American Symbols | President's Day | Leader Roles | Voting BUNDLE

Liven up social studies curriculum with this BUNDLE of activities for American Symbols, the roles of the Mayor, Governor, and President with off-year election voting materials, as well as tasks for President's Day. Your teacher-life will be easier and your lessons fun to teach! Below are details of what you will get:

US Symbols and Landmarks Activities

Looking for fun ways to help your students learn about and understand U.S. Symbols? The United States recognizes many patriotic symbolizations which remind us of the individualism, inventiveness, and freedom that make our country so wonderful. This is the perfect supplement to your curriculum or use as a stand-alone resource. Teaching suggestions with multiple and varied options make it all easy. Included are enough activities and ideas for one to two weeks of study. My students love these activities; I think yours will, too!

Here are the symbols covered:

⭐ American Flag-original and current with information and a compare/contrast anchor chart
⭐ The Pledge of Allegiance-two versions to illustrate
⭐ The National Anthem-illustrated teacher book and small student copy
⭐ “America the Beautiful”-to illustrate
⭐ ”You’re a Grand Old Flag”-text
⭐ The White House-informational page
⭐ The Supreme Court House-informational page
⭐ The US Capitol Building-informational page
⭐ Statue of Liberty-information, note taking page, and anchor chart with student response page
⭐ The Great Seal-information and anchor chart with student response page (includes Bald Eagle information)
⭐ The Liberty Bell-information and note taking page
⭐ Uncle Sam-information and note taking page
⭐ The Rose, Motto, and Tree are included but do not have separate lessons
⭐ Multiple Responses-many open ended, for small/large group discussions
⭐ Writing prompts-open ended
⭐ Symbols poetry
⭐ Links to virtual tours, informational videos, etc.
⭐ Assessment-multiple choice

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Social Studies TEKS: 1.14A, 1.14B, 1.14B, 2.1B, 2.14A, 2.14B, 2.18A, 2.18B, 2.18E, 2.19A, 2.19B, 3.1A, 3.1C, 3.9A, 3.14B, 3.14C, 3.15A, 3.15C, 3.15D, 3.15E

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US Symbols in Brief

Here are 21 passages on American Symbols for sharing with students. Written to give brief information, not full lessons; these passages can be just the thing for distributive practice or to set up further research or lessons. There is a picture or photograph for each page to engage students while a student/s or the teacher shares the passages.

Use them to: enhance Morning Meetings, introduce a social studies lesson, pull out for review, practice oral reading of non-fiction texts, read in small groups and then debate/discuss which one is more important, select two to compare and contrast as a writing prompt or Venn Diagram, use to stimulate discussions, review, or discuss content vocabulary for ESL students. I’m sure you will come up with more ideas; and I’d love to hear about them. The text in the Preamble to the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence passage, that might be required in some curriculum, are included on the appropriate slides.

Here are the symbols covered:

⭐ American Flag
⭐ The Pledge of Allegiance
⭐ The National Anthem
⭐ USA
⭐ The President
⭐ The White House
⭐ The Supreme Court House
⭐ The US Capitol Building
⭐ Air Force One
⭐ Lincoln Memorial
⭐ Washington Monument
⭐ Mount Rushmore
⭐ Statue of Liberty
⭐ Bald Eagle
⭐ Great Seal
⭐ The Constitution
⭐ The Declaration of Independence
⭐ Liberty Bell
⭐ Uncle Sam

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TEKS Social Studies: 1.14A, 1.14B, 1.14C, 1.17B, 1.18A, 1.18B, 2.1B, 2.14A, 2.14B, 2.14C, 2.14D, 2.18B, 2.19A, 2.19B, 3.7A, 3.7B, 3.8A, 3.8B, 3.14B, 3.14C, 3.15D, 3.15E

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President’s Day

Celebrate President’s Day and learn about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and our current President. Read informative texts, organize ideas with graphic organizers--comparing and contrasting facts, practice vocabulary with worksheets, writing tasks, and more. Our new President, Joe Biden, has graphic organizers for recording facts about him as well. Make this an informative and easy-on-you day with the parts of this resource. UPDATED 12-20.

Included in this unit:

⭐ Books to assemble—“Who Can be President?” and “What Does the President Do?”
⭐ Original poem to share—“What It’s Like to Be President?”
⭐ Informational sheets and graphic organizers George Washington and Abraham Lincoln with graphic organizers on Joe Biden
⭐ 2 comparing graphic organizers
⭐ 2 worksheets
⭐ Writing prompt with 2 format options

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NOTE: PARTS OF THIS UNIT (THE 2 BOOKLETS) ARE DUPLICATED IN MY ELECTION AND VOTING UNIT.
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SOCIAL STUDIES TEKS: K1.A, K2.A, K3.B, K9.A, K9.B, K.14B, 1.1B, 1.2A, 1.2C, 1.3A, 1.12A, 1.12B, 1.16B, 1.16C, 1.18A, 1.18B, 2.1B, 2.2A, 2.2B, 2.12A, 2.17A, 2.18A, 2.18B, 2.19B, 3.1A, 3.9B, 3.11A, 3.17A, 3.17B, 3.17C

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Mayor, Governor, President Roles, and Voting Materials

Off-year elections are just as important to study as the big one every four years. Learning the roles a Mayor, Governor, and President play in our government are addressed here as well. We need to think about the basic knowledge students need to learn to be the basis of their understanding for the next five to ten years.

This resource will give you lots of supplemental pieces to make that learning stretch beyond the few paragraphs in a textbook. It’s designed to make your teaching easier and learning FUN! The prep is low and there are even assessment pieces included. While not all pieces are appropriate for all grades listed, there is an overlap offered to accommodate differentiations.

Here’s what you’ll get:

⭐ 3 Bubble Map Graphic Organizers for Party, Candidate, or Issue Information
⭐ Voter Registration Cards
⭐ 2 Open Ballots
⭐ “I Voted” Badges
⭐ A Tallying Page for Analyzing Voting
⭐ A Ballot Box to Assemble (Tissue Box Needed)
⭐ Interviewing Questions for Mayor, Governor, & President, Answer Cards, & Props
⭐ 3 Graphic Organizers for Recording Learned Information
⭐ Sorting Worksheet on Mayor, Governor, & President
⭐ Student Response Form to Record Learning
⭐ 4 Poems
⭐ U.S. Senator & Representative Sorting Worksheet
⭐ Assessment Worksheet
⭐ QR Code Links for Fiction Texts to Use as Springboards for Discussions

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Social Studies TEKS: 1.12B, 1.13A, 1.14D, 1.17A, 1.17C, 2.11A, 2.11B, 2.11C, 2.12A, 2.12B, 2.12C, 2.13A, 2.17B, 2.17D, 2.18A, 2.18D, 2.19A, 2.19B, 3.9A, 3.9B, 3.9C, 3.11C, 3.17B, 3.17C, 3.18B

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