Social Studies Notebooks

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Social StudiesNotebooks

• Your Guide to the World

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What Goes in Your Notebook

• Illustrations
• Questions
• Diagrams
• Maps
• Charts
• Timelines

• Cartoons
• Brainstorming
• Opinions
• Ideas
• Notes from your teacher, textbook, books,
  Internet, etc.

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How to Use Your Notebook

• The first page of your notebook is the Title
  Page. Make it your own.
• Create a Table of Contents.
• Write page numbers on the front and back of every
  page.
• Every page needs a title and date.
• Always close your notebook before putting it
  away.

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How to Use a Social Studies Notebook

• Your notebook is for your writing
• Draw a thin line through errors. Do not take the
  time to erase them.
• You can share your notebook and read notebooks of
  others.
• When you get ideas from others, add them to your
  notebook

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Opportunities for Assessment

• Self or Teacher
• Scoring Rubric (self and / or teacher scores)
• Notebook Reflections

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Benefits of a Social Studies Notebook

• Provides a place to show what you know
• Offers a chance to write about what you see /
  read / research / do
• Allow a place to record ideas /questions /
  thinking to share
• Improves learning