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

6. RightSide Right is for learning!
The Right side belongs to Mrs. Edwards
The Right side has all “testable” information

7. Examples of Right Side Assignments
Articles to read
Notes
Graphic Organizers
Questions

8. Left Side
Left is for “reflection”
The Left side belongs to YOU!

9. Examples of Left Side Assignments

10. Advertisements

11. Illustrated Outlines

12. Sensory Figures

13. Sensory Figures, cont.

14. Concept Map

15. Acrostics

16. Comic Strips

17. Venn Diagram

18. Student Materials Spiral notebook Colored pencils Glue stick
Maybe tape

19. Maintaining the Interactive Notebook
No ripped out pages or torn corners
No doodling that doesn’t relate to notes
Date, Title and number each page