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3rd grade Spring social studies games

Preview of April Fools' Day - Never Ending Google Form

April Fools' Day - Never Ending Google Form

This never ending google form does not have a submit button, every question sends you to a new question. The loop goes on forever! Send it to students and wait for them to figure it out!! It is editable, with three intro questions to customize so they don't get too suspicious too quickly. Originally marked for 5th and up but many teaching as young as 3rd have said it worked great!
Preview of End of the Year Break Activities - Digital Resource Mystery Game - Team Building

End of the Year Break Activities - Digital Resource Mystery Game - Team Building

Are you ready to watch reading comprehension skills skyrocket before the end of the year break?! Great for team building! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about l
Preview of Holidays Around the World Escape Room Game Google Forms | Distance Learning

Holidays Around the World Escape Room Game Google Forms | Distance Learning

Created by
Teresa Kwant
Now updated with a digital option! The digital option is a Google Form.Will your class escape in time? Try this escape room game with your students today! Your class has been locked in an ice castle by Jack Frost! Students will be learning about different winter holiday traditions that are celebrated all over the world. This game is intended for 3rd-5th grade students. Students will be practicing reading comprehension skills, as well as social studies skills. This is an interactive game where th
Preview of How to Draw Flowers • Roll A Flower • Spring Art Project • Fun Art Sub Lesson

How to Draw Flowers • Roll A Flower • Spring Art Project • Fun Art Sub Lesson

With this flower drawing guide, your little ones can create their own unique flower designs using either our exciting drawing game or by choosing their own options with the choice drawing pages.Draw a bouquet of flowers for almost any occasion; Mother’s Day, birthdays, or a thank you note are just a few. Make your own cards, or just enjoy drawing and coloring your own flowers. You can mix the drawing sheets for even more variety!Kids will also love these drawing games that can be turned into a w
Preview of Would You Rather SPRING | This or That Slides and Writing

Would You Rather SPRING | This or That Slides and Writing

Created by
Hollie Griffith
Enhance student engagement and foster classroom community with these engaging THIS or THAT slides! Featuring real photographs and hand signals for each choice, this resource is ideal for spring. Use it during morning meetings, for movement breaks, discussion starters to develop listening and speaking skills, or for opinion writing. This download includes 50 slides and 3 different opinion writing paper/organizers, available in PowerPoint and Google Slide versions.Included in this download:50 woul
Preview of States and Capitals Bingo, I Have Who Has Game (50 States & Capitals Activities)

States and Capitals Bingo, I Have Who Has Game (50 States & Capitals Activities)

This resource is intended to help students learn the states, capitals and abbreviations and to help spark student interest United States Social Studies. Download Preview FilePlease view the preview file prior to purchasing. Please ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purchasing.This social studies resource includes:1. Social Studies State Study Cards2. Social Studies State Study Sheets3. States and Capitals I Have, Who has? Game4. States and Abbreviations I Have, Who
Preview of End of Year Activity Game Would You Rather Summer Activity

End of Year Activity Game Would You Rather Summer Activity

End the School Year on a Fun Note with This Exciting Activity! An end-of-the-year This or That icebreaker activity is just what you need to ease the nerves and bring some joy to your students. Whether they're introverts or extroverts, the entire class is going to love it – and trust me, you'll love it too! (In fact, I've even had teachers use this as a staff icebreaker during professional development sessions!)In this engaging activity, students will navigate through a series of slides, making c
Preview of Spring Bingo Riddles Game Speech and Language Therapy Activities

Spring Bingo Riddles Game Speech and Language Therapy Activities

Created by
Speech Sprouts
A spring bingo game with an extra fun twist- rhyming riddles! For speech therapy, fun activities the day before spring break, or anytime. You'll practice spring vocabulary, inferencing, and listening comprehension, and you'll love how excited and completely engaged your students will get when trying to guess the riddles!With 30 bingo cards, this game will be a favorite (and educational) spring activity for your whole class, or you can use a just few boards for your small groups.This spring bing
Preview of Virtual Field Trip *Growing* Bundle! National Parks, Space & More!

Virtual Field Trip *Growing* Bundle! National Parks, Space & More!

