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1st grade Spring social studies activities

Preview of Mother's Day Craft - Flower Bouquet Card Writing Activity

Mother's Day Craft - Flower Bouquet Card Writing Activity

This is the most adorable card for mother's day. It is a writing activity and craft that is in the shape of a flower bouquet for mom! The best part is it will tell mom why she is so special and these flowers will live forever! This craft works for grades K-2. This would also be a beautiful writing display for the month of May! All black-line masters for the Mother's Day craft activity are included in the download.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Preview of Butterfly Life Cycle Complete Science Unit

Butterfly Life Cycle Complete Science Unit

Created by
Linda Kamp
Make learning about the butterfly life cycle even more fun with butterfly activities that combine science, reading and writing with hands on experiments. Students learn the stages of the butterfly life cycle, explore pollination, the compound eye, metamorphosis, adaptations, and so much more! Whether or not you raise live butterflies, this quality science resource is the perfect addition to your life cycle of butterflies activities. This complete science unit is packed with over 25 highly engagi
Preview of Spring Coloring Pages {Made by Creative Clips Clipart}

Spring Coloring Pages {Made by Creative Clips Clipart}

This 11-page coloring book includes a cover and 10 unique coloring pages. This book has a variety of scenes celebrating spring! Use these pages for early finishers, indoor recess, parties, writing prompts and more!This coloring book is included in my CREATIVE CLIPS COLORING BOOK BUNDLE 2. If you have purchased that discounted bundle, you already own this!This product is for PERSONAL USE only and cannot be copied, redistributed or posted for others. Check out my other coloring books to see exampl
Preview of Map Skills- Reading a Map and Activities

Map Skills- Reading a Map and Activities

✅⭐️Are you studying maps in your primary classroom? If so, then you will love this all inclusive NO PREP set! Not only does it go over cardinal directions and how to read a map, it also reviews parts of a map such as the map key, title, and compass rose. It is a perfect lesson to include in your social studies geography unit!⭐Please know that this resource is a PDF. It is great for distance learning if you are sending home packets or are able to transfer it to Google Slides™ to use in Google Cla
Preview of Spring Activities April Bulletin Board Open House Craft Writing Coloring, Growth

Spring Activities April Bulletin Board Open House Craft Writing Coloring, Growth

Ah, Spring. It's time for sunshine, flowers, and end-of-the-year testing. Engage students and make the end of the year fun! Students create a beautiful Spring Craft flower and reflect on all the learning they gained over the year. It is an excellent open-house writing activity and will soon be a new favorite spring craft! It's also great for SEL, Social-Emotional Learning, or growth mindset!The SPRING FLOWER features:♦ A Look How I Have Grown center where students can color and write their name
Preview of Memorial Day Activity  |  Patriotic Soldier Classroom Collaborative Poster

Memorial Day Activity | Patriotic Soldier Classroom Collaborative Poster

Created by
Art with Jenny K
Memorial Day Classroom Collaborative Poster from Art with Jenny K. I promise that your kids won’t soon forget this project! This activity is so much fun because, in the end, you will have a very large (approx. 28” x 35”) poster to display in your classroom, hallway, or front entryway, to honor our soldiers on Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day, and/or Veterans Day. Along the way, students will work together as a group to create this beautiful tribute.The size of the poster varies based on printer se
Preview of Water Cycle Experiments Activities Craft Project Worksheets Vocabulary Cards

Water Cycle Experiments Activities Craft Project Worksheets Vocabulary Cards

Save time planning for your water cycle unit with these hands-on experiments, craft project, vocabulary cards, and activities.You receive:• step by step instructions for 3 water cycle experiments• coordinating pages for each experiment that test students' understanding• links to digital Seesaw recording pages for easy tech integration• 2 sets of vocabulary cards (hand-drawn pictures & real photographs) for the following water cycle words - evaporation, collection, precipitation, condensation
Preview of All Year Count & Graph Shapes Math Bundle incl. Spring & Summer Activity Pages

All Year Count & Graph Shapes Math Bundle incl. Spring & Summer Activity Pages

Created by
Pink Cat Studio
This fun All Year Graphing Shapes Bundle will get your students excited about learning how to count and graph! Students will count shapes and record the totals by coloring in the graph. Students can also color the whole picture. These activities are perfect for morning work, math centers, early finishers, substitutes and homework.Teachers have commented:"My students loved these! So perfect for our graphing unit.""My students need lots of extra help with graphing and this pack is perfect!""These
Preview of Landforms & Map Skills Unit BUNDLE

