(Topic) (Significant details) (Relate) (React) Using Recall Diagrams After reading and annotating each of the following passages, stop to recall what the passage contained. Use recall diagrams to record what the passage seems to be mainly about. List significant supporting details; identify a related idea, issue, or concern to which you feel the information is connected; and react. Passage 1 ELEPHANTS IN ANCIENT WARFARE Elephants were the most spectacular, extravagant, and unpredictable element in ancient warfare. Since the time of Alexander the Great, Hellenistic kings and commanders had tried to use the great strength, size, and relative invulnerability of the animals to throw opposing infantry into confusion and flight. Elephants' unusual smell and loud trumpeting also panicked horses not accustomed to the strange beasts, wreaking havoc with cavalry units. Mahouts, or drivers, who were usually Indians, controlled and directed the animal from a seat on the elephant's neck. Normally each elephant carried a small, towerlike structure from which archers could shoot down on EXAMPLE Today, many dead people receive some form of autopsy or postmortem examination. At least (two main reasons for this are (1) the desire of the family to know the exact cause of death, and (2) increased medical knowledge. Because of the important moral and legal restrictions on human experimentation, much of our knowledge of pathology comes from autopsies. This fact prompts many people to donate their bodies to medical schools and/or donate certain organs for possible transplantation --John Cunningham, Human Biology, 2nd ed. EXPLANATION A recall diagram (see below) is a quick format that can help you solidify ideas in the recall stage. The diagram graphically demonstrates a proc- ess that you will learn to do in your head. Using the diagram will help you learn to organize and visualize your reading. (Topic) (Significant details - examples, facts, or phrases) Why autopsies are done to know exact cause of death to increase medical knowledge - thus donations Dol want medical students studying my body? (Relate) (React) I would donate my organs but not my body to medical school