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 information that you have “learned”. This side contains teach guided notes. Nothing else should be placed on this side!!!
The Right side is how you will “Remember” This is the side that you can use to show me your creativity.

6. Right-Side
The left side belongs to you. On this page you may include diagrams, cartoons, drawings, poems, foldables, etc.
Even Pages

7. Examples of Right Side Assignments
Webs
Diagrams
Poems
Reflections
Comics
Vocabulary Doodles
Concept Maps
Advertisement
Puzzles
Posters
Brainstorming
Thoughts / Opinions
Poems
Journal Entries
T-Charts
Quick Writes
Songs or Raps
Flowcharts
Drawings

8. Advertisements

9. Illustrated Outlines

10. Sensory Figures

11. Sensory Figures, cont.

12. Sensory Figures, cont.

13. Concept Map

14. Concept Map

15. Acrostics

16. Comic Strips

17. Venn Diagram

19. Left-Side
The right side belongs to me and should only contain teacher directed guided notes. Nothing else should be placed on this page!
Odd-Pages

20. Examples of Left Side Assignments
Notes
Study Guides
Vocabulary

21. Student Materials Spiral Notebook or Composition Book
Pens and or pencils
Colored pencils
Glue sticks, you may provide your own tape
Scissors
Highlighters

22. 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