1. Write Your Own History Text “Your Interactive Notebook” “Interactive Notebook” The care and feeding of your “Interactive Notebook”

2. How to format On the front inside cover attach your Table Of Contents. Table of Contents Left Side Right Side Standard: Students in grade 7 study the social, cultural and technological changes that occurred in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas in the years AD 500- 1789

3. Standard Standard: Students in grade 7 study the social, cultural and technological changes that occurred in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas in the years AD 500-1789

4. How to format On the first page of your IAN create a title page for your IAN. Table of Contents Left Side Right Side IAN Semester 1

5. IAN Title Page Be sure you write a title on this page - “Medieval World History” Demonstrate what you know about world history Famous structures (pyramids, Parthenon, Great Wall of China) Persons (King Tut, Pericles, Ashoka, Australopithecus, Emperor Qin) Ideas (mapmaking, “the wheel,” domestication of plants and animals) Other items you associate with world history. List or illustrate items you may have questions about or want to learn more about ninjas, King Henry VII, how did the Maya built their pyramids?

6. How to format continued Number each of your pages. All odd numbers (1,3,5,7,9 …) will be on the right side. All even numbers (2,4,6,8,10 …)will be on the left side Make sure you do not leave two pages stuck together.

7. On the Right Side of IAN Input- is information given to you in order for you to create meaning, a project, reflection, etc.

8. Input is usually given to you by the teacher. Teacher Notes Assignments Text book info. Films Hand outs Mini lessons Reading material Ideas from others Primary and Secondary sources Key terms/words

9. On the Left Side of your IAN Output -is information produced by your thinking. Output is your ideas about your learning. This side allows you to think about the assignment. Output is the terrific student work.

10. Output –Drawings MIT, Wanted Poster, Comm. Plaque –Historic Poetry –Responses –Reflections –Projects –(K-W-L) –Classwork –Homework – Your creative thinking –Research –On your own

11. The two sides are interactive They work together!

12. Good IAN Habits Write clearly Add color (colored pencils work best, they don’t bleed through) Attach all extra pages neatly and as soon as possible Store it in the social studies section of your binder, this saves wear and tear on the cover When you attach pages, fold the page horizontally about three inches from the top so that you can read the title. Tape it in so that you can fold the page out and still be able to read both sides.

13. BIG IAN “No No’s” Never leave your IAN at home, you will need it every day Never tear out any pages from your IAN, that will mess up the numbering Never use your IAN for other classes Do not lose your IAN, it will be very hard to replace all the work you will do in it. Don’t use felt tip markers in it they will “bleed through” and make it hard to read the other side Don’t paste papers in in such a way that you can’t read what your wrote.

14. DAILY ORAL GEOGRAPHY (DOG) Start at the back of your IAN on page 140 140DOG week 1

15. DAILY ORAL GEOGRAPHY (DOG) Put the title for each week (DOG week 1, 2, etc.) Write down the question, leave space to write the answer When the class debriefs the answers, record the answer in the space you left Write very neatly and legibly, you will be able to use this text on the weekly DOG Quiz.

16. DOG Quizzes Dog Quizzes are 10-20% of your grade. If you are absent, get the DOG you missed from a friend or consult the www.challengerms.org You will be accountable for the DOG when you return, and you must take the quiz. After the quiz has been graded and returned, attach it to the page on which you recorded your weekly DOG information. This way you will have proof of your score and that you took the quiz.