I enjoyed watching everyone present their information last night. It was interesting to see how different groups worked together in order to complete the assignment. Based on personal experience, meeting people to create study groups is a highly effective way to learn. Not only do you get to practice and review information, you get a chance to hear different perspectives on ideas, and simply gain more friends in your circle.
I did introduce the questioning portion of Cornell note taking last night. It might seem overwhelming at first, but keep trying. Remember, take notes that organized with bullets or your own numbering system. A day or two after taking notes, write a summary of your notes. Then, a day or two after writing a summary, create a couple of level 1 and level 2 questions. The following day, try to answer your questions. If you find that have more questions, write them down. These could be questions you take to your study group, your instructor, or use to help you study. Then, as you continue to study your notes, try those level 3 questions - those will take you far in your thinking process.
'We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world."
Guatama Buddha
"Traditional thinking is all about "what is." Future think will also need to be about what can be."
Edward de Bono
"Complacency with our traditional judgement based thinking methods is not enough. Our existing thinking habits are excellent just as the read wheel of a motor is excellent but not enough. We need to put far more emphasis on creative and design thinking. Judgement and analysis are not enough."
Edward de Bono
As you move forward with your week, keep in mind what you need to complete:
1. Final draft of your vocabulary sentences - MLA formatted
2. Study for vocab test 6-10 and bring a scantron
3. Reading Lab #3 due: multiple choice 1-20, and discussion 3 & 4
4. Read chapters 7 and 8 in The Color of Water and write 3-4 sentence summaries for those chapters (they are not due, yet, but they will be soon).
5. Journal #2: typed
If you work on one item each day, you will be ready for next Thursday.
Finally, based on your presentations, I have some questions for you consider in your spare time!
1. In his "I Have a Dream" speech, MLK Jr told African Americans to return to their homes in the various Southern states, how long did that really take to happen and why?
2. Is there or has there been anyone like MLK Jr since his death?
3. Do Jim Crow laws exist today?
4. Were Jim crow laws only to segregate blacks and whites?
5. Is there anyone like Malcolm X today?
6. What were the positives of the black panthers?
7. What is wrong with having a revolutionary group?
8. Money for the education of African Americans was not equal to that of white. Does money inequality still exist in education today? If so, where and how?
Have a wonderful week!
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