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=Lesson 5:= Okay.... Now you have some practice with Cornell Notes. What did you think? I wish I would have known of this system of note-taking when I was in school. It is a very good way of organizing and studying your notes. By the way, if you have highlighters, studies show that color coding your notes with 3-4 colors increases your memory of the information :-) You may want to try that.

Now to Lesson 5. You have now analyzed what it means for "civics." Now, we will look at what it means to be a citizen of the United States. Yes, you guessed it. You are going to look at this presentation and take Cornell Notes. Pay close attention, you will need this information for the activity in Lesson 6.



=Lesson 6:= You are now going to create your own PowerPoint presentation. I believe it is important to integrate both the content and the technology together in your studies. So, this will give you some technological practice while analyzing the content or material we are covering. View this short PowerPoint slide and follow its instructions. Then, create your presentation. When you are done, upload it to this wiki on this page. Simply hit the edit sign on this page. It will send me an email saying that you want to become a member and I will grant you access. Then, upload your presentation by hitting Edit again after having my permission and signing in to the wiki. Once your in the "edit" page, click "File" and then Upload File. You can then chose your presentation off of the desktop and then double click it to upload it.

Enjoy this activity..... I am not trying to frustrate you. I want you to have practice with PowerPoint and wikis along with the Civics.

P.S. Are you studying those maps? Just checking......