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1st grade social studies activities for Google Apps
Seven Continents & Five Oceans Unit: Slide Shows, Reading, Activities, & More!
Need an easy to use comprehensive resource for the major landmasses and oceans of the world? This social studies unit is packed full of facts, features, differentiated reading passages and comprehension questions, a research 3D globe craft, a collaborative poster for your hallway display, and much more to help you bring the seven continents and five oceans to life! Find everything you need all in one place!Click the Preview to View MoreThis unit includes:Continents Facts & Features Slide Sho
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1st - 5th
My Community Unit (with Google Slides)
I had so much fun doing community unit with my students! Update: Now with Google SlidesThis unit includes:anchor chart pieces and student sheet (Communities have: people, places, activities)Fun in my community graphic organizerMy Community then and nowTypes of communities flip bookTypes of communities writing prompt (opinion writing)Sentence writing Community helpers graphic organizer: service they provideRead, Think, Match3 Reading passagesCommunity Scavenger hunt Fun in my community class book
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1st - 3rd
Virtual Field Trip: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade & Balloons Over Broadway
Buckle up and head to NYC for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! This virtual field trip covers the history of the Thanksgiving Day Parade- from the Wondertown Windows to the behind the scenes of the magnificent parade that is broadcasted all over the world today! This virtual field trip will start by giving your students some hints as to where they will be traveling. Students will make predictions. Students will access prior knowledge about New York City, Thanksgiving, and the Parade.Your stud
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K - 6th
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2nd Grade Social Studies Communities Curriculum YEAR LONG Bundle Units
2nd Grade Social Studies! Lesson plans, comprehension, vocabulary, and activities! This mega bundle features units that focus on 2nd grade community themes in social studies (although it can be used in 1st or 3rd grade as well. This bundle features all of my units 1-6 in a giant bundle that includes over 450 pages! You save when you bundle instead of buying them individually! This can also be used alongside Michigan's MC3.GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS LINKS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PDF DOWNLOAD ON THE GO
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K - 3rd
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Landforms Digital Activities for Google Slides™
Make learning about geography come to life with this landforms unit for young learners! Your students will have the opportunity to explore the major landforms that shape our Earth in a fun and engaging way... and all digitally! The best part: it is paperless, no-prep and Google™ saves student's work automatically.Included are the following landform activities:1. A Virtual Field Trip consisting of 14 major landforms (using links to Google Earth™):beachcanyondeserthill island lakemountain ocean pl
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Landforms Print & Digital Activities BUNDLE
Landforms and Map Skills Print & Digital Activities MEGA BUNDLE
Make learning about geography come to life with this landforms and map skills unit for young learners! Your students will have the opportunity to explore the major landforms that shape our Earth and important beginning map skills using both printable and digital activities. Landforms PRINTABLE activities include:Recommended book listLandforms posters (landform, beach, canyon, desert, hill, island, lake, mountain, ocean, plain, plateau, river, valley, volcano, waterfall)Word Wall (beach, canyon,
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1st - 3rd
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Citizenship | Being a Good Citizen BUNDLE | Print and Digital
Are you looking for a way to teach your students what it means to be a good citizen? This best selling BUNDLE enables you to teach good citizenship at home, school, and the community - perfect for the first few weeks of school!!! This complete no-prep unit contains hands-on activities will keep your students engaged while learning! Note: This now contains a link on page 2 of the PDF that allows you to make a copy for Google Classroom. The task cards have a separate Google Classroom link. The act
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1st - 3rd
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Map Skills Digital Activities for Google Slides
Learning about map skills is super fun when using Google Classroom and Google Slides. In this resource, students have fun identifying, sorting and labeling maps, globes, landforms, bodies of water, cardinal directions and more! These activities can easily be separated and assigned over several lessons.Activities included in these Map Skills Google Slides:- Four slides introducing, sorting, identifying and recognizing uses for maps and globes.- Four slides introducing, sorting, identifying and la
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Map Skills Printable and Digital Bundle of Activities
Election Day - Mock Election & Voting Activities
Are you looking for a fun way to teach your students about Election Day? With this mini reading comprehension unit, your students will love learning about elections and the voting process. It is so important that our students understand the voting process and how it works.Inside this Election Day unit, you will get a comprehension book with quick checks that will teach them all about elections in a kid friendly way. Then they’ll complete the comprehension flipbook to show what they’ve learned. T
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1st - 3rd
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Print and Digital Memorial Day Activities | Google Slides | Distance Learning
