Two-Column Notes Template

APUSH

DIRECTIONS: Read the attached reading and complete the two-column notes template below
on lined paper.

STEPS:
1. At the top of the page, write down chapter number and title
2. Copy down focus questions from the beginning of the textbook chapter
3. Write down heading name within the chapter on the left-hand side
a. Do this for EACH new heading
b. The first heading can be Intro
4. On the right-hand side, take notes on important information from that section
(1-2 per paragraph)

5. Next, under the section heading, write the MAIN IDEA: How does the information on the
right help to answer one or more of the focus questions?

6. Unsure of whether youre doing it correctly? Try doing it for one section, take a picture of
what youve done, and email it to Mr. Gomes to get feedback: gomesz@randolph.k12.ma.us
(please allow up to 3 or 4 days for me to get back to you, so do not leave questions until the
very last minute). NOTE: I will be out of the state and have limited internet access for most
of July.
FOCUS QUESTIONS ________________________________________________________

Heading title: Details:

Main Idea:

EXAMPLE

FOCUS QUESTIONS
What were the major patterns of Native American life in North America before
Europeans arrived?
How did Indian and European ideas of freedom differ on the eve of contact?
[Include other focus questions if listed]

Heading title: The First Americans Details

The settling of the Americas Native people of Americas
came from land bridge about
Main Idea: 15,000-60,000 years ago or by
sea from Asia (land bridge
Native Americans originally travelled submerged 14,000 years ago)
from a land bridge connecting to Asia. Climate change mammoths
Agriculture started in planting and the became extinct
cultivation of maize, squash, and 9,000 years agoemergence
beans. Early Native Americans had of agriculture in Mexico and
limited farming capabilities due to the Andes
lack of livestock maize, squash, and beans
absence of
livestocklimited farming by
preventing the plowing of
fields and the application of
natural fertilizer (8)