How to Create Cornell Notes
1. Set up your Cornell Notes pages.
· Write the title of the lesson on the first line of your notebook.
· Skip a line and write down the day’s Essential Question from the board or from the PowerPoint.
· Draw a horizontal line all the way across the page, separating the Essential Question from your notes, ignoring the pink margin line.
· On the left-hand notes page, about two inches from the left edge of the page, draw a vertical line down the rest of the page.
· On the right-hand notes page, count up about ten lines and draw a horizontal line all the way across the page, ignoring the pink margin line. This area will be where you write your summary paragraph.
· About two inches from the left edge of the right-hand page, draw a vertical line down the rest of the page, stopping at the line separating your summary area from the rest of your notes.
· Rewrite the Essential Question to change it from a question to a statement to serve as your topic sentence for your summary. When you’re done, you should have something that looks like this:
Lesson 11.1 Lesson 11.1 (cont.)
How did the Industrial Revolution
change the United States?
The Industrial Revolution changed th United States in many ways.
2. Read the assignment. Try to keep the Essential Question in mind as you read.
3. Write notes on the assignment.
· Use the wider, right-hand column of your pages, re-reading as necessary and always focusing on info that helps answer the Essential Question.
· Use abbreviations, bullet points, etc. instead of complete sentences. Take notes as if you’re texting!
· Ignore the pink margin lines – use all available space!
4. Find key terms and ideas (optional, but encouraged!).
· Underline, highlight, or circle words that seem extra-important.
· Write a question mark next to things you don’t understand or want to ask your teacher about.
· Put an asterisk next to anything that the teacher says is probably going to be on the test.
5. Divide your notes into topic ‘chunks.’ Draw a new horizontal line whenever there is a change in subject. Sometimes the sub-sections in the textbook will help you decide where to draw a ‘chunk’ line.
6. Write a review question for each chunk in the left-hand margin. The review question should be answered by what’s in the notes section and should reflect some part of the Essential Question.
7. Write a summary of the lesson. Think of a one-sentence answer for each review question. If any review question’s answer helps to answer the Essential Question, use that sentence as part of your summary paragraph.
When you’re finished, it should look like this:
Lesson 11.1 Lesson 11.1 (cont.)
How did new technology in transportation and communication change the United States? / · Robert Fulton – invented steamboat (Clermont, 1807)· Faster than sailing ships, but couldn’t sail upstream or against strong winds
· Henry Miller Shreve – developed rear paddle wheel steamboat with more powerful engine that could sail upriver (1816)
· Samuel F.B. Morse – telegraph, 1837; almost instant communication btwn cities
· By 1861, telegraph was everywhere
· Telegraph & steamboats brought more national unity
How did new agricultural technologies lead to greater national unity? / · John Deere – lt-wt plow w/steel edge (1836); made plowing in hvy Midwest soil possible
· More farmers moved to the MidW as a result
· Cyrus McCormick – reaper (1834); cuts ripe grain
· Thresher separated grain kernels from husks
· These new technologies linked the sections of the country together, contributing to national unity
· MW farmers grew food to nourish NE factory workers
· NE factory workers could sell their products to MW farmers
· NE textile mills demanded more cotton from the South
The Industrial Revolution changed the United States in many ways. The War of 1812 spurred an increase in American manufacturing. The Industrial Revolution and the factory system caused many to leave their farms and come together and use machines to produce goods. The first American factories were built in New England, where swift-running rivers could power machines and easy access to the sea made transportation easier. New England also had a willing labor supply. Children, young women, and even entire families worked in the factories built by Slater and Lowell. Eli Whitney introduced the use of interchangeable parts and less-skilled workers to produce goods faster and cheaper. Steamboats and the telegraph made communication faster and brought more national unity, as did new agricultural technologies.
How did the Industrial Revolution
change the United States?
How did the War of 1812 lead to American industrialization?How did the Industrial Revolution and the factory system change American manufacturing? / · War of 1812 – sowed seeds of the Industrial Revolution because goods couldn’t be imported; investors spent $ on factories instead of imports
· Industrial Revolution – factory machines replaced hand tools and large-scale manufacturing replaced farming
· Factory system – many workers and machines together
· Factories near water for power
· Workers crowded into cities where factories were located
Why were the first factories in America built in New England? / · Reasons why New England good place for factories:
1. fast-moving rivers for power
2. easy access to the sea for transportation
3. willing labor force of farmers who didn’t want to farm anymore
· Samuel Slater – built first textile mill in RI; employed kids at first, then entire families
· Others copied Slater’s family employment system for their own factories
How did the Lowell system change American manufacturing? / · Francis Cabot Lowell – brought secrets of the power loom to America
· Built Lowell, MS, factory town
· Employed farm girls who would then live in Lowell, working 12-hour days, under supervision of older women, until they married
· High wages at first, until profits fell in 1830s
· After 1830s, steam replaced water power and factories could now be built anywhere
How did Eli Whitney change American manufacturing? / · Eli Whitney – developed manufacturing using the principle of interchangeable parts
· interchangeable parts speeded up production, made repairs easy, and lowered costs by using less-skilled workers
· Independent craftsmen were replaced by workers whose products needed to be closely supervised to maintain uniformity