Print and Digital Memorial Day Activities This Print and Digital Memorial Day Activities (Google Slides) product includes 30 interactive Memorial Day Google Slides to help teach about this holiday in a meaningful way! See below for what is included:** Print version now available!!Print and Digital Memorial Day Activities :- KWL Chart- Memorial Day Anchor Chart - Free Response Pages- Vocabulary Practice- Branches of the Military & Writing- 2 Slides include videos: PBS Kids Memorial Day and M
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K - 5th
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2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum Community Unit
A community unit that includes lesson plans, comprehension, vocabulary words, activities, and even a unit assessment. Unit follows along with the Michigan Citizenship Curriculum for 2nd grade, however, with the community theme it is applicable in almost any place.GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS LINKS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PDF DOWNLOAD ON THE GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS PAGEItems are also accessible for distance learning via Google Slides/Forms.Want to see a sample lesson? CLICK HERE FOR A LESSON FREEBIEIn this pac
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: 2nd Grade Social Studies Communities Curriculum YEAR LONG Bundle Units
See Think Wonder Write BUNDLE Morning Work Digital Distance Learning
This See Think Wonder Write bundle comes with 175 photographs and fast fact sheets to use in your classroom! The photographs are used to spark thinking, questioning, analyzing, evaluating, describing, inferring, and meaningful writing! Students will also learn through lively and vivid discussions with their peers about the photographs. PERFECT for differentiated morning work that meets ALL learners where they are!What is included in this bundle?This bundle includes both sets of my See Think Wond
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K - 2nd
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Social Media Template Bundle Instagram, Snapchat, & Twitter with DIGITAL OPTION!
Engage and connect with your students through social media templates!Looking for an idea for a project? These can be used over and over again throughout the year and your students will love them!Use these as an entrance or exit slip, as a bulletin board, back to school activity, or end of year wrap up! They can retell a story from a novel, pretend to be a historical character, you name it! So versatile, and so easy for you! Your students will LOVE these!Ideas for Use:❁Back To School Get to Know
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K - 12th
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Classroom Rules | Back to School | Rules for Behaviors Kindergarten 1st Grade
Grab some Classroom Rules and Back to School Rules printables are here. These are integrated, age-appropriate back-to-school rules printables, anchor charts, discussion, and more. This is great for Back to School or the Beginning of the Year, but also any time after a school break. This download now INCLUDES a digital option!These Classroom Rules and Back to School Rules are the perfect Kindergarten or First Grade resource to use with your class. Students will make connections to these hands-on
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Social Studies Bundle for Kindergarten and First Grade Printables
Remembrance Day - The Story of the Poppy (Canada) Google Slides Included
Remembrance Day is celebrated in schools all over Canada and it is important for children to understand this special day. I wanted to be able to explain the significance of Remembrance Day to my kids, so I created this resource for them. It begins with the Story of the Poppy in kid friendly language with appropriate visuals. I present this as a slideshow first. The story traces the history of the poppy in Canada and how this little flower became such an important symbol of remembrance.The writin
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K - 3rd
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The Five Oceans: Facts & Features Slide Show, Flip Book, Activities, Assessment
Building an understanding of Earth is important, and this geography resource is perfect for covering the 5 oceans of our world. This resource includes a slide show with key facts and features, a flip book to record information, pocket chart cards, activities, and assessment. This resource includes digital options as well!Please click the preview to view more!WHAT'S INCLUDED:- Facts and Features Slide Show (PPT, PDF, and Google Slides options included)- Flip Book (3 versions)- Pocket Chart Cards-
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1st - 5th
American Flag & U.S. Patriotic Symbols Virtual Field Trip Flag Day Memorial Day
Looking for an activity about the American flag & patriotic symbols? Let your students take a Virtual field trip using technology! Using this digital resource, your students will learn all about the Flag, Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty, Bald Eagle, and Star Spangled Banner. It's a great way to supplement or give your students additional background for your Social Studies or Reading lessons. This google slides resource features two digital picture choice boards with over 20 links to engagin
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PreK - 2nd
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Grade One Ontario Social Studies Bundle
Full Year Grade 1 Ontario Social Studies Updated for 2023. Fully Digital, now with Interactive Student Google Slides. Complete Grade 1 Social Studies Bundle by The Classy Sisters. This bundle includes the units Our Changing Roles and Responsibilities and the Local Community. These units are presentation based and come with a teacher's guide and student workbook. Everything you need to teach Grade 1 Social Studies the entire year!Looking for More Classy Sisters Units?Grade 1 ScienceFor the Grade
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1st
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2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum History Unit Communities
This unit looks at communities in the past and the present. It allows you to show your students how your own community started and where it is today. There are activities that discuss how we live now compared to the past. Look below to see what is included! GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS LINKS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PDF DOWNLOAD ON THE GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS PAGEDigital files available to download via Google Slides and FormsWant to see a sample lesson? CLICK HERE FOR A LESSON FREEBIE6 Lesson Plans5 Reading
