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Black History Month Craft: African American Inventors - Set of 6
Do you need cute and easy crafts for Black History Month? You got them! This set has SIX crafts or craftivities of African American inventors and their inventions: George Carver, George Crum, Lewis Latimer, Garrett Morgan, Philip Downing, and Alfred Cralle. These crafts will make a fantastic bulletin board for Black History Month or can be used for your school hallway decoration! Next time your students crunch on a potato chip, get a scoop of ice cream, eat a peanut butter sandwich, look at a tr
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PreK - 1st
Ruby Bridges Writing Craft Craftivity Black History Month Women's History
Use this Ruby Bridges Writing Craftivity along with learning about Black History Month or Ruby Bridges unit of study.Included:Text Suggestions"Brave Like Ruby" single page overview Handy "bookmark" style quick factsWriting Craftivity with various sentence starters "I am brave like Ruby," "I am kind like Ruby," and blank writing pages. Follow me and be first to know about FLASH FREEBIES and New Products:Follow MeConnect with me on Instagram:@primarily_kinderDid you know? TPT gives you credits to
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PreK - 2nd
Dinosaur Fossil Matching: for Montessori or Science Centers
These cards are a fun way to familiarize children with different dinosaurs. This is a unique activity that shows children what different dinosaur bones look like! You can use them to create many different kinds of activities. You can use these cards for your science centers, dinosaur unit study, or Montessori 3-6 classroom! DINOSAUR FOSSIL MATCHING INCLUDES: ★ instructions for use★ 9 dinosaur fossil cards★ 9 dinosaur cards★ 9 control cardsThis set includes: Anatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Parasauro
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: Dinosaur Bundle for Hands-on Activities
Community Helpers Unit
This Community Helpers Unit has everything you need to teach your little learners about the people who play important roles in our communities. This Unit has a variety of activities that go into a fun and engaging deep dive into these vital professions, and the best part is that they are all CCSS aligned! What is included?10 mini lessonsWrite the room (editable)Dramatic play centersAnchor chartsCraftsEmergent readersA lapbookSTEM activitiesSight word activitiesClassroom community activitiesCheck
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PreK - 2nd
Good Choice Bad Choice Sort Back to School
Good Choices and Poor Choices Sorting Worksheet: Printable and Digital VersionEngage students in exploring responsible choices in school with this sorting worksheet, available in printable and digital versions. Variety of VersionsGood Choices / Bad Choices Sorting WorksheetGood Choices / Poor Choices Sorting WorksheetsResponsible Choices / Not Responsible Choices Appropriate Online Behaviors /Not Appropriate Online Behaviors Key Features:Sorting Mat and Sorting Pictures Answer KeyGoogle Slides D
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Sort Worksheets Bundle Printable and Digital
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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Past and Present- A Social Studies Now and Then Mini-Unit
Thank you for taking the time to look at my Past and Present Mini-Unit.There are 4 activities for teaching what life was like in the past and what life is like now.- Past and Present Pocket Chart Picture Sort- A Past and Present Cut and Paste Picture Sort- A Past and Present Emergent Reader (sight words this, is)- A Past and Present Flip Book You might also enjoy Turkey Math and Literacy Centers
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PreK - 1st
Shape Fire Truck Craft and Fire Straw Blowing Art House Template
This product includes a template for a fire truck composed of shapes in B&W and color. Students can color, cut, assemble, and glue these shapes to create a fire truck. In addition, there is a house template with the caption, "Get out, stay out, don't you go back in!" Students can make "fire" my blowing orange, yellow, and red paint or food coloring over the house.
I hope these fire safety activities are a great addition to your curriculum!
Key Word Search: Fire Safety, Fire Truck, Fire En
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PreK - 2nd
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Printable US Coin Sorting Mats for Coin Identification Practice
Printable US Coin Sorting Mats for practice identifying and differentiating U.S. pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters! Use these coin sorting mats for morning work, math centers, assessments, and small group activities!Ideas for Use1. For a small group activity, place a bowl of coins in the middle of each table. Using a small plastic cup, students take a scoop of coins out of the bowl and place them next to their mat to sort. Once they finish sorting the coins they can dump them back into the b
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Identifying And Counting US Coins Activities Bundle
Community Helpers Sorting & Categorizing Activity | Sorting Mats and Pocket Book
This community helper categorizing activity is a great addition to your My Community unit, and Community Helpers unit or lesson plans. Kids sort can the cards in a wide variety of ways. Use the mats and sorting cards individually or bind the mats to create a pocket book (directions included). This activity is appropriate for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten classrooms.This activity contains the following components: ✔8 community location mats ✔ 5 vehicle cards ✔ 16 community he
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PreK - K
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Let's Celebrate Texas Our Texas Print And Go!
