Taking Notes and Sorting Information

Taking Notes and Sorting Information

Take this short quiz. You will get 1 point for each correct answer. If you answer them all correctly, I will double the points.

Multiple Choice

Tawakkol Karman won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011, the first Arab woman to receive the prize. She was recognized for her work for the safety of women and women’s rights in Yemen. Karman is a human rights worker, a journalist, and a mother of three.

Which note combines all the relevant information in the first two sentences of the passage?

• a)Mother of three and journalist Tawakkol Karmen wins Nobel Peace Prize for Human rights

• a)Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2011 – Tawakkol Karman

• a)Tawakkol Karman of Yemen – human rights worker for women’s safety and rights.

• a)Tawakkol Karmman of Yemen – first Arab woman to win Nobel Peace Prize (2011) for women’s rights

Multiple Choice

Tawakkol Karman won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011, the first Arab woman to receive the prize. She was recognized for her work for the safety of women and women’s right in Yemen. Karman is a human rights worker, a journalist, and a mother of three.

Which photo or illustration should be included in your notes about this passage?

• A photo of an Arab woman

• A photo of the Nobel Peace Prize

• A photo of Tawakkol Karmen with her family

• A photo of Tawakkol Karmen with women in Yemen

Multiple Choice

If you are researching Tawakkol Karman’s work in women’s rights, what note is not needed?

• a)Mother of three.

• a)First Arab woman to win Nobel Peace Prize (2011) for women’s rights.

• a)Works for safety of women and women’s rights in Yemen.

Multiple Choice

Rigoberta Menchu Tum was born to a poor Indian family in Guatemala. She grew up with great hardship because of the discrimination in Guatemala against native peoples. Rigoberta became a political leader, demanding equal rights for the native Indian population of Guatemala. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992.

Marisol wrote, “Rigoberta Menchu Tum was a human rights worker for the native people of Guatemala.” What sentence in the passage supports Marisol’s statement?

• Ribogerta Menchu Tum was born to a poor Indian family.

• Rigoberta became a political leader, demanding equal rights for the native Indian population of Guatemala.

• She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992.

Multiple Select

1. Born to a poor Indian family in Guatemala

2. Hardships growing up because of the discrimination against native peoples

3. Became a political leader

4. Demanded equal rights for native Indian population

5. Won Nobel Peace Prize in 1992

Luis made two categories for his notes about Rigoberta Menchu Tum: “Early Life” and Political Career.” Which two notes should he put in the category “Early Life”?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Multiple Choice

Read the source information below:

Nobel Women's Initiative

http://nobelwomensinitiative.org/meet-the-laureates/rigoberta-menchu-tum/

What type of source is this?

• It is a book

• It is a speech

• It is a website

• It is a photograph

Multiple Choice

If you were writing your paper on “Women and the Noble Peace Prize,” which would not be a good source to include?

• Press, Associated. “Malala Becomes Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner.” New York Post, New York Post, 10 Oct. 2014, nypost.com/2014/10/10/malala-yousafzai-kailash-satyarthi-win-nobel-peace-prize/

• The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture: US President Jimmy Carter. Oslo, Norway December 10th 2002

• Wang, Andrea. Malala Yousafzai: Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Education Activist. Core Library, an Imprint of Abdo Publishing, 2015.