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Preview of Who Am I? - Community Helpers Powerpoint Game #1

Who Am I? - Community Helpers Powerpoint Game #1

Created by
Teacher Gameroom
Community helpers games are great for teaching students about different community jobs. In this "Who am I" game, students must guess the community worker. There are 10 questions and you just click on each question to go to it. Each question has 3 clues and student have to guess which community helper it describes. Clues include tools they may use, what they do, and where they may work. Great for a whole class review or rainy day activity. Great for individual practice on the iPad! Extra licens
Preview of Christmas / Holiday Game Answer Battle Trivia Family Powerpoint Mac PC iPad

Christmas / Holiday Game Answer Battle Trivia Family Powerpoint Mac PC iPad

Created by
Think Games
✅ You can use this for your Virtual Party! Check out this video showing you how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq2WIMvocYo ✅ This Christmas Answer Battle Trivia Powerpoint game is sure to be a big hit at your Christmas party, classroom, office party, or church.✅ It has 13 rounds like:- "Places parents hide presents," - "Name Santa's Reindeer," - "Birds Listed In The 12 Days Of Christmas," - "Common Christmas Cookie Shapes," - "Christmas Movies," etc. ✅ Each round has up to 10 answers (other
Preview of Being a Good Citizen at Home, at School, and in the Community

Being a Good Citizen at Home, at School, and in the Community

Created by
Kristen Campbell
You can use these cards in many ways. 1. Print these cards, cut them out, and use them as a visual introduction to citizenship. • Show the students these cards and ask them if the children shown are being good citizens or if they are following rules at home, school, or in the community. • Use these cards as discussion starters. Show a particular card and ask the students what they should do if someone else is not being a good citizen. 2. Print these cards, cut them out, and laminate them.
Preview of Needs and Wants Powerpoint Game | Digital Resources | Social Studies Activity

Needs and Wants Powerpoint Game | Digital Resources | Social Studies Activity

Created by
Teacher Gameroom
Review needs and wants! Students play against the teacher as they classify objects as a "need" or a "want". There are 20 questions in all, and you just click on each question to go to it. The question disappears after you've clicked on it, so you know you've answered it. The scoreboard allows you to add scores during Slideshow Mode. Great digital resource for a quick morning review or social studies activity. Great for individual practice on the iPad or tablet! No prep. No setup. No clean up.Que
Preview of Digital Morning Meeting Slides November: Holiday, Share, Read Aloud & Games

Digital Morning Meeting Slides November: Holiday, Share, Read Aloud & Games

November Digital Morning Meeting SlidesGet ready for the best 15 minutes of your day! Morning Meeting is a powerful way to start the day! This resource has everything you need to provide your students with an opportunity to practice social and emotional skills and set the tone for a positive classroom environment. These morning meeting slides are fun and engaging for all grade levels!This product includes 25 days of morning meeting slides planned for you for the month of November. Each day is d
Preview of Digital Morning Meeting Slides October: Holiday, Share, Read Aloud & Activities

Digital Morning Meeting Slides October: Holiday, Share, Read Aloud & Activities

October Digital Morning Meeting SlidesGet ready for the best 15 minutes of your day! Morning Meeting is a powerful way to start the day! This resource has everything you need to provide your students with an opportunity to practice social and emotional skills and set the tone for a positive classroom environment. These morning meeting slides are fun and engaging for all grade levels!This product includes 25 days of morning meeting slides planned for you for the month of October. Each day is diff
Preview of Landforms and Bodies of Water Activities, PowerPoint Presentation, and Games

Landforms and Bodies of Water Activities, PowerPoint Presentation, and Games

This Landform packet contains a slide show made with photographs of landforms and bodies of Water instead of clipart. EDITABLE slides and activities allow you to customize this product if you want to.The slide presentation is interactive: There are questions and opportunities for students to compare and contrast information.Ready-to-use activity packet INTEGRATES reading and writing!Here is what you get:1. One Fully Editable, 31-slide, PowerPoint presentation (photographs only).2. One 35-slide
Preview of Distance Learning Create a Map Editable Interactive Activity Google Classroom

