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It is no secret that every person learns in a different way. I have students that must act something out in order to fully retain information, while others want to write about it, draw about it, or even just talk about it. However, it is also not a secret that much of history involves retaining and memorizing information in a way that it is incredibly difficult to avoid note-taking. In my classroom, we don't avoid it, we adjust it, taking notes in our own fashion determined by our own learning style. I offer my students three different note-taking options for their interactive notebooks (Cornell notes, graphic organizers, and my own form of "doodle notes" that I design myself), which allows them independence and choice in their learning, leading to greater creativity and productivity. At my current school, I am given 3,000 sheets of paper per 18 weeks for 150-160 students. Supplies are extremely scarce, and after spending so much personal income last year on copy paper, I am reaching out so that my students do not have to go without (152 stdnts, 15 sheets per stdnt/wk, 18 wks this semester = 41,040 sheets). The necessity of paper and pencils, seemingly such basic materials, will have a lasting impact on my classroom this year. Not only does diversified note-taking increase classroom engagement, but will allow for the creation of pictures, political cartoons, responses, and writings that will allow my students to dive deeper into history than ever before. We focus on not only learning history, but writing our own, and we are in need of paper and pencils to do just that!

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It is no secret that every person learns in a different way. I have students that must act something out in order to fully retain information, while others want to write about it, draw about it, or even just talk about it. However, it is also not a secret that much of history involves retaining and memorizing information in a way that it is incredibly difficult to avoid note-taking. In my classroom, we don't avoid it, we adjust it, taking notes in our own fashion determined by our own learning style. I offer my students three different note-taking options for their interactive notebooks (Cornell notes, graphic organizers, and my own form of "doodle notes" that I design myself), which allows them independence and choice in their learning, leading to greater creativity and productivity. At my current school, I am given 3,000 sheets of paper per 18 weeks for 150-160 students. Supplies are extremely scarce, and after spending so much personal income last year on copy paper, I am reaching out so that my students do not have to go without (152 stdnts, 15 sheets per stdnt/wk, 18 wks this semester = 41,040 sheets). The necessity of paper and pencils, seemingly such basic materials, will have a lasting impact on my classroom this year. Not only does diversified note-taking increase classroom engagement, but will allow for the creation of pictures, political cartoons, responses, and writings that will allow my students to dive deeper into history than ever before. We focus on not only learning history, but writing our own, and we are in need of paper and pencils to do just that!

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