Notebook Check is coming!

By popular demand, I am creating a table of contents that contains the work from the first two units of the school year. You should have a Construction paper Divider for each unit (which has already been provided), followed by a page of journal entries (numbered by day), followed by paperwork from each unit in order by the day they were handed out.
You might be asking yourself, “why does Mrs. Coleman ask me to keep a notebook?” The answer is threefold
1) To teach you organization (this is a valuable life skill that cannot be underestimated)
2) To help you prepare for tests/finals (a good notebook makes studying easier)
3) To allow me to look at work that I did not officially take up for a grade before.

*Note* Not every day will have a journal entry or a handout, just leave that blank or write “none”. The rest should be tentatively ordered as follows:


Unit 1 Civil War/ Reconstruction
Journals: (To stay in the front just behind each divider)
Day 1 (none)
Day 2: -Do we need a Constitution today? Why or why not?
Day 3 The Constitution is like a…(Creating visual metaphors)
Day 4 Based on What you have learned, which side (North or South) do you think was better equipped to win the war?
Day 5 Civil War in 4 minutes
Day 6 If you were a parent, and one of your children ran away,
what would you do once the child had returned? Would you (1)
punish the child to discourage him or her from running away again
or (2) accept a promise from the child that he/she would never run away
again?
Day 7 Analyze political cartoons


Day 1 Constitution Scavenger Hunt
Day 3 North/South Matrix
Day 4 Civil War Learning Centers
Day 5 The Presidents” Lincoln
Day5/6 Reconstruction Questions
Day 7 Puzzle Review

Construction Paper Divider

Unit 2
The American West
Journals:
Day 1 (None)
Day 2 Journal Read about life in the Great Plains-The Dakota Land poem List 5 things this poem teaches you about the Great Plains
Day 3 (none)
Day 4 Thomas Nast Cartoon Analysis
Day 5 Discuss 2 ways life changed for Native Americans after settlers began to enter the Great Plains
Day 6 Journal Analyze the political cartoon entitled “Which will Win?” and answer questions:

Day 1 5.1 worksheet
Day 2 Geography of the West/ Note taking (Chapter 5.1)
Day 3 Culture Clash Matrix (from Skits)
Day 4 Power Point note taking on Wars between “White Man” and Native Americans
Day 5/6 Power point note taking on Homesteaders, and Railroads
Day 6 Wizard of Oz worksheet
Review Puzzle and Study Guide

Good luck! And Be ready for a pop notebook quiz at ANY TIME!
PS, I promise, the system will get easier for you all after the first check!