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6th grade social studies centers $10 and up
*Giant Word Search Packet | Word Search Puzzles with End of the Year & Summer
This GROWING WORD SEARCH BUNDLE is full of fun, quick, and easy word search activities to do with your students throughout the whole year. Complete with over 100 AND GROWING word search activities with exciting vocabulary to search and find, your students will love completing these fun activities. Great to Use For: Morning Work Early or Fast Finishers Class challenges HomeworkLiteracy Centers So Much More! Word Find Puzzles are such a fun way to introduce vocabulary relating to various holidays
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3rd - 6th
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Map and Globe Skills Worksheets (6th, 7th, 8th Grades)
Your students will love reviewing map and globe skills with this engaging, no prep worksheet packet! It's great to use during the back-to-school weeks. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans or homework packets!Resource Includes: 12 worksheets & answer keysCardinal and intermediate directionslatitude and longitudegrid maps: reading & creatingphysical maps: reading & drawing conclusionsgraphic scales: to determine distancesmap keys: to acquire informationAn
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5th - 8th
Age of Exploration: Passages (Vol. 1) - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about the Age of Exploration through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions11 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading levels
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Age of Exploration to Civil War: Differentiated Passages Bundle
This Day In History Writing Daily Questions Slides - Morning Work Daily Warm Ups
Engage students with daily quick write prompts that are related to each day in history for the entire year! Get students writing and thinking with these high interest historical facts and prompts. These prompts are perfect for morning work or writing centers for upper elementary students. Students engage in a variety of writing types: persuasive, expository, cause and effect, summary, narrative, and descriptive writing. This resource is a projectable Google Slides presentation. Also includes stu
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3rd - 6th
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Life Skills Unit BUNDLE (Special Education & Autism Resource)
Get one unit for FREE when you buy the bundle!! This is a bundle of 7 different life skills units designed to help your students have a greater understanding of life skills and the vocabulary associated with it. This functional life skills curriculum is everything you need to teach critical life skills. These thematic units are designed to enhance and further your student's life skills and understanding of their community. Target crucial life skills with these reading, vocabulary and work tasks
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PreK - 12th
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World War I: Passages (Vol. 1) - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about World War I through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions13 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading levels for each pa
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Post-Civil War to Present Day: Differentiated Passages Bundle
This Day in History Newspaper Informational Readings BUNDLE - Daily Bellringers
Would you like to introduce topics from This Day in History into your daily reading schedule? Do you need a no-prep resource to practice literacy skills in your Reading lessons? Want to address Current Events in EVERY MONTH with a Historical twist? This resource is perfect for the classroom teacher, interventionist or librarian looking for fun and engaging nonfiction readings from history!Take a look at the PREVIEWS to see everything you'll receive with the Complete History in Headline News Bu
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4th - 6th
Regions of the United States Maps and Reading Passages Comprehension Bundle
Connect your Social Studies curriculum to your ELA block. Your students will enjoy learning about the Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, West, and the Midwest Regions of the U.S. with this student-friendly informational packet. Students will learn about the landscape, food, climate, natural resources, animals, and the geography of the United States Regions.**This Regional Bundle is similar to Regions of the United States Informational Text Bundle, however this bundle includes a hands-on regional m
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3rd - 6th
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Ancient Egypt: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about the ancient civilization of Egypt through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions11 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated read
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3rd - 8th
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Greek Mythology: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about Greek Mythology through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions17 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading levels for eac
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3rd - 8th
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Ancient Greece: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about the ancient civilization of Greece through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions10 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated rea
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3rd - 8th
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American Revolution Passages - Print & Interactive Digital (Vol. 1)
With this resource, students will learn about the American Revolution through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to multiple-choice or short-answer questions after reading. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally.» The content in this resource was reviewed by an AP United States History teacher.What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions13 reading passages – (See topics below.)5
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Age of Exploration to Civil War: Differentiated Passages Bundle
American History Maps, Graphs, and Charts | 21 Social Studies Data Sets!
