Reading Strategies
U.S. History Themes
Test Taking Strategies
Test Taking Strategies
Syllabus/Procedures
100
Preview the chapter.
What is the first thing you should do?
100
E Pluribus Unum.
What is "From the many, one."
100
Getting a good nights sleep.
What is something to do the night before taking the test?
100
Take care with questions that are stated negatively.
What is a multiple choice strategy?
100
Your own set of colored pencils.
What are required materials?
200
Preview time line for important events and major issues.
What is previewing the chapter.
200
Helped shape the social and political history of the United States.
Who are women?
200
Looking over the test before answering a question.
What is the second thing to do when receiving the test?
200
Uses a combination of words and images to express a point of view on political issues.
What are political cartoons?
200
Late work will be accepted prior to this.
What is the test?
300
Preview terms and names.
What is previewing the section?
300
Led to civil war.
What are state's rights?
300
Written or made by people who were there during the historical event as an observer or a participant.
What is a primary source?
300
Combines information from several primary sources.
What is a secondary source?
300
You will have this amount of time to make up an exam.
What is one week?
400
Read background notes.
What are active reading strategies?
400
Used to improve quality of life.
What are inventions, technology, and scientific breakthroughs?
400
"Special" purpose or topic.
What is a thematic map?
400
Use the test to take the test.
What are fill-in-the-blank, listing, short answer, or essay question strategies.
400
Positive people create and attract this.
What is a positive situations?
500
Blue
What is the color main ideas are written in?
500
Was founded by immigrants and has been a magnet for others.
What is The United States?
500
Relax
What is test preparation?
500
Answer the ones you know you are sure of.
What are matching question strategies?
500
A phone out during a test or quiz.
What is an automatic zero percent?
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