1. Your Key to Success in Social Studies
Interactive Notebook
Your Key to Success
in Social Studies

2. Have you ever heard yourself say . . .
I can't find my . . .
notes, homework, old quizzes . . .
I can't remember what
we did in class yesterday.
I'm sure its in . . .
my locker . . .
my book bag . . .
my room . . .
I was absent last week, did I miss anything?

3. Get it together with your
Interactive
Notebook

4. What is an Interactive Notebook?
A personalized textbook
A working portfolio – all of your notes, classwork, quizzes – in one convenient spot.

5. Left Side – Right Side Orientation
The Left side is “left” for you. This is the side that you can use to show me your creativity.
The Right side is “Restricted” and contains teacher guided notes, learning targets and questions of the day. Nothing else should be placed on the Right side!!

6. Left Side
The left side belongs to you. It contains the day’s activity (light bulb). On this page you may include diagrams, cartoons, drawings, poems, foldables, etc.
Odd Pages

7. Examples of Left Side Assignments
Webs
Diagrams
Poems
Reflections
Comics

8. Advertisements

9. Illustrated Outlines

10. Sensory Figures, cont.

11. Concept Map

12. Acrostics

13. Comic Strips

14. Venn Diagram

15. Right Side
The right side belongs to me and should only contain teacher directed guided notes, warm up’s and learning targets. Nothing else should be placed on this page! The right side contains the notepad icon and will contain all the testable material.
Even Pages

16. Examples of Right Side Assignments
Notes
Study Guides
Vocabulary
Daily Warm up’s
Questions of the day

17. Student Materials Spiral Notebook at least 70 pages (college ruled)
Colored pencils
Glue sticks (2 per month)
Scissors
Highlighters

18. Maintaining the Interactive Notebook
No ripped out pages or torn corners
No doodling that doesn’t relate to notes
Notebook should only be used in Social Studies. (No other classes!!)
Date and number each page

19. Notebook Author’s Page
Create an authors page for your Interactive Student Notebook.
Include your name and period.
Your authors page should include pictures and words that represent you and your interests.
You can also include pictures and words that represent what we are going to be learning.
Your Author's page should be neat, colorful and creative.
Your pictures and words should represent you and your interests and/or our unit of study.
The words and pictures should be appropriate.

20. Notebook Cover Page
Create a cover page for your Interactive Student Notebook.
Include your name, period, and teacher’s name.
Your notebook cover should include pictures and words that represent what we are going to be studying this quarter.
Your notebook cover should be neat, colorful and creative.