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: 2nd Grade Social Studies Communities Curriculum YEAR LONG Bundle Units
Lewis and Clark with Sacagawea Unit - Historical Figures and Famous Americans
Teaching our students about historical figures and explorers who helped to shape the world they live in is an important part of social studies instruction. Our young students love learning about famous Americans who explored the frontier of our country. Lewis and Clark along with Sacagawea are some of these important historical figures and explorers. This resource gives you an age-appropriate way to teach about the Lewis and Clark expedition in your primary classroom. This Lewis and Clark with S
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1st - 3rd
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Virtual Field Trip Day of the Dead Dia de los Muertos 1st Grade Digital Resource
⭐️Let’s all take a field trip! In this Virtual Field Trip for Kindergarten and 1st-grade, students learn about the Day of the Dead or Dia de Los Muertos! This virtual field trip contains video links, images, passages, and more. Students explore the Day of the Dead through multimedia and YouTube links. ⭐️This resource integrates a variety of skills. Students watch videos and read small blurbs to help them complete drag and drop activities with movable pieces about what is Day of the Dead is, why
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K - 2nd
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Listening Center All About Mega Bundle - Digital Resource
The Listening Center All About Mega Bundle is a bundle of digital nonfiction readers. These are perfect for 1-2 grade students. Audio is included on all slides. The readers come in Google Slides and Seesaw! Each reader set includes informational slides (super engaging and interesting info is provided!), vivid photographs, and text-dependent response slides. The readers in this mega bundle can be completed on a tablet or computer. Included topics:Turkeys Apples LeavesPumpkinsSquirrelsBatsFire Saf
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1st - 2nd
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Long Ago and Today | Then and Now Social Studies | Google Slides
Life Long Ago vs. Life Today This is a Google Slides file that covers "then and now" social studies lessons. These lessons teach about life long ago as it compares to life today. I have included 3 Google Slides Lessons that require no extra materials for students to complete, though some writing activities have a black & white print option as well. The 3 lessons could easily be stretched across more days as needed. Students will make comparisons between life long ago vs. today. The Google Sl
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K - 2nd
2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum Geography Unit Maps Landforms
A geography unit that includes lesson plans, comprehension, vocabulary words, activities, and even a unit assessment. Unit follows along with the Michigan Citizenship Curriculum for 2nd grade, however, with the community theme it is applicable in almost any place.GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS LINKS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PDF DOWNLOAD ON THE GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS PAGEGoogle Drive accessible files are available in slides/forms via links.Want to see a sample lesson? CLICK HERE FOR A LESSON FREEBIELesson Plan Ti
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: 2nd Grade Social Studies Communities Curriculum YEAR LONG Bundle Units
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Importance of learning social studies
Social studies offers valuable insights into history, geography, and much more. Social studies captivates students by providing them with perspectives from the past, present, and future, allowing them to understand history and navigate current events. It enables them to appreciate how previous generations have shaped their present reality. In essence, social studies opens their eyes to the vastness of life beyond their immediate surroundings.
Benefits of learning social studies
Learning social studies offers many benefits to students in terms of helping them develop a holistic understanding of the world. Namely, it helps them:
- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
By teaching social studies, teachers can help students develop critical thinking skills, foster civic engagement, and promote social awareness and responsibility.
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On TPT, social studies resources come in various formats, from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of social studies concepts, or to reteach a tricky topic. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning social studies will be so much easier.
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If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable or digital social studies resources, TPT has an extensive array of instructional materials for every learning need, topic, or grade level. Whether you’re teaching students about America’s democratic process, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., how to read maps, or World War II, we’ve got you covered.
Social studies resources on TPT offer informative lessons, engaging texts, intriguing facts, interactive puzzles, and enjoyable trivia games. These grade-specific resources ensure that all students can access age-appropriate materials that stimulate their minds and enhance their creative thinking abilities.
For instance, first graders can explore worksheets on senses and emotions, followed by a coloring page featuring Harriet Tubman. Older students can test their knowledge with quizzes on statistics and capital cities, then delve into the history of the Underground Railroad through an informational sheet or enjoy a word search focused on civil rights leaders. With such a wide variety of subjects and topics covered, our social studies pages provide endless opportunities for students to explore the world in captivating ways.
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