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 “left” for you. This is the side that you can use to show me your creativity. There are a few “Required” items that must be on that page.
The Right side is “Restricted” and contains teacher guided notes.
Nothing else should be placed on the Right side!!

6. Left Side
The left side belongs to you. It contains your warm-up and the day’s activity. On this page you may include diagrams, cartoons, drawings, poems, foldables, etc.
Odd Pages

7. Left Side Beginning of Class
Top of the Page will be your “Learning Goal”
End of Class
Proof: What evidence can you tell me/show me that proves you learned something. (score yourself from 1-3)
Vocabulary: Define in your own words
Reflection: This will be a reflection on the assignment. This is where your creativity really gets to come alive.

8. Examples of Left Side Reflections
Webs
Diagrams
Poems
Reflections
Comics

9. Advertisements

10. Illustrated Outlines

11. Sensory Figures

12. Sensory Figures, cont.

13. Concept Map

14. Acrostics

15. Comic Strips

16. Venn Diagram

17. Right Side
The right side belongs to me and should only contain teacher directed guided notes. Nothing else should be placed on this page! The right side will contain most of your testable material.
Even Pages

18. Examples of Right Side Assignments
Notes
Study Guides
Vocabulary

19. Social Studies Notebook Supplies
Scissors
Glue stick
(several thru the year)
1- SUBJECT composition Notebook per Semester
Erasable pens & pencils
HIGHLIGHTER
colored pencils
NO CRAYONS! NO MARKERS! They bleed through!

20. 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

21. For the front of your INB…
Getting Started: Step 1
For the front of your INB…
The name of the course:
7th Grade Social Studies
The words: Interactive Social Studies Notebook
The class period that you have social studies:
Ex. Period 1
The school year:
Your teacher: Mrs. Hohn
Your name: (self explanatory)
TWO OR MORE Social Studies
PICTURES:
You can draw, get them from
a magazine or print from the
Internet.
Social Studies
Notebook
My Name
My Grade

22. 7th Grade Social Studies
Interactive
Social Studies
Notebook
YOUR Name
YOUR Period
Mrs. Hohn

23. STEP 2
Starting with the 1st page, number the first 50 pages. The 1st page is 0 – EVEN numbers will always be on the RIGHT and ODD numbers on the LEFT. Number at the TOP OUTSIDE CORNER of every page.
Inside front cover 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHORS PAGE
“ALL ABOUT YOU PAGE”

24. (The first few pages will be REFERENCE PAGES)
STEP 3
At the top of PAGES 0,1,2,3, & 4, write Table of Contents. Divide each page into 4 columns: Date, Topic, Page # , HW
Inside front cover 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHORS PAGE
“ALL ABOUT YOU PAGE”
(The first few pages will be REFERENCE PAGES)

25. Table of Contents
DATE
Topic
PAGE # HW

26. Table of Contents 9/7 Reading Guidelines 5 INB Guidelines 6 DATE Topic
PAGE # HW
9/7
Reading Guidelines 5
Author’s Page
INB Guidelines 6

27. Sample
Author
P a g e

28. STEP 4 On pages 5 and 6, you will write guidelines. 3 4 5 6
Reading Guidelines
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
INB GUIDELINES

29. Reading Guidelines Read with a pen in hand Take notes on the margin
Underline or Highlight important facts
Ask Questions
Pre-read the questions so you know what to read for
Look for important information in the article, bolded, italicized word, underlined words, and caption boxes

30. Notebook Guidelines Do not RIP OUT pages or tear corners
All handouts MUST BE GLUED IN!
Please don’t DOODLE unless it relates to social studies
Your INB should only be used for Social Studies CLASS and COMES TO CLASS EVERYDAY
Each page should have the DATE, PAGE# and TITLE
Write ALL entries in the Table of Contents
BE COLORFUL & LOVE YOUR NOTEBOOK

31. Now You're Ready!
Social Studies’
Notebook

32. Your Homework...
Make sure you have your TITLES at the top of each page to help you to remember what you need to PASTE
Complete your AUTHOR’S PAGE and the COVER of your INB
Both are DUE ON Monday. You can do these on a separate piece of paper and paste them into/onto your
notebook.