1. A SOCIAL STUDIES APPROACH ADAPTABLE FOR ANY CURRICULUM! ISN: Interactive Student Notebook

2. Pick a partner…

3. Have you ever heard your students say…

4. Getting it together with the ISN: The Purpose More than a drab, lifeless tool, the Interactive Student Notebook invites students to:  Become successful note takers  Get systematically organized  Create a portfolio of individual learning for historical memory

5. Teacher’s Curriculum Institute - Theories Theory and Research-Based Active Instruction Lessons are based on five well established theories:  Understanding by Design (Wiggins and McTighe)  Nonlinguistic Representation (Marzano)  Multiple Intelligences (Gardner)  Cooperative Interaction (Cohen)  Spiral Curriculum (Bruner) Constructivism (Piaget)

6. Preview Assignments  Are short and engaging  Draw a parallel between key social studies concepts and students' lives  Spark interest and activate prior knowledge  Prepare students to tackle new concepts

7. Graphically Organized Reading Notes  Use graphic organizers  Tap visual and linguistic intelligences  Contain testable information

8. Graphically Organized Reading Notes Cornell Note Taking

9. Graphically Organized Reading Notes Cornell Note Taking

10. Processing Assignments  Require higher-order thinking skills  Incorporate multiple intelligences  Apply what students learned in the lesson

11. Materials Materials: Art tools: markers, colored pencils, crayons, etc… Glue sticks Scissors Sticky Notes Art Bins for Groups

12. So, what’s in it for me?

13. ELA Possibilities…

14. ELA Possibilities

15. Math Possibilities…

16. Science Possibilities

17. Science Possibilities…

18. Organizational Ideas…

21. LMS: Learning Management Systems TCI online

22. LMS: Learning Management Systems Google Classroom

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