Message from nventura

[Anonymous]

I have also had great success using History notebooks. I found it very convinient to have students complete all of their work in one place. My favorite thing about it, is that it provides a comparative look at history from student generated chapters of learning, which the students can keep and use in the future. The grading of these notebooks was managable for me because I stamped work in progress and homework everyday, and gave a grade for the week every Friday. Having the work due on Friday was helpful because lower level learners could work at a comfortable pace and ask for extra help, while higher achieving students were able to complete challenges and extra credit assignments that allowed them to think more critically. Using History notebooks is also an awesome organization tool in the classroom. Students are very well aware that their grade is heavily weighed on the notebook, and for the most part the students took that very seriously. I highly reccomend using History notebooks in the classroom!