LM_NET 11/03/98: No Subject

[Rena Deutsch <renadeutsch@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>]

Subject: GEN: Teaching summary writing
While the AARP may have sent this around (again), all of it has been
around the Net for quite a few years. Most of it is Urban Legend and
some of it is pure myth.  For example, German was never considered by
a US Congress as the official language of the United States.  As
every US citizen should know, the USA doesn't *have* and official
language.

However, this would make a nice project for an advanced history
class: prove or disprove each item.. with references.  (and no fair
asking the librarian for help)

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com (work)
dlrbnsn2@eclipse.net  (home)



On  3 Nov 98 at 11:24, Susan M. Wozny wrote:

> I thought this would interest some of you-
>
> This is for real from the AARP!
>
> In 1645, one vote gave Oliver Cromwell control of England.
>
> In 1649, one vote led to the execution of King Charles of England.
>
> In 1776, one vote gave America the English language instead of German.
> Thomas Jefferson was elected by a one-vote margin in the Electoral College.
>
> In 1839, Marcus Morton was elected governor of Massachusetts by one vote.
>
> In 1845, the vote on whether Texas would join the United States passed by
> one vote.
>
> A single vote made the difference on whether to give statehood to
> California, Oregon, and Washington.
>
> In 1868, President Andrew Johnson's impeachment was defeated by a single
> vote.
>
> In 1876, with the presidential election thrown to the House of
> Representatives, Rutherford B. Hayes won by a single vote.  That vote was
> cast by an Indiana congressman who himself had won the election by a
> one-vote margin.
>
> In 1923, Adolph Hitler became leader of the Nazi Party by a one-vote edge.
>
> John F. Kennedy's margin of victory over Richard Nixon in 1960 amounted to
> one vote per precinct nationwide.
>
>
> Susan Wozny
> Science Library, UW
> Laramie, WY  82071
> (307) 766-6203
> woz@uwyo.edu <mailto:woz@uwyo.edu>
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Writing a summary is something teachers ask students to do all the time. In
high school, we assume that the students already know how to do this, that
they've been taught in elementary school (or middle school, or that they
intrinsically should know how to do this).  Having been in a high school
for 13+ years now, I can say that many, many h.s. students do not know how
to write a summary.

However, in my many years of teaching (before becoming a librarian), I
never came up with a "foolproof" method of teaching students how to do
this.  Obviously, neither have some of the teachers in my school.

One of them has asked me to do a "how to write a summary" lesson with the
students.

Any suggestions?  It doesn't even have to be "foolproof"!

Rena Deutsch, Librarian
High School for the Humanities
New York, NY
renadeutsch@worldnet.att.net

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