A SOCIAL STUDIES APPROACHADAPTABLE FOR ANY CURRICULUM!

ISN: Interactive Student Notebook

Pick a partner…

Have you ever heard your students say…

Getting it together with the ISN: The Purpose

More than a drab, lifeless tool, the Interactive Student Notebook invites students to: Become successful note takers Get systematically organized Create a portfolio of individual learning for historical

memory

Teacher’s Curriculum Institute - Theories

Theory and Research-Based Active Instruction

Lessons are based on five well established theories: Understanding by Design (Wiggins and McTighe) Nonlinguistic Representation (Marzano) Multiple Intelligences (Gardner) Cooperative Interaction (Cohen) Spiral Curriculum (Bruner)

Constructivism (Piaget)

Preview Assignments

Preview Assignments Are short and engaging Draw a parallel between key social studies concepts

and students' lives Spark interest and activate prior knowledge Prepare students to tackle new concepts

Graphically Organized Reading Notes

Graphically Organized Reading Notes Use graphic organizers Tap visual and linguistic intelligences Contain testable information

Graphically Organized Reading Notes

Cornell Note Taking

Graphically Organized Reading Notes

Cornell Note Taking

Processing Assignments

Processing Assignments Require higher-order thinking skills Incorporate multiple intelligences Apply what students learned in the lesson

Materials

Materials:Art tools: markers, colored pencils, crayons,

etc…Glue sticksScissorsSticky NotesArt Bins for Groups

So, what’s in it for me?

ELA Possibilities…

ELA Possibilities

Math Possibilities…

Science Possibilities

Science Possibilities…

Organizational Ideas…

Organizational Ideas…

Organizational Ideas…

LMS: Learning Management Systems

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LMS: Learning Management Systems

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