Landforms & Map Skills Unit BUNDLE

Make learning about geography come to life with this landforms and map skills bundle unit for young learners! Your students will have the opportunity to explore the landforms that shape our Earth, as well as beginning map skills. This bundle contains a variety of printables, projects, crafts, and much more. Also available in...Landforms and Map Skills DIGITAL BundleLandforms and Map Skills PRINT & DIGITAL Mega BundleLANDFORMS pack includes:Recommended book list Landforms posters (landform, b
Preview of Plants, Plant Activities, Parts of a Plant, Plant Life Cycle, Spring

Plants, Plant Activities, Parts of a Plant, Plant Life Cycle, Spring

This pack is jam-packed with lots of fun and interactive spring plant activities to make learning about plants a blast in your classroom! What's Included:-Tops and Bottoms Carrot craftivity flip book: students create a flip book carrot and sort the vegetable pictures by tops or bottoms of a plant-Plants Need Craftivity: students identify the needs of a plant and create a flower craftivity-My Greenhouse: students create their very own greenhouse and plant a seed to watch it grow -Plant Journal: s
Preview of Butterfly Spring May June Bulletin Board Mindfulness Craft: Mindful Monarchs

Butterfly Spring May June Bulletin Board Mindfulness Craft: Mindful Monarchs

Create a bright and beautiful display while encouraging students to reflect on how they can be mindful. This kit is very low prep– print the monarchs on colored paper and have students cut them out, or print on white paper and let the students color them.The monarchs say, "I can be mindful by..." on one wing, with space for students to list three ways to be mindful on the other three wings. Blank butterflies are also included! Product includes multiple versions to best suit your students:Here's
Preview of Black History Month Activity Collaborative African American Biographical "Quilt"

Black History Month Activity Collaborative African American Biographical "Quilt"

Created by
Art with Jenny K
My Famous Faces® of African-American History "Quilt" project is the perfect whole-class activity to do during Black History Month or any time of the year! It connects the individual with the group using hexagons that will tessellate to create a large “quilt” collaboration poster featuring 40 influential African Americans and their biographies. The final poster has a ton of “wow factor” when complete, and I hope it will make a large impact on your students as they learn about these 40 influential
Preview of Social Studies Lessons | PowerPoint & Google Slides | BUNDLE

Social Studies Lessons | PowerPoint & Google Slides | BUNDLE

Created by
Sarah Gardner
It's so hard to squeeze dedicated social studies lessons into our already jam-packed schedules. These short, no-prep, paperless mini-lessons will help you facilitate deep conversations about important topics. Bite-Size Social Studies is perfect for distance learning or remote learning. A paperless, no-prep, narrated version of these lessons will be added, so even the youngest students can learn independently. Send the files home via your chosen platform (Google Classroom, SeeSaw, etc).Each slide
Preview of Plant Investigation Unit: All About Plants, Life Cycle and Needs

Plant Investigation Unit: All About Plants, Life Cycle and Needs

Come explore the world of plants with this investigative science unit! Your students will have the opportunity to explore this topic using: arts and crafts, printables, mini books, science explorations and so much more! This non-fiction pack includes:1. Recommended Book List2. Life Cycle of a Plant Poster3. Life Cycle Cards (clipart set and real photo set)4. Plant Life Cycle Mini Flip Book5. Finish the Plant Life Cycle Student Worksheet6. KWL Chart7. "Can, Have, Are" Graphic Organizer 8. Venn D
Preview of Social Skills (SEL) and Character Curriculum Bundle for Little Learners

Social Skills (SEL) and Character Curriculum Bundle for Little Learners

Social skills (SEL) are essential skills that teachers need to teach just like they need to teach letters and sounds. It is a life skill! The social skills units in this bundle include tons of visual supports, classroom routines, social stories, songs, engaging activities, vocabulary building, booklists, specific SEL lesson plans, positive notes, and much more. Create a classroom community of confident students who can solve problems, follow rules and routines, be kind to others, have empathy to
Preview of Father's Day Craft | Donut for Dad

Father's Day Craft | Donut for Dad

This Father's Day, help your little ones create something sweet and memorable! They'll make a tasty donut, sprinkled with adjectives to describe Dad (or Grandpa, or Uncle...)Included:donut patterns & picsdad, grandpa, and uncle word cards15 sheets of *new* sprinkle adjectivesa blank sheet of sprinkle adjectivesDonut you know? I love you! -donut labelNEW: easy to print version!This is a ZIP file!Please be sure to check out my matching Mother's Day craftivity here on TpT!I hope you love it! E
Preview of All About Me Craft Kid - Back to School Activities

All About Me Craft Kid - Back to School Activities

This All About Me craftivity is so so CUTE! Kids and parents will love it. Great for All About Me Social Studies units, Back to School, or Open House.I like to use this craft at the beginning of the year. It's a fun way to get students excited about writing while allowing them to share about themselves and get to know each other.These are ADORABLE in the hallway during Open House.
Preview of Patriotic Coloring Pages w/ Designs for Memorial Day (and Other Occasions!)