Created by
Teach or Travel
ULTIMATE Virtual Field Trip *Growing* Bundle!12 trips and GROWING! This product will include all my future elementary field trips! Grab it now at the lowest price!! Bundle price will increase when new trips are added.⭐️NEW⭐️ MEMPHIS, TN Dr. MLK Jr. added 1/28/2024⭐️NEW⭐️ THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA added 5/22/2022 - Redownload to access!! Virtual Field Trips are an engaging activity for in person learning or online meetings. No matter the format of instruction, your students will be engaged! Use the
Preview of 4th Grade Spring Activity: Spring Math Mystery - Division Time Change multiples

4th Grade Spring Activity: Spring Math Mystery - Division Time Change multiples

Spring Activity Math Mystery - The Case of The Bee Bandits - 4th Grade Edition. This fun spring math review will encourage and motivate your students during math time!Easy prep - print and solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Docs option I've added to this pack.Ideal for spiral review, your students will use their math skills to unlock clues to help them solve the mystery!⭐A video hook is provided to set the stage to engage! Check out the video hook in the preview section.⭐A bonus ENDING V
Preview of Oregon Trail: Simulation Game

Oregon Trail: Simulation Game

Created by
VintageValdez
Super engaging slideshow game to get students thinking about what life on the Oregon Trail was like. You lead the class with 13 scenarios, and students make decisions and keep track of survival points. A great way to introduce the Oregon Trail to students. It includes 42 slides, directions, and a student handout to record survival points. I use this activity with my 8 graders a few details might need to be edited if used with younger grade levels.Takes about 1 hour.
Preview of Geography & Map Skills - Reading a Map & Globe Activities & Worksheets

Geography & Map Skills - Reading a Map & Globe Activities & Worksheets

Make teaching mapping skills fun with this map skills mini unit! It covers geography and map navigation basics, including foundational vocabulary; using a compass rose, map key, and simple grid to navigate and read maps and globes; locating continents, oceans, poles, and the equator; and more.Here's what's included:Map Skills Anchor Charts and Vocabulary Cards (map, globe, equator, prime meridian, North Pole, South Pole, latitude, longitude, coordinate, compass rose, key, scale, physical feature
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 MULTIPLICATION Flower Bring May Flowers Summer End of Year Math Craft Activity

MULTIPLICATION Flower Bring May Flowers Summer End of Year Math Craft Activity

MULTIPLICATION flower puzzles are a quick and easy, hands-on math activity. Great for spring or summer math centers. A no prep download for 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students.⭐⭐⭐MORE THAN 90% off! Click here to see ALL the MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION puzzles you can use for the ENTIRE YEAR!☝❤️⏳ WHAT YOU GET:Three flower puzzle options (17 pieces each) with 20 multiplication problems for facts 0-12No Prep PDF options of the three puzzles aboveTwo editable rubric optionsNo Prep digital puzzles compat
Preview of Speech Toss BUNDLE a speech therapy game

Speech Toss BUNDLE a speech therapy game

Created by
Panda Speech
Do you need a super fun activity to keep your students engaged? Do you have mixed articulation and language groups? Try this fun pom pom tossing game for common articulation and language targetsYour students will love tossing pom poms into mini-cups while practicing articulation and language skills. This activity was designed to be simple, engaging, and low prep!This download contains the following two products: (do not buy this bundle if you own one of them). **Artic Toss Includes color and bla
Preview of Memory Matching Sight Words Game for In-Class and Distance Learning

Memory Matching Sight Words Game for In-Class and Distance Learning

Created by
Pink Cat Studio
Practice sight words with this engaging phonics memory game for interactive whiteboards (SMARTBoard, Promethean, Mimio), tablets and computer stations. Work great for both in-class and distance learning!Note: An internet connection is required to play this game because the game runs directly from the pinkcatgames.com website. AMAZING DEAL! With my One Year Digital Games Subscription you will have access to all of the games on the pinkcatgames.com website!For in-class learning you can:use the gam
Preview of April Fools' Day - Never Ending Google Form version 2

