Discussion Leaders

1.  If you are one of the two people tapped to start discussion of the day’s reading, do the following:

• provide a summary of the chapter,
• provide an opinion of some part of the chapter
• provide a question to be discussed by the class.

This three part submission will constitute your  daily “Reading Response” (see below)  and is to be handed in at the end of class.

Two other people in the class will be selected at random to respond to the questions and the summary.

Everyone Else

If you have not been tapped to start discussion of the day’s reading, write a daily Reading Response:

• Select one topic from any section of the reading assigned for the day. 
• Summarize the topic in your own words and indicate the page number and the text it comes from so that we can find it quickly in class.
• Write a paragraph (or more, if specifically asked to) in which you weigh, analyze, or otherwise evaluate your topic. What is significant about it (what changes occurred because of the events or personalities you chose to write about? Was the course of world history altered because of what happened?) What do you think about your topic and why? What conclusions can you draw? When writing about historical events, your response should address WHAT happened, WHEN it happened, WHERE it happened, WHO was involved, and WHY or HOW it happened. 
• Conclude with a question for class discussion. 

Type your Reading Responses and print TWO copies to hand in. 

Save a copy to your Virtual Desktop. 

Be prepared to read your piece out loud in class and discuss it. 

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Review the course Policies and Expectations.