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 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.
The Right side is “Restricted” and contains teacher guided notes. Nothing else should be placed on the Right side!!

6. 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 contains the notepad icon and will contain all the testable material.

7. Examples of Right Side Assignments
Notes
Study Guides
Vocabulary

8. Left Side
The left side belongs to you. It contains your bellwork and the day’s activity. On this page you may include diagrams, cartoons, drawings, poems, foldables, etc.

9. Examples of Left Side Assignments
Warm-Up
Webs
Diagrams
Poems
Reflections
Comics

10. Sensory Figures

11. Concept Map

12. Acrostics

13. Comic Strips

14. Venn Diagram

15. CYOA options

16. Student Materials 5 Subject Notebook Pens Colored pencils Glue sticks
Scissors
Highlighters

17. 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 each page