Distance Learning Create a Map Editable Interactive Activity Google Classroom

Created by
Classy Learners
This is a fun, engaging interactive activity where students can practice their map skills by creating their very own map. The options are endless! Students can choose from a variety of symbol elements and copy and paste them onto the template to create a community map, a map of their home, a zoo/farm map, and more! Students can label their map title, map key, map symbols, and add a compass rose of their choice.This is an Editable Product. When purchasing, you will receive a zip file containing:-
Preview of Patriotic Music Game Show PowerPoint

Patriotic Music Game Show PowerPoint

What better way to teach Patriotic Music than with a game! And with this game, all the work is already done for you! Put the PowerPoint on the board and play!!! This PowerPoint is a mini-musical jeopardy game for Patriotic songs. I created this game as a fun way to introduce and also access prior knowledge of patriotic songs. The kids find it fun and I find it helpful in knowing how much my students already know about American patriotic songs. The five songs assessed in this game: America
Preview of Career Trivia Game

Career Trivia Game

Created by
Counselor Up
What is a career? Now with Clipart!! Explore career domains with an interactive trivia game. Pick your category and your points value! Fully interactive PowerPoint game. Play with a full class or small group. Includes timer bar and home button. This lesson can be done 1st-3rd grades. PowerPoint can be fully edited to reflect your school's needs. Works well with SMARTboard. Careers included: store manager, school counselor, construction worker, doctor, secretary, childcare worker, mechanic, c
Preview of Community Helpers Who Am I Powerpoint Game #2

Community Helpers Who Am I Powerpoint Game #2

Created by
Teacher Gameroom
Engage students with this fun, interactive community helpers game. In this "Who am I" game, students must guess the community worker. There are 10 questions and you just click on each question to go to it. Each question has 3 clues and student have to guess which community helper it describes. Clues include tools they may use, what they do, and where they may work. Great for a whole class review or rainy day activity. Great for individual practice on the iPad!Click HERE to save 30% by purchasi
Preview of President's Day Coin Toss Graph

President's Day Coin Toss Graph

Created by
D Conway
Kindergarten and first grade students learn about probability and graphing in this fun, penny toss graphing activity. Three different activities are included and is great to include in a President's Day unit.
Preview of Texas State Symbols BUNDLE! PowerPoint, I Have/Who Has, TX Symbols SWAT

Texas State Symbols BUNDLE! PowerPoint, I Have/Who Has, TX Symbols SWAT

Created by
Sheila Melton
Visit the Lone Star State with your students and learn all about the state symbols of Texas and how they reflect its unique heritage, diverse culture and natural treasures! This bundle includes State Symbols of Texas PowerPoint and State Symbols of Texas "I Have, Who Has..." and Texas Symbols SWAT games.State Symbols of Texas PowerPoint features all real pictures and includes a short quiz at the end.State Symbols of Texas included in PowerPoint: What are symbols, state seal, state song, state fl
Preview of Christmas Jeopardy Trivia PowerPoint Game - (Score, Timer, Wager on Mac & PC)

Christmas Jeopardy Trivia PowerPoint Game - (Score, Timer, Wager on Mac & PC)

This Christmas Themed Jeopardy PowerPoint Template:Have up to 10 player scoreboardsDaily Double WagerFinal JeopardySound Effects & MusicCountdown Timers (customisable!)All you have to do is type your questions and answers in the table given and boom! You are ready to host your own Jeopardy Game in your classroom! The game will automatically populate itselfPresenting the awesome Limited-Edition Christmas Themed Jeopardy Template! 1) Fully customizable, tweak, and trim to your liking!This Jeop
Preview of Where in the World is Carmela Santiago? BUNDLE #1

Where in the World is Carmela Santiago? BUNDLE #1

**Newly updated in celebration of the hit Netflix reboot!**This bundle includes the first NINE Carmela Santiago adventures created up to January 2019.In the style of the popular 90s educational show, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, this game is great for introducing your elementary students to geographical thinking skills. It is also just a fun game for crazy days when you need a time filler that is still getting students to think and learn! Your students will travel the world as agents
Preview of Texas Landmarks 2nd Grade Social Studies PowerPoint Presentation & Activities

Texas Landmarks 2nd Grade Social Studies PowerPoint Presentation & Activities

Are you teaching Texas Landmarks? This engaging resource is designed for 2nd-grade social studies classrooms, covering six iconic Texas landmarks & monuments: The Alamo, The San Jacinto Monument, Big Tex, Johnson Space Center, the State Capitol Building, and the Sam Houston Statue.TEKS Covered:2.11B History. The student understands the historical significance of landmarks and celebrations in the community, state, and nation. The student is expected to:identify and explain the significance of
Preview of Claude Monet Slideshow

