1. Social Studies Interactive Notebook Your Key to Success

2. Have you ever heard your students say...

3. Get students organized with an…

4. InputOutput It is a way to record information in an engaging student-friendly way. It can… Transform written concepts into visuals Be used to find main points of political cartoons Be used to organize historical events into topical maps Tap into student’s creative outlet. Personalize the historic event What is an Interactive Notebook?

5.  Restricted to teacher input only  Poorly understood ideas  Repository of information  Teacher input and student output  Ideas are processed using creative and varied techniques  Organized information

6. Traditional notes Textbook Information Reading notes Handouts Reorganize information Express their opinion Explore new ideas Be playful and experimental

7. Reorganize information Express their opinion Explore new ideas Be playful and experimental

8. Examples of Left Side Assignments… Mosaics Webs Acrostics Diagrams Pictowords Poems Comics

9. Sensory Figures Caricatures

10. ISNs – They’re Not All Alike Annotated Slides 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 Illustrations Annotated Maps Advertisements

11. Traditional notes Textbook Information Reading notes Handouts

12. Examples of Right Side Assignments Study Guides Vocabulary Class Notes Discussion Notes Cornell Notes Handouts with new info

13. Samples

17. Getting Started Have students save 5-6 pages at the front of the notebook to house information about notebook, cumulative table of contents or any other pertinent info. Have them number the pages immediately so that they start in an organized fashion

18. Getting Organized At the front create a Table of Contents –It organizes the information –It can be as detailed as desired –It will help when evaluating student work Each unit should begin with a title page and have a more detailed list of contents for grading purposes

19. Students illustrate each new unit title page Personalize their notebooks again Opportunity for creativity Allows for connection and sequencing of activities

20. Keep a Master Keep a master notebook of assignment directions and due dates available at all times for absent students Make it the students’ responsibility to make-up incomplete assignments and check on notebook activity when absent

21. Maintaining the Interactive Notebook Tips: No ripped pages or torn corners No doodling, unless it relates to the notes Notebook should ONLY be used for Social Studies Date and number each page

22. Sources History Alive. Interactive Notebook. 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 http://www.historyalive.com

24. Cornell note taking stimulates critical thinking skills. Note taking helps students remember what is said in class. A good set of notes can help students work on assignments and prepare for tests outside of the classroom.

25. Developed in 1949 at Cornell University by Walter Pauk. Designed in response to frustration over student test scores. Meant to be easily used as a test study guide. Adopted by most major law schools as the preferred note taking method.

26. First & Last Name Class Title Period Date Topic Questions, Subtitles, Headings, Etc. Class Notes 2 1/2” 3 to 4 sentence summary across the bottom of the last page of the day’s notes

28. Summary is added at the end of ALL note pages on the subject (not page) Summary added AFTER questions are finished Summary should answer the problem stated in the subject.

29. (Diagram copied during lecture ) (Questions about it ) How do the ticks find the cattle? Why don’t the ticks usually kill their host? How could tick infestations in cattle impact humans?

30. 1. KNOWLEDGE: recalling information 2. COMPREHENSION: understanding meaning 3. APPLICATION: using learning in new situations 4. ANALYSIS: ability to see parts & relationships 5. SYNTHESIS: Use parts to create a new whole 6. EVALUATION: judgment based on criteria

31. Your questions should reflect: Info you don’t understand or want to discuss with your teacher/tutor. Info you think would go good on an essay test. Gaps in your notes.

32. Notes go here, in the large right hand column. Questions, subtitles, etc. go here, in the left hand column. Remember, we want higher level critical thinking questions. A 3 to 4 sentence summary down there on the bottom of the last page of notes Don’t forget the heading: Name, Class, Period, Date, Topic

33. Basic Cornell Notes Instruction Sheet Progression Samples

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37. May reflect headings in PowerPoint lectures Leave room on the left for questions and diagrams Leave plenty of room within the outline for student note-taking

38. Provide students with skeleton computerized Cornell notes Students re-copy their notes that night into their journal – –Automatic review – –Kinesthetic learning – –Can edit, look-up words – –Prompts higher-level questions – –Absentees can target on what they need to know

39. Designed by Paul Bullock Senior Program Specialist & Anne Maben AP Science Coach