Welcome to World History!
Your Interactive Notebook
Gather Information
Notes from reading & class
Questions to guide reading
Lists
Outlines
Definitions
Homework directions
Use for test review
Use Information
Diagrams
Pictures and cutouts
Creative writing
Flowcharts
Timelines
Drawings
Maps
Examples of Right Page Assignments
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Webs
Diagrams
Poems
Reflections
Comics
Advertisements
Illustrated Outlines
Sensory Figures
Sensory Figures, cont.
Concept Map
Comic Strips
Venn Diagram
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!)
Make a personal introduction on page 1
World History
Period #
Ms. Courain
August 2014
My Notebook
Draw pictures, color, add borders,
add a quote, etc. to reflect who you are
Number your pages
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3
Write this on pages 2 and 3
Gather Information
Notes from reading & class
Questions to guide reading
Lists
Outlines
Definitions
Homework directions
Use for test review
(Notebook is graded on
how complete, organized,
thoughtful, and creative it is.)
2
Use Information
Diagrams
Pictures and cutouts
Creative writing
Flowcharts
Timelines
Drawings
Maps
3
Make a unit cover on page 4
The Fall of Rome
Look through pages 24 -40
for ideas
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5
Make the assignment sheet on page 5
UNIT:
The Fall of Rome
Look through pages 24 -40
for ideas
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5
Notebook Assignment
Possible Teacher
Points
Assessment
Example: The Nacirema
Date:
Lesson: The Nacirema
Facts: (What suggests a
primitive culture?)
1.___________
2.___________
3.___________
Picture:
(What would a
Nacirema person
look like?)
Conclusion:
(What did I learn?)
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7
The need to understand and appreciate
other cultures
What we learn from artifacts
How to analyze an artifact
Why was the object created?
When and where is it used?
Who would use the object?
What does the object tell us about the
technology of the people?
• Does the artifact suggest a primitive or
advanced society?
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An exercise in cultural analysis:
Who are the Nacirema?
Horace Miner’s famous study in the
Journal of the American Anthropologist
Instructions
• Listen carefully to the article.
• Write down facts in your notebook that
suggest the Nacirema are a primitive
people (page 6).
• Draw a picture of what you think the
Nacirema look like in your notebook
(page 7).
• Look on page R26 and R27. Try to identify
the continent and a few potential countries
world where the Nacirema live.
The problem of cultural bias
The cultures of the artifacts: another
look
A primitive people?
An advanced society?
rice paddy
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
What did I learn?
Write a Conclusion on page 6 of your
notebook, about the main idea that you
learned from the exercise about the
Nacirema.