Claude Monet Slideshow

Looking for a way to incorporate art history or art appreciation into your daily lessons? Getting ready to teach a lesson on Claude Monet or Impressionism, but have limited visual resources? If so, this slideshow of Claude Monet's life and works is just the product for you. Included... *10 PAGE MONET SLIDESHOW focus on Impressionism and the artist's Haystacks & Water Lily series high-quality visuals are ready to project or print out for an informative bulletin board display. *CLAUDE MON
Preview of Community Helpers PowerPoint Guessing Game - What's My Job

Community Helpers PowerPoint Guessing Game - What's My Job

Created by
HappyEdugator
Your students will love this fun and interactive community helpers game. This is a PowerPoint game of "Who Am I?" Students get three clues to guess the job of the community helper. There are 14 different workers represented. Students have to figure out who it is from clues about where they work, what they wear, what vehicles they drive, and what tools they use. Fun for review or assessment in kindergarten. Project on your whiteboard or Smartboard or use it at a computer center. No prep. Easy to
Preview of The Fun War Game

The Fun War Game

This classroom PowerPoint Game is sure to bring the fun and competition into your class!!! No preparation is required and can be played with any subject, any topic, and any level. Two or more armies compete to see who will have the most soldiers left at the end of the game. Swords, Guns, Bombs, Poison, and Medicine. Find the right items to defeat your enemies and win the war!
Preview of Constitution Day Unit from Teacher's Clubhouse

Constitution Day Unit from Teacher's Clubhouse

The Constitution Day Unit includes a PowerPoint, a minibook, a game, a writing activity, and more Constitution-related activities. (Includes all 10 activities below.) *Please note our PowerPoints are password-protected from editing and are only compatible with PCs. Mac users will not be able to view our PowerPoints. When opening one of our PowerPoints on your PC, click "Read Only" to view and print the PowerPoint. 1) Preamble Vocabulary: Students chose "constitutional" vocabulary to define, us
Preview of Raise the American Flag Patriotic Review Game for Any Subject

Raise the American Flag Patriotic Review Game for Any Subject

Created by
Pink Cat Studio
Review any subject with this engaging no prep game for interactive whiteboards! To play "Raise the American Flag" just grab a list of questions, project the game onto your whiteboard and you are ready to start! This exciting patriotic theme game makes practicing review questions fun. Your students will love the adorable Smarty Pants characters and will have fun competing to see who can raise their flag first. This game is designed to be projected onto your SMARTBoard, Promethian, Mimio or Inter
Preview of Spending and Saving and Earning Money  Financial Literacy Economic BUNDLE

Spending and Saving and Earning Money Financial Literacy Economic BUNDLE

Created by
Jacque Jones
This Primary Economic Bundle is great for introducing your kindergarteners and 1st grade students to the economic concepts of personal finance. Distinguishing between real world situations of saving and spending and earning at a young age lays a good economic foundation for your student's financial educationThis Bundle has everything you need to dive into Primary Economics. Your kids will have fun while becoming familiar with all important Financial Literacy concepts. The 4 included products in
Preview of Powerpoint Game - Continents and Oceans (Earth Geography)

Powerpoint Game - Continents and Oceans (Earth Geography)

Created by
JRFranklin
A 12-question, interactive quiz to test your students' knowledge on the Earth's continents and oceans. Simply click on the corresponding color to make your guess! This product is designed specifically to be accommodating and engaging for your students. Your students will love the fun sound effects and the opportunity to get up and walk around in order to tap the on-screen buttons. It is also designed to accommodate students with red/green color blindness. This product is best used with a Prome
Preview of Financial Literacy-Budget Project Activity 1st Grade

Financial Literacy-Budget Project Activity 1st Grade

Created by
Jacque Jones
Are you looking for a real world activity to tie together your Personal Financial Literacy Unit? Try this authentic spending and saving budget game. Students will make real life decisions about using their weekly income to meet their wants and needs. Here's what you'll get:✅ Round 1 game directions✅ Round 2 game directions✅ Money Budget Mat✅ 8 spending choice brochures✅ Pocket chart activity to introduce economic sacrifice✅ Headings ✅ Response sheet on sacrifice✅ Large budget battle re
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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.