INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS



AP GOVERNMENT INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS – Hoilman 2019-2020

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Throughout the year you will create an interactive notebook that will allow you to record, collect, and analyze information in a variety of ways. As you learn new ideas, you will use several types of writing and graphic techniques to record them and make sense of the material we are studying. This will encourage you to use your critical thinking skills to organize, synthesize, and evaluate information. As a result, you will become a more creative and independent thinker. This is a summative assignment grade. I will grade it quarterly for a project grade, but sometimes I break it down into multiple collections. NO LATE COLLECTIONS ON THIS ASSIGNMENT.

You will have a menu of options to choose from to earn mastery points. You may earn extra opportunity points if you go above and beyond the minimum content knowledge & critical thinking required for mastery. This opportunity will allow you to complete the work you need to complete to master the content of the course, while applying evaluative and analytical skills of comparison, application, creativity, and critical thinking & writing.

Preparing to use your Notebook:

The following materials are necessary to begin and are included on your mandatory supply list for class:

A spiral notebook and a variety of pens, pencils, markers, hi-lighters, glue sticks and paper.

Getting Started:

To begin you Interactive Notebook you will create a cover page. Your cover page is the first page in your spiral and it must include the following information:

(Title of the course (Your name (Your class period

(Diagrams, illustrations, news headlines, etc. (things that you associate with the class)

This is the first impression you communicate about your notebook so be sure it is creative and thoughtful!

Beginning a unit or chapter of study:

At the beginning of each new textbook chapter or unit of study, you will create a chapter title page. Every assignment for the chapter goes behind the chapter title page. It is an organized way to divide the material. There will be a table of contents that goes in a foldable pocket next to each title page.

On the right side of your notebook, you will include the chapter or unit title and number. Again, be somewhat creative. DON'T just scribble in pencil.

On the left side of your notebook, you will include information that has been transformed or processed. This includes vocabulary charts, analytical article summaries, diagrams, etc.

Notebook Organization:

Using your notebook, you will record information in a logical, organized fashion. You will use the right and left sides of your notebook for very specific tasks (similar to the theory that your brain is divided into two hemispheres and each is responsible for certain skills and abilities).

The Right Side of your notebook is the "input" side. Typically, all homework, lecture notes, discussion brainstorms, etc. is found here. You will use the right page to

(take lecture notes, complete the 2 C’s (confusion, curiosity, cool), hi-light vocabulary

(complete book Q. & A. assignments (and all questions must be copied) – prove you understand this information by writing answers in your own words, adding margin notes when I review the HW, etc.

Remember: YOU WRITE ON THE RIGHT!

In your notes on the right side, use the following techniques to help you remember and process key information:

(vary the size & boldness of the letters

(write key words or ideas in color

(underline/hi-light key words or ideas

(hi-light questions so that answers are easier to find

(use bullets to separate important ideas

The Left Side of your notebook is the "output" side. It is used to process and transform the new ideas that you are learning into a different format. Often times, there will be specific assignments for the left side of your notebook. Article analyses are always left pages and must be summarized with an opinion or a statement of why the topic is important. You will use the left side to:

(clarify your values on controversial issues AND explore your opinions by reflecting on articles

(organize what you learned on the right side into charts or graphic organizers

(reinforce vocabulary, key dates, influential people, historical developments, etc.

You will do this by:

(illustrating

(making diagrams (flow charts, T-charts, Venn diagrams, vocabulary webs, etc.)

(drawing stick figures and writing dialogue between them or labeling their actions

(clipping comics, political cartoons, or news articles and summarizing how they relate to the information in the unit

(creating personal notes with stickies or reading tickets, vocab. flash cards or flip-ups, etc.

EVERYTHING ON THE RIGHT MUST HAVE AN ACCOMPANYING LEFT PAGE!

You generate some left pages, but often times I supply you with entries or mandatory graphic organizers and maps. It is essential that you put effort into this summative project. The left side, especially, is where you SHOW ME YOU UNDERSTAND the information I have taught or the material you have read. ASK IMMEDIATELY if you need help generating ideas for left-page entries.

As mentioned above, there will be a menu of content work that you can choose from to better learn the material in a way that suits your learning style and adjusts to your level of understanding and needs. Your summative grade is dependent upon the work you complete. Your portfolio is graded based on the amount of work you complete, the quality of that work, and your analytical – creative thinking skills. Some assignments are required, based on curriculum standards, and will not be optional. Your grade is directly associated with your effort, commitment, completion, and analysis. Although the notebook is time consuming, and for many students can be tedious, it is also a way to prove your mastery of the curriculum and improve your grade. Keep in mind that the work you complete in your notebook has a positive correlation with your quiz and test scores.

Appetizer – minimal selection of entries in addition to required entries – no re-test, re-writes or test corrections

Entrée – medium selection of entries in addition to required entries – limited & specified options to mastery

Full course dinner – maximum number of entries – re-test, re-writes and/or test corrections

Dessert – analytical vocabulary flashcards or charts with visuals and examples – can be applied to summative quizzes, tests & projects

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