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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
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PreK - 1st
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Kindergarten Social Studies Curriculum Interactive Notebook Worksheets
High-quality and engaging social studies interactive notebook resources that are developmentally appropriate for kindergarten can be hard to find! Covering a wide array of social studies topics, this interactive notebook keeps kindergarten learning organized in one convenient location! This interactive notebook includes the following resources that are perfect for kindergarten:Over 100 interactive worksheetsSocial studies posters and sorts for whole-class instructionOver 130 vocabulary cards Thi
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PreK - 1st
Black History Month Social Studies - History Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Black History Month for children in kindergarten and first grade explained with a non fiction story. This unit also contains 17 unique templates for craftivities to help the children remember, practice writing and better comprehend the important achievements of these people.You can use this in the reading/literacy center, as an emergent reader or for group reading. It is also appropriate for a great (hi)story sequence activity.You can print it or use with your laptop, projector or Ipad in class.
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PreK - 3rd
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Holidays Around the World Book and Activity BUNDLE | Christmas Around the World
BUNDLE of Adapted Books and Activities for Holidays Around the World • Christmas Around the World • Take your students on a trip around the world. Travel to 21 different countries and celebrate a different holiday tradition at each stop with this set of leveled, adapted readers. Please download the preview file to see an in-depth look at what's inside of this bundle, or read this blog post.This adapted book bundle is included in Adapted Book Club. Get access to 600+ adapted books by joining Adap
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PreK - 4th
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Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Books & Writing Activities for Kindergarten
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Books and Writing Activities for KindergartenLearn with easy readers or nonfiction readers with activities for the year!Easy to read print & go or digital books for little learners (preschool, kindergarten, and first grade) for a HUGE variety of topics to support learning all year long!This is an ENDLESS bundle and will include all Easy Readers we make. Each book includes a cover and 6 informational pages. Sentences are simple but not decodable for kinderga
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PreK - 1st
Community Helpers Crafts Bundle 1 | Career Day Activities
If you are looking for a fun way to teach your students about community helpers, this Community Helper Crafts Bundle #1 is full of great hands on activities! Students will love cutting and pasting together their choice of 10 different crafts: chef, construction worker, doctor, farmer, firefighter, mail carrier, nurse, police officer, teacher, and veterinarian. These crafts are great for a "When I Grow Up" themed unit and will make a great bulletin board! Click HERE to SAVE by buying this resou
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PreK - 2nd
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Holidays Around the World Activities for Special Education - BUNDLE
Holidays Included:Christmas - ReligiousChristmas - Non-ReligiousHanukkahKwanzaaDiwaliSt. Lucia's DayLas PosadasChinese New YearIncluded in this Product:8 adapted books - 1 for each holiday Leveled Comprehension for Each Book (including whole group teacher version) 55 Vocabulary CardsFile Folders - 8 Errorless & 4 Holiday Sorts125 WorksheetsRecipes Simple Crafts If you have any questions about this product, please e-mail me before purchasing at myspeciallearners@gmail.com. Thank you for visit
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PreK - 3rd
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NATIVE AMERICAN THEMATIC UNIT
A fun, engaging way to learn all about the different Native American tribes is by using this Native American Social Studies Unit!This product includes a variety of resources while teaching a Native American thematic unit. Resources are included for social studies, read aloud lessons, whole group or small group instruction, as well as, literacy and math centers!THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:Science/Social Studies Lesson Plans Use these lesson plans to GUIDE your thematic Native American unit. Native A
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PreK - 2nd
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Winter Holidays Around the World - Christmas Around the World - Narrated Slides
This Winter Holidays Around the World bundle of Powerpoint Presentations is a great unit for your students to learn all about different winter holiday and Christmas traditions in different countries!Learn all about Christmas and winter holidays in 12 countries with fully narrated, stunning, full-color Powerpoint packed with photographs, facts, and a look into the countries' most special traditions. The best part?! I talk so you don't have to!Each presentation can be played in 2 ways:1. Manual:
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PreK - 4th
US Government / 3 Branches / Election / Voting Unit - Differentiated Resources
This unit is perfect for your special education, elementary, or co-taught US History class. Topics covered are the three branches of government, important documents (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights), political parties (Democrat and Republican), and voting. Perfect to prepare for a discussion about the upcoming election!
A WIDE range of resources allow for each learner to be successful at their own level and give multiple ways to learn.
