Social Studies & History Interactive Notebooks

Students will become familiar with 11 maps and 4 map projections. This is an interactive notebook activity that students can use throughout the year to refer to. It is suggested that students complete 3-4 per class period.

This is more than simply reading the maps, but asking questions that will have students become familiar with and be able to recognize and make connections. This lesson asks connection questions such as: What does the word "plat" mean? What do you think this is called a plat map? What does this map use to communicate information? Why would this map be referred to as a locator map?

If you wish, you could modify this lesson to be a carousel activity instead of an interactive notebook activity, placing the maps around the room and having students move from one station to the next. Modify to meet your students needs.

Reading Activity ............................................................... page 1

Political Map ..................................................................... page 2

Physical Map ..................................................................... page 3

Road Map .......................................................................... page 4

Plat Map .............................................................................. page 5

Locator Map ....................................................................... page 6

Choropleth Map ................................................................. page 7

Dot Distribution Map ........................................................ page 8

Graduated Symbol Map ................................................. page 9

Isoline Map ......................................................................... page 10

Cartogram Map.................................................................. page 11

Topographical Map .......................................................... page 12

Mercator Projection .......................................................... page 13

Robinson's Projection ....................................................... page 14

Goode's Interrupted Pojection ........................................ page 15

Peter's Projection ............................................................... page 16

MATERIALS:

o Let’s Map It PowerPoint (Included) + Technology to show PP and/or suggested videos.

o One notebook per student, composition notebooks work best (Will act as their interactive notebook)

o Glue, double-sided tape, colored pencils, scissors, and other needed art supplies.

o Title Page (Full page copy)

o Table of Content (Full page copy)

o Page 1 (Full page copy)

o Page 2-13 (2 per page to save paper & ink) If you have the capability to print full-page, do so.

o Page 14-15 (Full pages copies)

o Internet access and books on maps for reference.

INCLUDES:

o Introduction PowerPoint

o Reading Activity

o Table of Contents

o Student title page to decorate for the cover of the notebook.

o 15 pages of map interactive notebook activities.

o Grading checklist

This lesson is laid out to last 5 days but can be shortened to last 3-4 days.

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Interactive Notebooks are an effective, creative & engaging way to encourage your students to take an active role in their learning process. This unit on U.S. Imperialism will invite students to take a journey through time—having them critically explore colonialism from a variety of perspectives through the analysis of primary sourced based materials. Students will demonstrate their understandings through hands-on projects and discussion pieces. The graphic organizers and foldables in this resource are designed to be folded, cut, glued, & written upon in effort to enhance your instruction of history. A summative multiple choice assessment is included!

Materials:

• Teacher Reference Guide
• Slide Presentation (91 Slides) with video clips
• Interactive Notebook Student Handouts
• Secondary Sources: ‘A Peoples’ History’ & a chapter from U.S. Textbook
• Unit Exam & Answer Key

Time Frame:

• 1.5 weeks

Topics covered include:

• Japan- ‘Gunboat Diplomacy’
• Alaska- Seward’s Purchase
• Hawaii- Annexation
• Midway Islands
• Cuba- Spanish American War
• Philippines
• Panama Canal & the Obstacles
• China- The Open Door Policy

If you liked this lesson see other related lessons here:

• Native American Residential Schools in the U.S. (Gallery Walk Activity)
• RETHINKING HISTORY- Through the Narratives of Christopher Columbus
• The 'Bill of Rights' Time Travel
• Westward Expansion & the Transcontinental Railway: Exploring Perspectives
• The Cold War and Vietnam

United States Imperialism

Benchmark Resources Description SS.7.C.2.1 Define the term "citizen," and identify legal means of becoming a United States citizen. SS.7.C.2.2 Evaluate the obligations citizens have to obey laws, pay taxes, defend the nation, and serve on juries. Also Assesses: SS.7.C.2.3—Experience the responsibilities of citizens at the local, state, or federal levels. Also Assesses: SS.7.C.2.14—Conduct a service project to further the public good. This unit has interactive notebook pieces, assessments, and tons of paper based and technology based items. There are 21 items in this file that hits every part of the standards listed above. It includes a variety of lessons which meet multiple intelligences and different leveled learners. There is no extra work needed. Just pick and chose, print and go!

