Dear students,
First, please remember that your completed and signed parent/guardian contact information and syllabus signature form is due tomorrow (Wednesday). You must have a binder with five tabs by Friday.
Here are links to the readings assigned as homework today:
-Both Enriched World History and Honors World History: "Why Learn World History," World History for Us All, http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/shared/thinking.php.
-Honors World History only: "Significance of History for the Educated Citizen," National Standards for World History, http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/standards/dev-5-12a.html.
Reading notes homework:
-As you read, try to pick the arguments out of the text - figure out what arguments are being made. Highlight these, bracket them, or put notes in the margin to remind you that they are there.
-On a separate sheet of lined paper, create a bullet-point list summarizing/paraphrasing the different arguments that are made for studying world history. Indicate next to each bullet point whether you think the argument is "very strong," "strong," or "weak," and be prepared to discuss why you feel that way.
The purposes of this assignment are: 1. practice identifying arguments in a persuasive text; 2. practice summarizing these arguments and reacting to them; and 3. learn more about different reasons that have been suggested about why students should study world history in high school.
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