • Chapter 1 & 2 Quiz on Bb

  • Quick Write: How was your first week of classes? What was the best thing that happened? What was the worst thing that happened?

  • Different note taking method

    • Assignment - try a different note taking strategy our in class this afternoon. Report back how it goes. I want to see your notes next class.

    • Link to Note Taking Methods: https://www.oxfordlearning.com/5-effective-note-taking-methods/

• Thursday, January 25

  • Show me your notes!!!

  • Reflection: Did you like this new method of note taking? Will you keep it up? If not what method will you use in class?

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Week Three

• Tuesday, January 30

  • Chapter 3 Quiz on Bb

  • How to write an in class essay?

  • PDF Handout
    https://www.nvcc.edu/annandale/asc/writing/_docs/writing-the-in-class-essay.pdf​

  • ​Bring me 3 blue books on Thursday!!!

• Thursday, February 1

  • 3 Blue Books DUE TODAY!

  • Build your own Kahoot

    • Go through your notes and find 3 question you think could be on Exam 1

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Week Four

• Tuesday, February 6

  • Essay Question 1 outline in class

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• Thursday, February 8

  • Essay Question 2 outline in class

Week Five

• Tuesday, February 13

  • Exam 1 in Lecture today!!!!

  • Review Essay outlines and review questions

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• Thursday, February 15

  • No Class

  • Read Declaration of Independence for Class

  • http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html

  • CH 4 and 5, quizzes on Blackboard

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Week Six

• Tuesday, February 20

  • Read Foner CH 7, quiz on Blackboard

  • Quick Write: How was Exam 1? Was it what you were expecting? Have you ever taken a test like Dr. Martin’s Before?

• Thursday, February 22

  • How much time do you spend doing HW/Working/Internet Browsing (Social Media)/Hanging out with friends?

  • What do you “not have enough time” for?

  • Ted Video: https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_vanderkam_how_to_gain_control_of_your_free_time

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Week Seven

• Tuesday, February 27

  • Read Foner CH 8, quiz on Blackboard

  • Note Check Quiz!

    • For this quiz you may only use your notes from lecture!

• Thursday, March 1

• Primary VS Secondary Source

  • Google Search scavenger hunt for Primary and Secondary Sources

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Week Eight

• Tuesday, March 6

  • Primary Source Project

  • Handout: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oEGFC2_jEFeeY7KCGtS_t-1XI19CjhJq

  • How to pick a topic (Must be 1865 and before)

• Thursday, March 8

  • Read Foner CH 9, quiz on Blackboard

  • Email me your topic ideas!

  • Have a SAFE Spring Break

    • Exam 2 is one week after Spring Break!

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Spring Break!

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Week Nine

• Tuesday, March 20

  • Welcome back!

  • Only 3 classes till Exam 2

  • Get your notes out

    • Write 3 possible questions from your notes.

• Thursday, March 22

  • Essay Question 1

    • Outline in class

Week Ten

• Tuesday, March 27

  • Exam 2 Prep

  • Essay 2 outline in class

  • Don’t forget

    • Read  Foner CH 10 and 11, quizzes on Blackboard

• Thursday, March 29

  • Exam 2 in Lecture today!!!

  • Review Essay outlines and review questions

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Week Eleven

• Tuesday, April 3

  • Read  Foner CH 12, quiz on Blackboard

  • Quick Write: How was Exam 2? Did you study enough? What are you going to do differently for the next exam?

  • Primary source project topic discussion

    • MLA format review

    • https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/24/
       

  • We will meet in the Library for Seminar on Thursday April 5!!!

• Thursday, April 5

  • Primary source project Library Day

  • Meet in the Bell Library

• Friday, April 6 - Drop Date

  • Reminder: Last day to drop a class.

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Week Twelve

• Tuesday, April 10

  • Read Foner CH 13, quiz on Blackboard

  • Peer review rough draft of Primary source project

  • Primary Source project DUE one week from today! Tuesday April 17

  • Thursday will be an optional Library day.

    • Meet me in the library if you need more help with your project.

• Thursday, April 12

  • Optional Library Day

  • Meet me in the Library if you need more help on your primary source Project!

  • Project paper due Tuesday April 17th

  • Presentations Start Tuesday April 17th

Week Thirteen

• Tuesday, April 17

  • All Papers emailed to me by class time.

  • Presentation Day 1

• Thursday, April 19

  • Presentation Day 2

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Week Fourteen

• Tuesday, April 24

  • Presentation Day 3

• Thursday, April 26 - First-Year Research Conference

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Week Fifteen

• Tuesday, May 1

  • Review for Exam 3

    • Essay Prep

    • Split into 3 groups, answer 1 essay each.

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Final Exam Time

• Tuesday, May 8

  • Exam 3 @ 1:45pm 

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