Clark Memorandum

Examples of Clark Memorandum in the following topics:

• The Cold War

  • While giving a speech during the Sixth Pan-American Conference in Havana, he said, "We have a desire to maintain not only the cordial relations of governments with each other, but also the relations of good neighbors. " The Clark memorandum of 1930, formulated by Undersecretary of State J.
  • Reuben Clark, rescinded the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

• The "Good Neighbor" Policy

  • While giving a speech during the Sixth Pan-American Conference in Havana, he said, "We have a desire to maintain not only the cordial relations of governments with each other, but also the relations of good neighbors. " The Clark memorandum of 1930, formulated by Undersecretary of State J.
  • Reuben Clark, rescinded the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

• The Roosevelt Corollary

  • In 1928, under President Calvin Coolidge, the Clark Memorandum reversed the Roosevelt Corollary.
  • This memorandum stated that the U.S. had the right to intervene when there was a threat by European powers.

• Predicting Vignette

  • Clark asks the students what the weather forecast is for today.
  • Clark says, "That is a good question.
  • Clark reads a short book to the class.
  • Clark make better predictions.
  • Clark pauses it.

• Clarifying Vignette

  • Clark announces to the class that they are going on a nature walk.
  • Clark asks the class to imagine that they are lost.
  • Clark use her cell phone to call the park supervisor to come and find them.
  • Clark gives the students a reading assignment and a pad of sticky notes.
  • Clark to identify vocabulary words that need further explanation.

• The Lewis and Clark Expedition

  • After the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to lead an expedition called the "Corps of Discovery."
  • Thus, in 1804, he commissioned his personal secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to join frontiersman and soldier Captain William Clark in recruiting a "Corps of Discovery."
  • Lewis and Clark were thus instructed to map the territory through which they would pass and to explore all tributaries of the Missouri River.
  • Having gathered woodsmen from across the country for the expedition, Lewis and Clark set out from St.
  • The expedition collected hundreds of plant and animal specimens, several of which were named for Lewis and Clark in recognition of their efforts.

• Questioning Vignette

  • Clark's third grade class gathers in a circle for reading time.
  • Clark reads the story "The Three Little Pigs".
  • Clark draws a chart with three columns on it.
  • Clark encourages them to make their questions fatter.
  • Clark listens in on each group's discussions and scaffolds whenever necessary.

• Short-term gains, long-term pain

  • For example, MacMillan Bloedel, one of Canada's largest forest product companies, was labelled a serial forest-clearer and a chronic chlorine user by environmental activists and subsequently lost 5% of its sales almost overnight when it was dropped as a UK supplier by Scott Paper and Kimberley Clark.
  • (Lovins, Amory, Lovins, Hunter, and Hawken, Paul, ‘A Road Map for Natural Capitalism', Harvard Business Review) Simply put, neither Scott Paper nor Kimberly Clark wanted the negative publicity.

• Introduction

  • Clark's third grade class has several students who are reading well below grade level.
  • Clark attends a professional learning seminar on reciprocal teaching and hears testimonials about the progress that students have made when teachers employ this instructional strategy.

• Putting it All Together

  • Clark will encourage her students to use all four of the strategies before, during, and after reading to deepen comprehension.
  • Clark will use this strategy during reading instruction, but will also employ it to teach science, social studies, and math concepts.