1. CORNELL NOTES IN 5 EASY STEPS A USEFUL METHOD OF NOTE-TAKING

2. Step 1: Your Name Class Period Step 2: Title Step 3: Notes from reading Include summaries of important ideas, helpful diagrams or charts, definitions of important words, etc. Can be in any form that is helpful to you, for example: Outline Bullets Sentences Step 4: Clarify your notes Use about 2 ½ inches on the left Add questions that you have about the reading, headings, rewrite terms (not definitions) Make it easier to find things in your notes Step 5: Summarize your notes. Add at least two sentences at the end of your notes (not every page) that summarize the section.

3. Ms Marquardt The Rise of Modern Japan (pg 750) Japan became more powerful after contact with West, unlike China Tokugawa regime limited contact with foreigners 1852 US sent navy to Edo Bay to convince Japan to trade by intimidating Japanese US and Japan signed Treaty of Kanagawa, allowed American ships into Japanese ports Intro US Renews Contact Treaty of Kanagawa Why did the US care about trading with Japan so much?