1. What is the Interactive Notebook?

2. Interactive Notebook Allows students to record information about history in an engaging way. They can… Allows students to record information about history in an engaging way. They can… Transform written concepts into visuals Transform written concepts into visuals Find main points of a political cartoon Find main points of a political cartoon Organize historical events into a topical map Organize historical events into a topical map Draw whatever illustration that makes sense to them Draw whatever illustration that makes sense to them Personalize the historic event Personalize the historic event

3. Interactive Notebooks… Organize the student Organize the student Help students sequence assignments Help students sequence assignments Encourage pride in student work Encourage pride in student work Facilitate cooperative interaction Facilitate cooperative interaction Appeal to multiple intelligences Appeal to multiple intelligences Provide opportunities to spiral instruction and facilitate learning Provide opportunities to spiral instruction and facilitate learning

4. Many student notebooks are drab repositories of information filled with uninspired, unconnected, and poorly understood ideas. Many student notebooks are drab repositories of information filled with uninspired, unconnected, and poorly understood ideas.

5. Interactive Notebooks… Are colorful with diagrams, bullets and arrows Are colorful with diagrams, bullets and arrows Are in pencil and crayon Are in pencil and crayon Are presented in a unique, personal style Are presented in a unique, personal style Key ideas are underlined in color or highlighted Key ideas are underlined in color or highlighted Venn diagrams show relationships Venn diagrams show relationships Cartoon sketches show people and events Cartoon sketches show people and events Timelines illustrate chronology Timelines illustrate chronology Arrows show relationships Arrows show relationships

6. Interactive Notebooks Require Recording history in an engaging way Recording history in an engaging way Use several types of writing and innovative graphic techniques to record history Use several types of writing and innovative graphic techniques to record history Force students to process these ideas Force students to process these ideas They might transform written concepts into visuals They might transform written concepts into visuals Find the main idea of a political cartoon Find the main idea of a political cartoon Use a graphic organizer to place historic events in a relational way Use a graphic organizer to place historic events in a relational way Encourage the use of critical thinking and be more creative, independent thinkers Encourage the use of critical thinking and be more creative, independent thinkers

7. What students need… Notebook, pencil, colored markers or crayons, highlighters Notebook, pencil, colored markers or crayons, highlighters They might use scissors, glue stick, and more colored pens They might use scissors, glue stick, and more colored pens

8. Interactive Notebooks encourage Notes to be organized Notes to be organized Logically ordered Logically ordered Information processing in the student’s brain Information processing in the student’s brain Better understanding of history Better understanding of history

9. Interactive Notebook On the right side record your notes in normal way—teacher input side On the right side record your notes in normal way—teacher input side On the left side—student output side On the left side—student output side Translate your note material into a Translate your note material into a Drawing Drawing Graphic organizer Graphic organizer Mind map Mind map Picture sentence Picture sentence InputOutput

10. Right Side/Left Side Left Side Students Process New Ideas Reorganize new info in creative formats Reorganize new info in creative formats Express opinions and feelings Express opinions and feelings Explore new ideas Explore new ideas Right Side Teacher Provides New Info Class Notes Class Notes Discussion Notes Discussion Notes Reading Notes Reading Notes Handouts with new info Handouts with new info Structured SideCreative Side

11. Right Side Opportunity for teacher to model for students how to think graphically Opportunity for teacher to model for students how to think graphically Teacher organizes the common set of information that all students must know Teacher organizes the common set of information that all students must know

12. Left Side Requires students to process information Requires students to process information Requires students to actively do something with the information to internalize it Requires students to actively do something with the information to internalize it Gives students permission to be playful, imaginative, experimental, creative Gives students permission to be playful, imaginative, experimental, creative Allows various learning styles to process information Allows various learning styles to process information

13. Sample

14. What can go in it???? Anything Anything Drawings Drawings Poetry Poetry Raps Raps Graphic organizers Graphic organizers Cartoons Cartoons Maps Maps Charts and graphs Charts and graphs Invitations Invitations Letters from famous people Letters from famous people Let your imagination go!!! Be creative!

15. Why Interactive Notebooks? Students use both their visual and linguistic intelligences Students use both their visual and linguistic intelligences Approach understanding in many ways Approach understanding in many ways Use many types of writing and graphic techniques Use many types of writing and graphic techniques Each student can select their best medium to explore and learn new content Each student can select their best medium to explore and learn new content

16. Why Interactive Notebooks? Note taking becomes an active process Note taking becomes an active process Students are invited to take notes—it’s fun! Students are invited to take notes—it’s fun! Students will read their notes—they have to in order to process for the left side Students will read their notes—they have to in order to process for the left side Students will be working with (rehearsing) the information which facilitates learning Students will be working with (rehearsing) the information which facilitates learning Students will actively be involved with history Students will actively be involved with history

17. Why Interactive Notebooks? Notebooks help students to systematically organize as they learn Notebooks help students to systematically organize as they learn Organization is key to the notebook Organization is key to the notebook Concepts like Concepts like Table of Contents Table of Contents Numbering pages Numbering pages Recording SOL numbers Recording SOL numbers Topic headings Topic headings They stress the organization of a book They stress the organization of a book

18. Why Interactive Notebooks? Notebooks become a portfolio of individual learning Notebooks become a portfolio of individual learning These are personal These are personal Creative Creative They record student growth in history They record student growth in history They show progress They show progress They serve as a chronological record of the learning and are great for review They serve as a chronological record of the learning and are great for review

19. Examples from History Alive! MosaicPoem

20. Historical Caricature

21. Silhouette—Mind Notes Pictowords

22. T-charts Wheels Provocative Statements--opinions Postcards Posters Report Cards Cartoons or Comic Strips Perspectives Collages Mosaics Tables Charts and Graphs Invitations Illustrated Timelines Illustrated Outlines Illustrated Dictionaries Historical Journals Flow Charts Eulogies Facial Expressions Book Covers CD Covers Annotated SlidesAnnotated Illustrations Annotated Maps Advertisements

23. Sources History Alive. Interactive Notebook. Palo Alto: Teachers’ Curriculum Press. 1999. History Alive. Interactive Notebook. Palo Alto: Teachers’ Curriculum Press. 1999. History Alive. Six Powerful Teaching Strategies. Palo Alto: Teachers’ Curriculum Press. 1999. History Alive. Six Powerful Teaching Strategies. Palo Alto: Teachers’ Curriculum Press. 1999. History Alive Website. http://www.historyalive.com History Alive Website. http://www.historyalive.com http://www.historyalive.com