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3rd grade social studies dbqs for Microsoft OneDrive
California Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples of CA Unit-Google Slides™
This digital unit will help your students learn all about various California Native American tribes/Indigenous Peoples of California. The coolest part is that it is all PAPERLESS and DIGITAL! Share with your class using Google Classroom™, Google Slides™ or via Microsoft OneDrive™. You can even use these with SeeSaw and PicCollage!List California Tribes/Indigenous Peoples of California included:PomoChumashShasta MojaveYokutCahuillaDigital unit includes:-2 Graphic organizers for each California tr
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3rd - 5th
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Intro to Cultures FUN 5-E Unit BUNDLE | Cultural Traits | Microsoft Resources
An engaging Intro to Culture BUNDLE to build or enrich your curriculum! The guided lessons are FUN for students & the 5-E teaching model is EASY for you to use! Each resource includes a Teacher Guide to ensure success in your classroom! The activities can be adapted to any culture to use throughout the year. Your purchase has print & interactive, digital versions of the materials. Made for traditional in-class learning or digital 1:1 classrooms. Everything you need is included! Includes
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3rd - 10th
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Start Your Own Business Mini-Project (Digital + Printable)
Guide your class through their very own startup! Each year, my class comes up with their own "business" to raise money for a charity. This mini-project template guides them through the process! This goes very well with a unit on goods and services or buyers and sellers. Assign to groups, individually, or even complete whole-class. Compliments Benchmark Advance Unit 9 theme.What’s Included:A PowerPoint version for Microsoft Teams usersA Google Slides version for Google users (the link is provided
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: All PBL, Research, and Writing Units! (Benchmark Advance)
Document-Based Question Writing Sentence Starters (DBQ) Social Studies
Analyze a source...now what? The writing resources included are great for social studies assignments that require document or text-based writing. Teach students how to locate important information in sources and help them put their observations into words. This must-have resource will become every students' "go to" when analyzing sources and completing DBQ social studies tasks. 5 Steps for Teaching Writing in Social Studies Resources Included:1.) Understanding the Writing Prompt (Example of ana
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3rd - 12th
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Analyzing Primary & Secondary Sources
This set includes:-PowerPoint lesson teaching the difference between primary/secondary sources and examples of each-Foldable on primary/secondary sources-Analyzing Sources anchor chart/posterI use this before starting my source studies with my students to give them background knowledge on what sources are and why we use them/how to use them!
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2nd - 6th
Leap Year 2024 PowerPoint of Fun Facts
Leap Year PowerPoint. Facts and fun on Leap Year. 2024 is a leap year! Animated. Answers questions many kids have about leap year. Slides include: What is Leap Year? When does Leap Year Happen? When do we add the extra day? Why do we have Leap Year? When was the first Leap Year? What calendar do we use today? Funny Leap Year tradition, and more. The last slide is a partner activity the kids can do that is related to leap year and February 29. Use PowerPoints like this in Zoom for videoconferenc
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2nd - 5th
Maps, Continents, and Communities Digital Unit | Google Slides
Do you need exciting and engaging social studies materials to teach maps, communities, and continents? This digital unit has tons of activities, reading informational text passages, and digital interactive notebook options that your students can do! It covers locating on places on maps and globes their local community and the USA, the seven continents, and the four oceans. They also practice constructing/reading a simple map, using cardinal directions and map symbols. Lastly, they'll compare and
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1st - 3rd
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Earth Day Activities | Digital Earth Day Activities
This NO PREP digital and interactive resource will help your students learn all about Earth Day and how we can help the Earth! These Earth Day activities will not only have your students learning the importance of caring for our Earth, they’ll also be learning about recycling, reducing, and renewable energy.If you're looking Earth Day digital activities, look no further. This Google Slides™ resource has over 20 pages full of fun and engaging activities to help your students become Earth Day scho
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Earth Day Activities | Digital Google Slides™ + Print Activities