The 21 American History maps, graphs, and charts bundle is a collection of three products already on Teachers Pay Teachers. This is an outstanding way to infuse daily warmups, skill-building activities, and integrate math and data into history class!All three of these products feature 7 maps, graphs, and charts that focus on different time periods in American History. Combined, these 21 activities engage students in data collection, graph and map interpretation, and quantitative analysis. Wha
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5th - 8th
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Unscramble the Famous Faces® BUNDLE
Unscramble the Famous Faces® BUNDLE. In these unscramble grid activities, students are presented with a scrambled image of a portrait of a famous person. Then each student works to unscramble the grid pieces to produce the final “unscrambled” portrait. I have included options both for cutting and pasting, as well as for drawing, which makes this great for students of any age and makes differentiation in your classroom really easy.This bundle of unscramble the portraits is a fun activity on its o
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K - 9th
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British Literature Body Biography Project Bundle
British Literature Body Biography Project Bundle for Print and Digital is filled with a unique characterization activity for the timeless and sentimental titles you find in a British Literature high school English classroom. Your students will find plenty of opportunities for creativity during their British Literature adventures. Teachers and students will experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, your unit study, textual evidence, research, and the body biography project!
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4th - 12th
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Personal Finance Reading Activity Bundle (SS6E13a-d, SS7E10a-d) GSE Aligned
Your students will love learning about basic principles of effective personal money management with these engaging, no prep reading activities! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans!**There are FOUR resources included in this resource -- that's 30+ pages for 10% off!**Resource 1: Personal Income Reading Activity (SS6E13a; SS7E10a)➊ P
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6th - 7th
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Holocaust Literature, Body Biography Project Bundle
This Holocaust Literature, Body Biography Project Bundle includes Anne Frank, Elie Weisel, the characters from Number The Stars, and The Book Thief.Anne Frank, Activist, The Diary of Anne Frank, Body Biography Project is filled with all you need to teach and promote the Jewish teenage girl who journaled her experiences while in hiding from the Nazis during World War II. This biography study is a collaborative research activity. This is truly unique, has high-quality vector graphics, and is the m
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4th - 12th
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Civil War: Passages (Vol. 1) - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about the Civil War through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions13 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading levels for each
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Civil War Differentiated Passages Bundle
6th Grade Math TEKS Personal Financial Literacy
Personal financial literacy notes and activities for students based on the new Texas math standards on personal financial literacy. This personal financial literacy bundle, designed for the 6th grade and interactive notebooks, focus on the following TEKS:
6.14A: Comparing the features of checking accounts and debit cards offered by different financial institutions.
6.14B: Distinguishing between credit cards and debit cards.
6.14C: Balancing a check register.
6.14D: Establishing a positive cr
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6th
Life in the Colonies: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about life in the American Colonies through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions11 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Age of Exploration to Civil War: Differentiated Passages Bundle
Asia Walking Tour on History, Culture, Physical Geography, Economy More!
Introduce your students to Asia and examine the countries of the continent with an easy to prep and content-filled Walking Tour that will be engaging and fun for your whole class!Investigate one Asian country or region at a time or complete as a multi-day activity where student examine and compare all 8 countries included.Use as a lesson for the Geography of Asia or to introduce the region for a History lesson or Book setting.In this 78+ page Walking Tour or Gallery Walk Activity and Interactive
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Modern World History Interactive Lessons Bundle Walking Tours & More
Conflict and Change in Latin America Reading Activities BUNDLE (SS6H1) GSE
Your students will love learning about conflict and change in Latin America with these engaging, no prep reading activities! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans!❮❮❮ NEED A DIGITAL TASK CARD REVIEW? CLICK HERE! ❯❯❯Resource 1: Slavery in Latin America (SS6H1a) • Passage (leveled for 6th grade) over slavery in Latin America (1400s - 1
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6th
Birth of American Culture Unit: 1950s & 1960s Suburbia, Baby Boomers, GI Bill!
Birth of American Culture Unit: 1950s & 1960s Suburbia, Baby Boomers, GI Bill, Rock & Roll, and MORE!This Birth of American Culture Unit Bundle is included in the much larger American History Super Unit, Version 5/6, located here:This unit bundle includes the following TEN resources:✔ 1.) Homefront During WW2: Project for Women at Work, Rationing, Internment, Comics!✔ 2.) Baby Boomers: The Return from World War 2 and the Creation of the Baby Boom!✔ 3.) The G.I. Bill and the Post-War Sold
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5th - 10th
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Winter Holiday Bundle | History of Christmas, Santa, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year
Winter Holiday Bundle: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, & the New Year! Teach the history of the winter holidays!The Winter Holiday Bundle contains "What's the History with this Holiday" lessons and activities for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, and the New Year!The Winter Holiday unit bundle is a great way to save on buying each of these activities separately as you save 20% with this bundle!. Each activity contains a guided reading activity with "check-in" points to aid in comprehension, a mode
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5th - 9th
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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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