Civics Column Notes

Here are my column notes.  They are truly a labor of love.  I cannot take all the credit.  My co-teacher, Mrs. B, has read and edited these for me.  A big thank you!  I think they are error free.

Most of the answers can be found in the SOLs.  Some of the background information is not there.  You should be able to fill them in.

As with all of my items, please use them in your classroom.  However, please do not resell these for your monetary gain.  These are for use in your classroom to help your students.

Let me explain a little about my column notes.  On the left side of the page is the SOL information. Some people refer to this part of the column notes as skeleton notes.  The right side of the column notes are for the student to think about the information they just have been introduced.  They could be answering questions, drawing, creating a thinking map or other things.

I personally use a document camera, an LCD projector and a white board to show my notes and I write directly on the board.  Before the document camera I made transparency copies for an overhead and used that.

Additionally, I put all column notes on green paper.  I also have the students make a "column notes"  section in their binder.  It is a great test and SOL review.

I put the column notes on their own website. It is a Google site and you need a Google log in to see them.
https://sites.google.com/site/civicscolumnnotes/home

Above is a picture of my room.  My student desks are in pods now- I set my desks up like this for testing.  I'll have to take pictures of the pods and the desk management system I have devised.  

Happy Teaching!
C