Create a Culture Collage Project with Rubric | Cultural Traits PBL | Microsoft
Create culture collages! This project challenges students to showcase a culture & its unique traits in a fun way. The activity can be adapted to a student’s own culture or any world culture. Directions, brainstorm charts, rubric & project examples are included! Choose whether students make digital or paper collages. Finished projects are always super creative! Your purchase has editable, print & interactive, digital versions of the materials. Made for traditional in-class learning or
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3rd - 12th
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Presidents Day Digital Activities | Google Slides™
These digital activities will help your students learn all about the Executive Branch, as well as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln on Presidents Day! The they are all PAPERLESS and DIGITAL! You can share with your class using Google Classroom™, Google Slides™ or via Microsoft OneDrive™. You can even use these with SeeSaw and PicCollage too. It includes:-Various graphic organizers-Writing prompts -Washington reading passage-Lincoln reading passage-Comprehension activities and questions-KWL c
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Presidents Day Activities Bundle | Digital Google Slides™ + Print
Social Studies Graphic Organizers | Digital and Print
This huge, time-saving collection of social studies graphic organizers is a great way to have students show their thinking during your history lessons! These templates cover a ton of critical thinking skills and can be used over and over again with any social studies unit or topic! Over 60 graphic organizers are included in both digital and ready-to-print forms!To complete the digital version in Google Drive™, students simply type answers in text boxes and insert pictures. The templates are easy
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Social Studies Bundle | Graphic Organizers, Posters, Printables
Continents and Oceans Geography Interactive PowerPoint and Mini Book with Easel
Continents and Oceans PowerPoint. Useful for studying the seven continents of the Earth and the five oceans in your geography or Social Studies classes. Includes examples of some major features of each continent of the world and some animals that are unique to each. Students will also see a visual about the equator and the hemispheres of the planet. Great supplemental activity for Earth Day, too. Has l interactive review slides and a printable for students to follow along. There are two Easel As
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Earth Day Activities Bundle
Louisiana Social Studies 4th Grade Unit 4 Topic 1 COMPLETE TASK!
These resources were created to match the 4th grade social studies scope and sequence from Louisiana Believes. This topic includes:Intro to Unit 4 Topic 1, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Homestead Act, Manifest Destiny, Oregon Trail, and Effects on Native Americans PowerPointINTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK ACTIVITIES: Guided Notes for all slides and maps of U.S. expansionFocus Words chart and posters for Unit 4ALL texts/passages from Scope & Sequence in a student-friendly formatFOUR Co
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3rd - 5th
3rd Grade - LA History - Unit 2 - Topic 1 - Poverty Point
93 pages with 12 activities that focus on the Unit 2 Topic 1 Poverty Point as outlined by the Louisiana State Department of education. These activities focus on answering the following standards and questions:
3.1.1 Create timelines that identify important events in the history of Louisiana
3.1.3 Use distinctive vocabulary to sequence events related to Louisiana history
3.1.6 Compare and contrast the influence of cultural groups in Louisiana
3.1.7 Identify community and regional historical arti
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3rd
Also included in: 3rd Grade - LA History - Unit 2 Bundle - Louisiana's First Inhabitants
3rd Grade Louisiana History Unit 1 Topic 1 Maps Geography
Explore this social studies lesson of unique Louisiana using a variety of maps and sources. This interactive, NO-PREP lesson teaches map skills and geographical features all in one! Students view the PowerPoint and use the PowerPoint Companion Guide to record information. This Companion Guide is a great study guide because it is aligned to the PowerPoint and the assessment. A LEAP formatted test is included to start preparing for end-of-the-year state testing. Describe a Location worksheet
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3rd
Ellis Island PowerPoint - Vocabulary for Understanding Immigration
Teaching the history of Ellis Island requires giving students good background information and vocabulary. This Ellis Island PowerPoint has 17 vocabulary words essential to understanding immigrants and Ellis Island. Includes vocabulary slides, quick activities, and a vocabulary review activity at the end. Century Gothic font. to make it easy to read. Includes digital worksheets in PowerPoint for students to create sentences with their vocabulary words. Words included are: Ellis Island, Immigrant,
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2nd - 5th