Interactive Notes: 2 levels
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PreK - 12th
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Printable Interactive Old Testament Bible Story Bundle
Teach your kids the Bible stories with this HUGE set of Printable Old Testament Scripture Story Characters!New to printable scripture stories? You can try them out for FREE here: FREE Scripture Story PrintablesThis set of printable graphics was handmade with felt, and then meticulously digitized to create high quality printable images for your Bible storytelling. The printable set goes perfectly with The Jesse Tree Advent as it includes all the characters and images you need to tell stories lead
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PreK - 6th
Black History Month Activities
Black History Month Activities - These Ruby Bridges, Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks Activities are designed for younger students. Your students will love learning about these figures in Black History and about their impact on the world. The simple reader, write and draw activities, and cut and paste activities will be perfect to teach your young students about Ruby Bridges, Rosa Parks and Jackie Robinson during Black History Month. These Black history Month Activities
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PreK - 2nd
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Long Ago and Today / Past and Present Bundle
This long ago and today bundle has everything you need for your lessons on the past and present. Your students will have a blast with these social studies lessons, including games, centers, readers and much more!This bundle contains these 5 different resources:- Long Ago and Today/Past and Present- Long Ago and Today Interactive Reader- Long Ago and Today Puzzles- Long Ago and Today SCOOT/Write the Room- My Timeline Templates - A past and present activitySave on these long ago and today resour
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PreK - 1st
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Creative Curriculum Teaching Strategies Gold Clothes Anchor Chart
Do you use Creative Curriculum’s Teaching Strategies Gold in your classroom? After using it for the past 10 years, I have found each year, as I approached a new curriculum, I was scrambling to come up with the materials I would need for each unit. With this set, you won’t have to! Utilizing this set in your classroom, you will have all of the materials necessary to create an Anchor Chart reflecting the “Clothes” unit. This downloadable set includes the TSG Anchor Chart topics of:- What do we kno
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PreK
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Wants and Needs, Goods and Services Economics Bundle of Worksheets
Everything you need to cover your primary economics unit is covered in this bundle of printable and digital resources. Your students will love learning about wants and needs, goods and services, earning and saving as well as producers and consumers.This wants and needs and goods and services bundle includes:⭐️Wants and Needs Google Slides:- Students identify, list examples of, and label examples of needs and wants.- Students complete sentences and answer questions about things people need, thing
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PreK - 1st
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7 Continents Printables + Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions + Play
A best-selling money-saving bundle of all seven continents; Asia, Antarctica, Africa, South America, Europe, Australia, and North America. Your students will love these fun-fact-filled continent study projects, reading comprehension passages with multi-choice questions, differentiated booklet options, boarding passes, postcards, and continent-themed fun worksheet activities! Each Continent Study 11-page PDF includes the following:a map of the continent a map of all seven continents nine super fu
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PreK - 4th
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BUNDLED September Unique Learning Systems Task Boxes- Unit 1 Government
**Save 40%** Need extra independent tasks to pair with Unique Learning System (ULS) lessons? I’ve got you covered! These interactive independent task boxes & work stations use Symbolstix images to coordinate with the Unique Learning System (ULS) September Unit 1--Government Rules & Laws. **monthly digital versions coming soon!**This file includes:* addition task cards (1-10) with worksheet* subtraction task cards (1-10) with worksheet * tens frames 1-10* tens frames to 1-20* tens frames
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PreK - 12th
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Creative Curriculum Teaching Strategies Gold Buildings Anchor Charts
Do you use Creative Curriculum’s Teaching Strategies Gold in your classroom? After working with this program for over 10 years, I have found each year, as I approached a new curriculum, I was scrambling to come up with the materials I would need for each unit. With this set, you won’t have to! Utilizing this set in your classroom, you will have all of the materials necessary to create an Anchor Chart reflecting the “Buildings” unit. This downloadable set includes the TSG Anchor Chart topics of:W
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PreK
Fire Safety Crafts Bundle | Fire Truck | Firefighter | Fire Safety Week Activity
Fire Safety Cut and Paste SetThis is a Fire Safety craft set that includes patterns and directions to make a Dalmatian, fire, fire department, fire hat and badge, fire hydrant, fire truck, fireman, and a fireman with a hose. It includes all the necessary templates for xeroxing. Just copy onto construction paper! Each download PDF includes:1. A photograph of the project2. Directions3. Patterns that can be copied directly onto colored construction paper and then cut out by students.4. Patterns th
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PreK - 2nd
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Holidays Around the World | GROWING BUNDLE
Follow the Gingerbread Man around the world as he learns about different holidays and traditions! This bundle is the perfect way to expose children to different holidays and the different ways holidays are celebrated around the world! These activities will keep your kiddos engaged and excited to see where the Gingerbread Man is off to next!Each Country Includes: Postcard from the Gingerbread Man (multiple versions included) - with fun facts about that country's holiday traditions!Craft – simple
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PreK - 2nd
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Personal Financial Literacy Bundle: Kindergarten & First Grade (Money & Income)
Need some resources to help your students master the basics of personal financial literacy (income, job skills, wants, needs, goods, services, spending, saving, charitable giving)? This is just the bundle for you! This comes with interactive notebook components, posters, and activities to use during your personal financial literacy unit.
We still love you if you’re not teachin’ in Texas. You can still download and use for your financial literacy or economics units!
What does the Financial Lit
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PreK - 1st
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Fairy Tale Story Maps, Retelling Activities, Fairy Tale Sequencing, Map Skills
Kids will love using these fairy tale story map retell printables to create story maps to practice retelling stories, sequencing, and map skills to build oral language, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. This resource was also designed to help you integrate social studies and teaches kindergarten and first grade children about map skills such as using a compass rose and following cardinal directions.Story Retell Maps Include: Story Mapping with Little Red Riding HoodStory Mapping with The Gi
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PreK - 2nd
Women's History Month Social Studies - History Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Women's History Month for children in kindergarten and first grade explained with a nonfiction story. UPDATE! This unit now contains 28 unique templates for craftivities to help the children practice writing, remember and better comprehend the important achievements of these women.You can use this in the reading/literacy center, as an emergent reader, read aloud or for group reading. It is also appropriate for a great (hi)story sequence activity.You can print it or use with your laptop, projecto
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PreK - 3rd
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Ancient Civilization Mini Books Bundle for Early Readers - Six Civilizations
This Ancient Civilization Mini Books Bundle is perfect for your students to learn about six different civilizations! These books can be used for a very basic study in lower elementary grades! This is perfect for Pre-k, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade. Each page has a basic fact about that civilization and a scene or illustration to get students to connect to the words. The scenes can be colored in as a fun activity for the students! this is a perfect way to introduce each ancient civilization to you
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PreK - 2nd
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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.
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