Patriotic Coloring Pages w/ Designs for Memorial Day (and Other Occasions!)

Created by
Art with Jenny K
American Symbols Patriotic Coloring Pages: This set of my interactive coloring sheets (with writing prompts) includes American patriotic symbols appropriate for:September 11thPatriot DayConstitution Day Memorial DayPresidents' DayVeterans' DayFlag Day4th of July...and any American history unit. Students add bold patterns to different Patriotic American symbols and then color their designs to produce a Pop Art-styled artwork. These coloring pages are fun, easy, and unique. It's a sure winner with
Preview of Christmas Around the World Scrapbook

Christmas Around the World Scrapbook

Created by
Sarah Cooley
A TpT TOP SELLER!!!! Take your students on a magical trip aboard Christmas Airlines to learn about Christmas in other countries! This interactive Christmas Around the World Scrapbook is a creative way to track student learning, and is a wonderful keepsake! This 63 page packet comes with a student scrapbook, Christmas Airlines plane boarding passes, passports and passport stamps for the journey, a teacher's guide with suggestions for books to read on your trip, food ideas, and fun crafts for eac
Preview of Life Cycle of a Frog Craft - Science - Spring Activity - Frog Life Cycle

Life Cycle of a Frog Craft - Science - Spring Activity - Frog Life Cycle

Created by
Crystal McGinnis
Frog Life Cycle - I created this life cycle of a frog craft to use while I teach my life cycle science unit. This life cycle activity is the perfect way for students to practice sequencing the life cycle of a frog. This hands-on craft includes the template to make this adorable frog that has the life cycle on the frog's stomach. This would make a perfect hallway display! Use this life cycle during your:Science ActivitiesScience CentersMorning Work ActivitiesLearning Center ActivitiesYou may also
Preview of Butterfly Life Cycle Craft Writing Activity, Life Cycle of a Butterfly Cut Paste

Butterfly Life Cycle Craft Writing Activity, Life Cycle of a Butterfly Cut Paste

Created by
Simply Kinder
Butterfly life cycle and craft to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. A fun hands-on butterfly activity for preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade!Study the lifecycle of butterflies (if you have them in your classroom or not). A fun and interactive book perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade to teach all about the butterfly lifecycle!Get this product as part of a BUNDLE and SAVE!HUGE Kindergarten Science BundleIncluded in this download:Each page is interactive. Students w
Preview of Community Helpers Activity Craft

Community Helpers Activity Craft

Created by
WOWorksheets
Community Helpers Build a community for your social studies community helpers unit with these cute and easy to cut templates. Students will have fun with this 3D building activity and creating a class book on community helpers. Students will enjoy adding their own details to these templates.Included16 Different community buildings craft28 Community HelpersWeb worksheet about community helpersWriting PromptsClass book coverReview printables See Preview!!!Great for Art Center & Writing Cen
Preview of Butterfly Life Cycle

Butterfly Life Cycle

Created by
Karen Jones
Butterfly Life Cycle This fun little interactive craftivity allows your students to reinforce their knowledge of the life cycle of a butterfly. Three differentiated options are included: Version 1 has the students tracing a sentence and coloring the pictures. Version 2 has blank lines for students to write their own sentence and color the pictures. Version 3 has lines for writing their own sentence and space for them to draw their own picture. I’ve included some pictures and tips as well. This
Preview of Plant Life Cycle

Plant Life Cycle

Created by
Karen Jones
Plant Life Cycle This fun little interactive craftivity allows your students to reinforce their knowledge of the life cycle of a plant. Three different options are included: Version 1 has the students tracing a sentence and coloring the pictures. Version 2 has blank lines for students to write their own sentence and color the pictures. Version 3 has lines for writing their own sentence and space for them to draw their own picture. I’ve included some pictures and tips as well. This would look c
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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.

Teaching with social studies resources

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.

Discover printable and digital social studies resources

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.

Frequently asked questions about teaching social studies

What types of social studies lessons are available on TPT?

There are many different types of history resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular social studies lessons include U.S. history, world history, ancient history, geography, civics, and government.

How do I find social studies lessons on TPT?

Educators can save time preparing history lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for social studies resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of social studies lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.