| American
Studies Learning Skills Web Site Outline
1. Introduction
2. Know What
You Are Reading
1) Primary
Sources
2) Secondary
Sources
3. What To Look For
1) Identify The
Message
1) Help
2) Mark The Trail
1) Help
3) Slice Up The Material
For
Analysis
1) Help
5. Circling The
Image
1) Viewer Questions
2) Artwork Questions
3) Context Questions
6. Examples: Ways
Of Reading
1) Music: Elvis
2) Clothing: The
Zoot Suit
3) Movie Stars:
John Wayne's
Body
4) Contrasts: Photography
&
War
5) Furniture: Reading
A Table
6) Painting: No
Detail Is
Unimportant
7) Poetry: Insurgent
Reading
& Gender
8) Finale: America's
Latest
Performance Art
6. Hints On Notetaking
1) Map For
A Timeline
2) Map For Angles
Of Analysis
7. Using Your Notes
To Study And
1) Diary Of
An Exam Grader
2) Tips From Graders
Of Papers
8. Writing Papers
1) Get
An Idea
1) Using The
Web
2) Guides
To Get You Started
2) Fleshing
Out Your Idea
1) Locate
Books
2) Locate
Articles
3) Looking
Beyond Books and
Articles
4) Resources
at Other
Libraries
9. How Do I . .
.?
1) Library
Help
10. Glossary of
Terms
11. Credits
Home | Top | Know
What You're Reading | What to Look For | Circling
the Image | Hints on Notetaking | Using
Your Notes | Writing Papers
& The Library | Glossary of Terms
| Outline of Site | Credits
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