This week was my first experience doing the note cards and outline, all together. I had done each one but not both for a project. The outline I had to do for college but not a very formal one. The note cards I had to do in high school or prior to that. I do not find either very useful as I find I have a natural ability to keep information straight in my head. The notes and outlines seem unnecessarily tedious and time consuming. I do not mean to sound harsh, but I have other classes, all of which require work. If this was my only class I'd be golden. However, I do agree with Brian that the review in class today was useful.
On another note, my topic of J. Edgar Hoover was rejected, and with good reason. I was not aware that we had to use mainly primary sources and I do not want to commute to Washington for that. I recently read in Buhle about the Rhode Island governor during this time period, Theodore Franklin Green, and I would really like to learn more about him and his "Little New Deal". I will need Dr. Schuster's help in narrowing this topic down of course as it is too broad and I am not sure which direction it should go in. Maybe she will have a better idea of what good sources are around and I can build off that.
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