Howdy Friends,
This is a Texas sized thematic unit full of Texas pride. The cornerstone of this unit is the introduction to maps in Kindergarten, learning the state symbols and learning more about our great state. This download includes classroom pictures as we prepared for Texas Public School Week and Open House so you will have an inside look. Additionally, this unit includes tons of skill based activities for math and language arts plus some fun cooking with kids! Integrated Social Studies ha
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PreK - 1st
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FAMILIES Theme Centers and Activities for Preschool and Pre-K
The teaching theme focus for this packet is Families 1 (Who Can Be in a Family?). This theme features a great deal of oral language activity, and diverse families.Be sure to click on the PREVIEW link to see some more pages.40 pages*********************************Pre-K Themes is a series of mini teaching topics that are focused towards preschool and Pre-K learners. Although the activities are written to cover one full day of activities and related games, centers and other printables, there are e
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PreK - K
Also included in: FAMILIES Centers and Activities for Preschool and Pre-K BUNDLE
Community Helpers Craft Coloring Page Worksheet Preschool Kindergarten 1st Grade
Community helpers cut and paste activities are a perfect Labor Day craft for preschool, kindergarten, or 1st grade. It includes anchor posters, a differentiated identification activity, and an emergent reader.Teaching Tips:- I usually introduce the anchor charts, and post them on a community helper bulletin board before beginning the activities.- I read the emergent reader to students using the Elmo.- I pass out student copies, and we re-read it together. I let them color it, when we are finis
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PreK - 1st
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Veterans Day Headband Hat
Veterans Day Headband Hat... fun, fun!Have your kids show their thanks and appreciate for Veterans by sporting this cute headband hat around the school on November 11th.Students will cut around the outside black lines. To create length on the sides, simply glue the cut-out head band to a sentence strip or use the extra piece I have provided.On each hat, students can trace the dotted words naming all 5 branches of the military. On the additional strip to add length to the hat, there is one versi
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Headband Hats for an ENTIRE YEAR Bundle Fun Crowns to Color and Wear
Modified Government Unit for Special Education - Comprehension & Vocabulary
This is a 3rd Grade modified Government Unit that is supported with picture symbol text and visuals. This is also a great unit for reinforcing literacy skills, comprehension, vocabulary.
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1) Mini 7 page Book of Short Passages on topics (*Constitution * Bill of Rights *Branches of Government *Legislative Branch *Executive Branch *Judicial Branch) with picture keywords for each passage.
2) 18 Picture Vocabulary with picture symbol text support definitions. This can be used a
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PreK - 12th
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Grocery Store Life Skills Unit for Special Ed - Integrated Reading Comprehension
Make teaching about the grocery store fun with these engaging, hands-on, and visually supported activities! This set includes resources to help you integrate reading, writing, and vocabulary into your life skills lessons. Materials are already leveled and include visual supports to help you easily differentiate and meet the needs of your students without extra work.***HUGE savings by buying the Life Skills Unit BUNDLE***WHO IS IT FOR?Students who need hands-on practiceClassrooms with students on
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Life Skills Unit BUNDLE (Special Education & Autism Resource)
Constitution Day Emergent Reader
Celebrate Constitution Day, on September 17th, with your littles and explore together various facts about our country's Constitution. Made with Kindergarten and First Grade in mind.--NEW! Use TpT's new tool to create a customized, interactive digital layer to this resource and assign to students via Google Classroom!--Each page in this emergent reader begins with the words, "The Constitution" so that students can get a feel for the new 'big' word they are learning through repetition. Some of the
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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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Statue of Liberty Experiment - Why Is She Green?
Statue of Liberty Experiment - Why Is She Green is a simple experiment to do with your kiddos to discover why the Statue Of Liberty is green. It focuses on physical properties and their changes.
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-directions and supplies needed for the experiment with photos
-4 recording sheets
If you enjoy this activity, I have many others in my store:
Discovering and Changing Properties
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Force of Motion Bundled Set
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Chinese New Year Preschool Math and Literacy Centers
Chinese New Year Montessori inspired learning printable pack is filled with rich and engaging math and literacy activities for preschoolers, pre-k and kindergartens. Contains materials that will enrich your child's knowledge of the Chinese New Year traditions and objects. This material will introduce vocabulary words, phonics, and lots of activity sheets for extension work. Activities in this set include:1. Chinese New Year Booklets -2. Beginning Letter Clipcards 3. Color Matching4. Pictur
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PreK - 1st
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Animal Habitats Sorting Mats
Animal Habitats Sorting MatsIncludes: 5 Animal Habitat Sorting Mats (holds 6 cards)107 Animal Habitat Picture Cards5 Large Animal Habitat Sorting Mats 107 Large Animal Habitat Picture Cards**You can also use your own Animal cards with the large sorting mats.Desert Habitat (24 cards )Ocean Habitat (24 cards)Polar Habitat (17 cards)Rainforest Habitat (24 cards)Wetland Habitat (18 cards)Animal Habitat Clip CardsAnimal Habitat Sorting BoardsAnimal Habitats Book BUNDLEWetland Habitat BooksDesert Habi
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Sorting Mats Bundle Autism Special Education
Texas Symbols Write the Room | A Reading and Social Studies Center
Learning about Texas state symbols? Then, write the room Texas style!Includes 12 different Texas symbols: the pecan tree, capitol, armadillo and more! Recording sheet included. You might also like:Texas Our TexasTexas ABC OrderCowboy GlyphTexas Units BundledTexas Symbols Boom Cards******************************************************Let’s connect!Follow my store above for the latest news.If you enjoy this product, please leave positive feedback to gain credits for future purchases!If you have a
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PreK - 1st
Also included in: Texas Units Bundled
Emergent Reader about Community Helpers for Sight Word WANT: "I Want to Grow Up"
Add some hands-on, engaging sight word practice to your community helpers unit with this emergent reader! Each page of I Want to Grow Up contains a predictable sentence about different types of jobs a child wants to become when he or she grows up. Every sentence is missing the word “want” and it is the child's job to complete the sentences. Students will cut apart the letters to spell “want” (included), then unscramble and glue the letters into each page to correctly spell the sight word. Pictur
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PreK - 1st
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Good Citizenship Activities | Being a Good Citizen at School Worksheets
Are you looking for a guaranteed way to make teaching good citizenship fun and easy? This “Being a Good Citizen at School” unique resource is designed to engage your students while building a classroom community. With captivating pictures and large print, students will enjoy coloring, tracing, and writing sentences, boosting their fluency and confidence.This resource includes essential sight words: are, help, to, well, and with.Transform your classroom with this powerful, quick-to-implement Goo
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PreK - 1st
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Find Social Studies - History resources | TPT
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.
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