Active Notebooks and Cultural Rubrics

Hi readers!

An active notebook is sort of like a scrap book. We will be placing all of our notes, examples, vocabulary, and other things in the notebooks, like a regular notebook. The difference is that an active notebook is nicer to look at :-) because it involves art!

On every "Notes" page will include the name of the culture, the time the art was made, the name of the style, an example, and any vocabulary you didn't understand. You will underline or hi-lite important information. You will notice that the underlined parts tell you:

• How the art was made
• What the artists used 
• Why the art was made
• and the traditional colors

These are things that really count in art history. We will be comparing these things all year with each culture. 

Other things that can go in an active worksheet are rubrics and hang-outs, especially with information that might be handy on a test. Our first one looks like this:

and as you can see, it is a graphic organizer that lets you see at a glance how Vincent Van Gogh compares to Australian Aboriginal artists.
I think it will be more fun to make our notebooks this way. What do you think?