April Fools' Day - Never Ending Google Form version 2

EASY, LITTLE TO NO PREP PRANK YOUR CLASS FOR APRIL FOOLS' DAYINTERACTIVE ONLINE NEVER ENDING GOOGLE FORMIt's back and better than ever! Version 2 made in 2022This never ending google form does not have a submit button, every question sends you to a new question. The loop goes on forever! Send it to students and wait for them to figure it out!!It is editable, with three intro questions to customize so they don't get too suspicious too quickly.Originally marked for 5th and up but many teaching as
Preview of Spring Bingo Activity 25 Different Bingo Cards One Winner Color Black and White

Spring Bingo Activity 25 Different Bingo Cards One Winner Color Black and White

This is a fun Spring Bingo Set for your classroom, church group, mom's group, or party! This would be a perfect activity to practice reading skills after spring break! This is available in color and black and white. There are 1/2 page sizes and full page. There are 25 different fun and colorful bingo cards with Spring themed icons on them. There are also call out cards for each icon!✅The best thing about my BINGO CARDS is that I have come up with a formula for there to be ONLY 1 WINNER if pl
Preview of April Fools Word Search:  Wordless and Worded Searches!

April Fools Word Search: Wordless and Worded Searches!

Are you looking for a joke to play on your students on April Fools' Day? This wordless search is just what you need! There is a list of words provided but NONE match to what is in the search! Students will be stumped as to why they can't find any, but still find words like cat, sheep, and April Fools! Once they figure it out, you can give them a copy of the sort to solve!! Great fun for you and your students! What's Inside:Wordless Word Search"Answer Key"Word Search of WordsAnswer KeySo mu
Preview of Bartering Activity with an Interactive Economics Game: Barter, Trade, Create!

Bartering Activity with an Interactive Economics Game: Barter, Trade, Create!

Are your students learning about bartering? This game will have students practice their bartering skills!The object of the game is to get a home, clothing, and food (meat/fish/eggs, bread, AND vegetables). You may barter goods or combine cards to make what you need. A video is now included with instructions for both basic and advanced game play. It is always a bit challenging to learn how to play a new game by reading instructions, so I have created a video overview so that you can familiarize y
Preview of Unlock Spring | Math Games | Editable Challenges | Measurement and Time

Unlock Spring | Math Games | Editable Challenges | Measurement and Time

Are you looking to transform your math content into a fun and engaging learning experience? Look no further! Unlock Spring is the perfect game to build motivation and perseverance in your students, while reviewing grade level math skills. With multiple ways to play, you can choose the format that works best for you. Want to transform your classroom? Just print the colorful game board and game pieces! No matter how you play the game, your students will be challenged and motivated by rigorous cont
Preview of Science and Social Studies Adapted Activities for Special Education BUNDLE

Science and Social Studies Adapted Activities for Special Education BUNDLE

Are you struggling to differentiate science and social studies topics for your students with special needs? Look no further, I've got you covered!Science and Social Studies materials are hard to come by for a self-contained special education setting. This bundle contains many different adapted and differentiated activities to use while teaching your students with special needs about various Science & Social Studies topics!What you will find inside this bundle:Adapted BooksCount It Out Adapte
Preview of Counting Money Task Cards

Counting Money Task Cards

This download includes 3 unique sets of 20 money task cards that are perfect for centers, independent work, or a game of scoot. Sets 1 and 2 include combinations of coins and Set 3 mixes coins with $1 and $5 bills. This download includes:3 sets of 20 Counting Money Task Cards (Sets 1 and 2 include combinations of coins and Set 3 mixes coins with $1 and $5 bills.)Student Response SheetAnswer Key for Each Set to Provide a Quick Means of Informal Assessment. ANSWER KEY INCLUDED FOR ALL TASK CARDS
Preview of Spring Themed Mad Libs - Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives

Spring Themed Mad Libs - Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives

Created by
Katie Minor
Spring is in the air, and your students are getting _____________ (adjective)! Refocus their energy by using these fun spring-themed mad lib activities. They'll have fun AND practice their basic parts of speech! This product contains two “mad lib” style activities with a spring theme, allowing your students to brush up on their parts of speech – while making some outrageous sentences and having a ton of fun! Both stories are appropriate for all ages and recommended for grades 3-5. No spring ho
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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.