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Christmas Around the World PDF and Digital
This Christmas Around the World bundle, PDF and Google Slides, is perfect for distance learning, in the classroom, and with hybrid learning. The digital component is a brand new resource, not the PDF converted to Google Slides. You will get the informational texts digitally with all new digital jigsaw puzzles, digital match games, digital word searches, and more! Games can be played online, on the slides, or even printed. I have included easy to follow directions for the crafts. Families will be
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3rd - 5th
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Colonial America
This Power point has it all! It connects the age of exploration with the colonializing of North America. It also includes a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the explorers and the settlers. It includes all 13 original colonies, as well as, many economic, religious, and geographical issues that faced the settlers and their choice of location. It has a DBQ for a map of the Roanoke Colony, and it has short video clips included. At the end of the presentation, it includes a map to identify the
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3rd - 8th
Intro to Culture and Cultural Traits 5-E Lesson | World Cultures | Microsoft
This student-favorite lesson explores culture and cultural traits. The activities are engaging for students & the guided, 5-E format is easy for you to use! Begin with a fun “4 Pics, 1 Word” warm-up activity, then introduce key vocabulary and concepts. Fill-in notes accompany the lesson. Next, challenge students to complete an “ABC’s of Culture” activity examining cultural traits. Finally, assess learning with a “Search & Find” activity where students watch a video & identify example
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3rd - 8th
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Native Americans DBQ Document-Based Questions
Native AmericansDocument-Based Questions (DBQs) are a great way to expose students to primary sources as well as to make them think about an event in history and respond to it. This unit can be used in a few ways. You can project the full-page images on my board so that we can discuss them, and then the students answer the DBQ in their notebooks. I have also included the DBQs in printable format so that your students can answer on paper and digital Google Forms that you can send electronically.
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3rd - 6th
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Lewis & Clark Bundle (map activity, comics, PPT, primary sources, games, & more)
This download includes all four of the following items at a bundle discount. Each can be downloaded separately as well...1 - Lewis and Clark Informational PowerPoint giving an overview of the Core of Discovery on the expedition (36 slides)2 - Lewis and Clark Comic Strip Activity: fun, highly visual & engaging 25-slide PPTThis series of PowerPoint slides allows students to follow along and create a 10-box comic strip highlighting the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It covers everything from the
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3rd - 8th
Louisiana 4th Grade Social Studies Unit 1 DBQ: Geography & Regions
I use these “weekly” sources with my 4th grade social studies classes. We usually spend about two weeks analyzing the sources and answering the questions. I start them off with only two sources, move up to three sources around October/November, then up to four sources around March. Some of the sources are created by me and some are taken from the LEAP 2025 practice test. We start out slow…I want them to get comfortable with “sources” and understand that looking and analyzing are totally differen
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3rd - 5th
3rd Grade - LA History - Unit 1 - Topic 1 - The Place Called Louisiana - PART A
88 pages with 13 activities that focus on the Unit 1A Louisiana's Geography as outlined by the Louisiana State Department of education. These activities focus on answering the following standards and questions:
• How does Louisiana’s geography and natural resources impact people?
• Identify the hemispheres in which Louisiana is located
• Locate and label major geographic features of Louisiana on a map
• Construct an outline map of Louisiana from memory
• Locate specific places on a map using a
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3rd
Also included in: 3rd Grade - LA History - Unit 1 Bundle - Louisiana Today
Colonial Jobs Digital Research Activity
Colonial times meet the digital age with this engaging web-based research activity that students can use in Google Drive™ or Microsoft OneDrive™. Students will show what they've learned about various colonial trades and occupations by typing information and adding pictures to the slides.This makes a great independent project or a collaborative class activity during a Colonial America unit. No prep for you; no lost papers for them!Slide contents include:an editable Table of Contents with hyperlin
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3rd - 6th
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