Why I Create Custom Reading Guides

When I assign texts to read, I create customized reading guides. Why?

• Custom reading guides help students identify the most important concepts.
• Custom reading guides provide an incentive to read a text (or view a video) AND reward students for reading by giving homework points for completion.
• Custom reading guides become a note-taking outline, a reference for the activities that follow, and a study guide for quizzes and exams.

Here are some samples:

Sample customized reading guides for assignments comparing multiple primary source texts:

• • • War of 1812_KyAccounts_StudentActivity
    • KY_CivilWar_Letters_ReadingActivity

Sample customized reading guides for textbooks, websites and viewing guides for videos

• • • READING GUIDE 1_Textbook SAMPLE
    • Reading_Viewing Guide_Poverty and Economic Inequality

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