ACTIVE Skills for Reading - Think Strategies
Face the Issues - Think Topics
Job Hunting Skills
Story of Stuff
Case Studies
100
The name of two overlapping circles used to compare and contrast two topics.
What is a Venn Diagram?
100
In Unit 7, a group of young students came up with this device to remind parents not to leave their babies in their cars.
What is the "Baby Beeper"?
100
The first thing an employer will see and read, describing your skills, talents, desire, and work history in specific detail.
What is your "Cover Letter"?
100
Annie Leonard
Who is the author of "The Story of Stuff"?
100
The name of the case study describing equality in marriage.
What is "Marital Equity"?
200
A study skill in which you organize information in a logical manner using either Roman numerals or symbols.
What is outlining?
200
In Unit 9, "Home Instead", this man created a business to help keep these people out of assited living.
Who are the elderly, aged, or senior citizens?
200
What the employer will read in about 35 seconds to determine if you are qualified for the job.
What is your "Resume"?
200
Extraction
What is taking minerals and resources from the earth, the first stage of "The Story of Stuff"?
200
The Maniac on the Bridge.
Who is the man that killed the lady in "The Bridge"?
300
Reading something very quickly to get the main idea of the text.
What is skimming?
300
In Unit 4, a group of young teens discussed their feelings about crime. They used this term...
What is "Attached"?
300
Where you state on your resume your purpose for applying for a specific job.
What is the "Objective"?
300
Consumption
What is the fifth stage, where we buy, buy, buy?
300
Money was hidden here in the case study "Found Money".
What is "the cars Yolanda sold after her husband passed away"?
400
Reading something very quickly to find specific details related to the text.
What is scanning?
400
The state from which the teens in "Attached to Crime" were from.
What is New Jersey?
400
The newspaper, Craigslist, Monster.com - for example.
What is "Where you should go to look for a new job"?
400
$4.99
What is the cost of the radio that got Annie Leonard started on her research into where our stuff comes from?
400
The place where many people believe the U.S. Government is hiding evidence of alien life.
What is "Area 51"?
500
When a reader takes from what the author says in the text, combines it with what he/she already knows, and forms a completely new idea, thought, or conclusion.
What is making an inference?
500
The radio station which broadcast (recorded and played) all of the interviews we listened to from this book.
What is "PBS"? (Public Broadcasting Station)
500
Ummm..., Uhhhh..., Well...
What are words you should not use in answering questions in the interview?
500
The people of the Third World.
Who are the people that loose their land, resources, and former way of living because of the "Stuff" we buy?
500
The case study stating that no man has ever walked on the moon.
What is the "Moon Walk Hoax"?