Topics Included (but not limited to):

• Citizenship
• Forms and Systems
• Enlightenment
• Founding Documents
• Colonial Concerns
• Glossary

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Types of Activities for each unit Included (but not limited to):

• Create an Instagram for an Enlightenment Thinker
• Question Practice
• Readings & Dialectical Journals
• Videos and Questions
• Interactive Vocab Activities
• Visual Vocab
• Learning Goal Charts to start each unit!
• Bellwork to start each unit!
• Close Readings
• DBQs

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Product Description/ Breakdown:

This is a Google Slide with interactive tabs. This would be distributed to each student via your Distance Learning or Classroom platform per student. This can easily be printed, downloaded as a pdf, or downloaded as a PowerPoint to meet your learning needs in this crazy teacher world that we teach in. This unit has a huge variety of styles to make learning needs and to achieve learning goals! It has Readings, Document Based Questioning, and Video Q&A's. Check this out and click to follow to stay informed as more pop up in my store. Bundle in the digital interactive notebook: ACTIVITIES, BELLWORK/ BELLRINGERS, GUIDED READINGS, LEARNING GOAL CHART, DBQ’S, READING STRATEGIES, VOCAB, & MUCH MORE

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Civics Standards: SS.7.C.1.6 Interpret the intentions of the Preamble of the Constitution. SS.7.C.1.9 Define the rule of law and recognize its influence on the development of the American legal, political, and governmental systems. This unit has interactive notebook pieces, assessments, and tons of paper based and technology based items. There are 30 items in this file that hits every part of the standards listed above. It includes a variety of lessons which meet multiple intelligences and different leveled learners. This has a variety of Document Based Questioning activities as well as EOC Prep activities where students measure their knowledge. There is no extra work needed. Just pick and chose, print and go! File items included, but not limited to: -Learning Goal Chart with standards and "I can" statements -Assessments with standards & levels of questions attached -Alternative Learning Units (MULTIPLE) -Input/ Processing activities -Output/ Formative Check items -Close Reading -Bellwork -EOC Practice Items -ETC! ETC! ETC!

Civics Standards:

SS.7.C.1.6 Interpret the intentions of the Preamble of the Constitution.

SS.7.C.1.9 Define the rule of law and recognize its influence on the development of the American legal, political, and governmental systems.

SS.7.C.1.7 Describe how the Constitution limits the powers of government through separation of powers and checks and balances.

SS.7.C.2.5 Distinguish how the Constitution safeguards and limits individual rights.

SS.7.C.3.6 Evaluate Constitutional rights and their impact on individuals and society.

This unit has interactive notebook pieces, assessments, and tons of paper based and technology based items. There are 47 items in this file that hits every part of the standards listed above. It includes a variety of lessons which meet multiple intelligences and different leveled learners. This has a variety of Document Based Questioning activities as well as EOC Prep activities where students measure their knowledge. There is no extra work needed. Just pick and chose, print and go!

File items included, but not limited to:

-Learning Goal Chart with standards and "I can" statements

-Assessments with standards & levels of questions attached

-Alternative Learning Units (MULTIPLE)

-Input/ Processing activities

-Output/ Formative Check items

-Close Reading

-Bellwork

-EOC Practice Items

-ETC! ETC! ETC!

SS.7.C.1.1 Recognize how Enlightenment ideas including Montesquieu's view of separation of power and John Locke's theories related to natural law and how Locke's social contract influenced the Founding Fathers. SS.7.C.1.2 Trace the impact that the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact, and Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" had on colonists' views of government. This unit has interactive notebook pieces, assessments, and tons of paper based and technology based items. There are 30 items in this file that hits every part of the standards listed above. It includes a variety of lessons which meet multiple intelligences and different leveled learners. This has a variety of Document Based Questioning activities as well as EOC Prep activities where students measure their knowledge. There is no extra work needed. Just pick and chose, print and go! File items included, but not limited to: -Learning Goal Chart with standards and "I can" statements -Assessments with standards & levels of questions attached -Input/ Processing activities -Output/ Formative Check items -Close Reading -Bellwork -EOC Practice Items -ETC! ETC! ETC!