Unit 3: What’s
Required and What’s Not (and a guide to other things that may help you) Tips: What Helps Learning? or use this URL: http://www.cjbibus.com/Getting_Started_FAQsWhatHelpsLearning.pdf |
Like all of the Units in the
course, when used with the required textbook, Unit 3 contains all the content you need and all assignments. Tips: Stay in the Unit to
succeed.
1.
Required:
Read—and use consistently—the 1-page Course Schedule at the end
of the Syllabus & Schedule! The Course Schedule tells you when each
assignments is due, including when you should begin planning your work and when
you must complete an assignment to earn extra credit. Tip from a
prior (and very successful) student: Print the Course Schedule, hang it so you see it from
your computer, and check off each assignment as you do it.
Before you begin with the first Chapter, notice what
is in this Unit and in the
Course Schedule. You see:
·
The link to the
Study Guide for Unit 3’s exam, with the date when its content is visible
·
6 learning units
(), one for each textbook Chapter.
·
A statement that
shows where you will see the Unit 3 Objective exam on the date in the Course
Schedule
·
Resources used
throughout the Unit—with the current one being the forum Students Helping
Students with History
2.
Click on the
Study Guide link and use it both to plan your work for exams but see the things
to notice in each chapter. Unit 3 is
particularly difficult for students because so much changes so rapidly. You can
use the Study Guide as a shortcut to 3 chronological resources (with footnotes
to help you) that cover the events from Chapter 25 to Chapter 30.
3.
You also can click on each chapter, beginning with Chapter 25 () and then see:
·
Figuring It Out (Learning is More Than Memorizing), which
includes in this order:
·
Links from Your
Instructor – links made in response to students’
questions about how facts fit together
·
Required: Chapter 25 InQuizitive - Click on it to start determining what you know and you don’t
know—and where you need to read in
your textbook.
·
Other resources
for the chapter if applicable
·
Required: Primary
Sources from This Era – –
Provides primaries required for the Unit
Exam.
·
Optional Resources from the Textbook Publisher – Includes brief video explanations of difficult
content from the textbook author.
4.
Required: If you
remained puzzled by a quiz question or if you want to earn points by helping
others, click on the Students Helping Students with History. Tip: You earn points by asking questions or answering them.
5.
Repeat the steps above as you complete the Chapters. Tip:
To succeed, do your work by the date in the Course Schedule.
6.
On the date the Course Schedule lists for the Study
Guide’s content to be visible, click on the Study Guide link and prepare. Take
the Unit 3 Objective Exam.
There is no Unit 3 Written Exam.
Copyright C. J.
Bibus, Ed.D. 2003-2016 |
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Last Updated: |
2016 |
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