Reading week6
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The document provides an overview of the topics covered in a class on British and American culture, including a review of important people and events in British history from the Romans to World War II. It also defines and provides examples of mind mapping as a study technique, and asks students to create a mind map of the chapter on British institutions.
Reading week6
- 1. Week 6 – British Institutions Reading British & American Culture Professor Hayashi
- 2. Today’s Class attendance news article presentations & discussion review mind mapping British institutions
- 3. Review
- 4. Review What did the Romans leave behind in Britain after their 200 year rule? - roads, sites of important cities, seeds of Christianity What is the Black Death? - a plague in 1348 that killed 1/3 of the population Who was the queen during the Goldent Age of English history? - Queen Elizabeth I (restored national unity, enabled prosperous trading to develop)
- 5. Review The civil war of 1642 was between which 2 powers? - King Charles I & Parliament What is the Enlightenment? - an era when people began to use reason to dominate both nature & society How did Queen Victoria change life in Britain during her reign? Established the Crown in the Constitution (politically neutral), Revived support for the monarchy, affirmed Victorian values (paternalistic integrity, family, puritanism)
- 6. Review The Industrial Revolution sparked S__________ R_________ such as the creation of the police force, free education, and the extension of the vote - social reforms What was a positive outcome of WWI? What significant event happened in the 1930’s? - The great Depression Germany lost WWII after ___________. - it unsuccessfully invaded Russia and Britain & US intervened
- 7. Review Describe life in Britain in the 1950’s. - massive growth, increase in wages, affluent society How was life for young people in the early 1960’s? exciting, liberating, ‘swinging sixties’
- 8. Mind Mapping http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlabrWv25qQ What is a mindmap? How do you do it?
- 9. Mind Mapping WHAT: a thinking tool that reflects what goes on inside your head HOW: start in center, connect branches to central image, then other levels. add one word to each branch. use color & image.
- 10. Good Links! http://www.squidoo.com/Improve-Your-Study-Skills-with-Tony-Buzan-s-Mind-Mapping-Tips-in-Note-Taking http://www.informationtamers.com/WikIT/index.php?title=How_to_make_a_mind_map#How_to_make_a_map_while_note_taking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mind_mapping_software
- 11. Your Turn! Get artsy! Let’s mind map the chapter on “British Institutions” The top 3 students will get bonus professionalism points