What Does It Mean That You Do Not Have to Know Everything

 

Use the study guide to teach yourself, but you these examples to realize that I am not going to try to trick you and that

·         You do not have to show  that you know everything,

·         But that you know something.

 

If given at least 3 facts about these traits, recognize whether the trait applied to World War I or World War II:

·         What nations fought each other?

·         What technologies were used?

·         What was the initial US response to the war in Europe?

·         What was the US role in the war?

·         What happened to vets after the war?

·         What international organization was created after the war to reduce the likelihood of war>

 

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If given at least 3 facts about a nation over time and about the movements of fascism and communism within those nations, recognize the nation from a list:

 

·         China

·         Germany

·         Italy

·         Japan

·         Soviet Union (AKA USSR or Russia)

 

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If given at least 3 facts about a part of the US government created during this period, recognize its name from a list:

·         Fair Labor Standards Act

·         Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

·         Federal Reserve System

·         Securities and Exchange Commission

·         Social Security Insurance

 

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If a term was in Unit 1 but still exists in Unit 2, you may see it. You have to recognize; not recall. Examples:

·         Interstate Commerce Commission, commission as a form of government that is in the executive branch but that can write regulations

·         segregation, nativism, racism

If given at least 3 facts about a president over time including both foreign policy and domestic policy, recognize the president from a list of 4 or 5 presidents.

·         William McKinley 

·         Theodore Roosevelt 

·         William Howard Taft 

·         Woodrow Wilson 

·         Warren G. Harding

·         Calvin Coolidge  

·         Herbert Hoover   

·         Franklin D. Roosevelt   

·         Harry S Truman

 

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If  provided several details about an event, recognize whether the event was in the Progressive Era, World War I, Roaring Twenties (AKA Jazz Age), Great Depression, or World War II.

·         Flappers

·         Great Migration

·         Harlem Renaissance

·         Rosie the Riveter

·         Suffragettes

·         Tuskegee Airmen

 

Tip about the Study Guide: You will see several uses of the same link about World War II in these 3 time periods:

·         Pre-US entry

·         1941-1943

·         1944-1945 

 

If you look, you see some wisdom in their strategies for struggles:

·         Avoiding war but trying to prevent problems and help those the US might need on our side later

·         Dealing with training while fighting the weaker parts of the Axis

·         Only after defeating the weaker parts, shifting to Germany. Only after Germany is defeated, shifting to Japan.

Show You Know Something – This is from the searchable syllabus in Getting Started.

Because I see students memorizing random facts, I am trying to get you to focus on useful, usable facts for your life time because history is about how life works. History provides the content and learning it usefully requires the tools:

·         to make a decision safely

·         to answer a boss

·         to understand the news enough

o   either to understand what is going on

o   or to know that you do not trust the speaker or writer and you need to go look up reality

In this class, questions do not require that you show you know everything, but that you show that you know something. The questions focus on your recognizing significant traits of such things as regions, time periods and their dominant beliefs or events, and historical figures. (See Learning Quizzes, Concepts, and the Goal of Exam Questions)

Click here for an example of a question that lets you show that you know something that is worthwhile.

(URL: http://www.cjbibus.com/GS_Good_Habits_What_Is_a_Question_Where_You_Show_You_Know_Something.htm )