Download SPRITE Note Taking Procedure AP European History Students in

SPRITE Note Taking Procedure AP European History
Students in AP European History are required to take notes for each reading they are assigned. The purpose is to
distill a 20-30 page chapter into 2-3 pages so that, when you begin to review for the exam, will not have to re-read
everything.
Taking effective notes is critical to doing well in any subject, especially in AP European History. Since AP European
History is a thematic-based course, you will need to take notes in a thematic structure. This will be checked at the
beginning of each chapter. Each chart will be worth 25 points.
When taking notes for each chapter you want to organize the information you read into the thematic categories
below. This will help you better organize and study information in a thematic way so that when writing thematic
essays, for example, you will be better prepared than a student that has not done this.
SPRITE Note Format Chapter ____________________
S – Social
 Gender roles and relations
 Family and kinship roles
 Racial and ethnic constructions
 Social and economic classes
 Demographics
P – Political
 Political structures and forms of
governance (laws, treaties,
contracts)
 Empires
 Nations and nationalism
 Revolts and revolutions
 Regional, transregional, and
global structures and
organizations
R – Religion
 Belief systems
 Practices and Systems of Worship
 Denominations
I – Intellectual
 The arts, architecture, music, and
literature
 Philosophies and ideologies
 Culture
 Point of view, attitudes
T – Technology
 Science and technology
 Inventions, innovations
 Discovery
E – Economics & Environment
 Agricultural and pastoral
production (i.e. diet & nutrition)
 Trade and commerce
 Labor systems
 Industrialization and
globalization
 Economic Systems
 Wealth Generation
 Structures of Money/Currency