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Preview of Memorial Day Activity  |  Patriotic Soldier Classroom Collaborative Poster

Memorial Day Activity | Patriotic Soldier Classroom Collaborative Poster

Created by
Art with Jenny K
Memorial Day Classroom Collaborative Poster from Art with Jenny K. I promise that your kids won’t soon forget this project! This activity is so much fun because, in the end, you will have a very large (approx. 28” x 35”) poster to display in your classroom, hallway, or front entryway, to honor our soldiers on Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day, and/or Veterans Day. Along the way, students will work together as a group to create this beautiful tribute.The size of the poster varies based on printer se
Preview of All About Pumpkins - Science for Little Learners (preschool, pre-k, & kinder)

All About Pumpkins - Science for Little Learners (preschool, pre-k, & kinder)

Make learning about Pumpkins FUN and hands on in your classroom using this unit made just for little learners! Use a small table or a small bookshelf to create an engaging science center full of hands on materials for students to explore and investigate using the included printables, vocabulary cards, book, anchor charts, and discovery pages (science journal pages)! Included is a read aloud book for circle time, anchor charts, and a suggested book list. There is even a half page note you can sen
Preview of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collaborative Poster | Black History Month Activity

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collaborative Poster | Black History Month Activity

Created by
Art with Jenny K
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collaborative Classroom Poster. This is a great, inclusive, community-building Martin Luther King Day activity. Appropriate accompaniment for your Black History Month studies or any unit/lesson on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights, social justice, etc. This poster of Dr. King is a great way to start a unit or to finish one. My collaboration posters are easy for teachers and fun for kids and make a lasting impression—on students, parents, and your entire school
Preview of Social Skills (SEL) and Character Curriculum Bundle for Little Learners

Social Skills (SEL) and Character Curriculum Bundle for Little Learners

Social skills (SEL) are essential skills that teachers need to teach just like they need to teach letters and sounds. It is a life skill! The social skills units in this bundle include tons of visual supports, classroom routines, social stories, songs, engaging activities, vocabulary building, booklists, specific SEL lesson plans, positive notes, and much more. Create a classroom community of confident students who can solve problems, follow rules and routines, be kind to others, have empathy to
Preview of Rules & Expectations Review  for Classroom Management and Community

Rules & Expectations Review for Classroom Management and Community

Reviewing classroom rules and expectations can fun and engaging! These activities are an effective way to review behaviors and routines and take the stress out of classroom management. With activities for sorting, movement, and writing you'll be building a strong classroom community!▶️Click the preview to see everything that is included!What is included?Sorting Activity42 Picture Behavior CardsAnchor Chart PiecesStudent Writing PapersStudent CertificatesWhat activities can we do?Classroom Promi
Preview of Trash and Recycling - Science for Little Learners (preschool, pre-k, & kinder)

Trash and Recycling - Science for Little Learners (preschool, pre-k, & kinder)

Investigate trash and recycling through hands on explorations in your classroom! Use a small table or a small bookshelf to create an engaging science center full of hands on materials for students to explore and investigate using the included printables, vocabulary cards, book, anchor charts, and discovery pages (science journal pages)! Included is a read aloud book, Reuse It! Recycle It! for circle time, anchor charts, and a suggested book list. There is even a half page note you can send home
Preview of Black History Month Activities: Collaborative Posters BUNDLE Set 1 (w/ MLK Jr.)

Black History Month Activities: Collaborative Posters BUNDLE Set 1 (w/ MLK Jr.)

Created by
Art with Jenny K
Black History Month Collaboration Posters Bundle Set 1. This is the first volume of my Black History Month Collaboration Posters bundled together. There are five (5) people featured in this bundle: Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ruby Bridges, Booker T. Washington, and Barack Obama. These posters are great for ANY age or grade, as I have included several variations for each poster.My collaboration posters are easy for teachers and fun for kids and make a lasting impression—on students,
Preview of Gingerbread 5 Senses - Science for Little Learners (preschool, pre-k, & kinder)

Gingerbread 5 Senses - Science for Little Learners (preschool, pre-k, & kinder)

Make learning all about the gingerbread and the 5 senses fun and hands-on in your classroom! Use a small table or a small bookshelf to create an engaging science center full of hands-on materials for students to explore and investigate using the included printables, vocabulary cards, book, anchor charts, and discovery pages (science journal pages)! Included is a read-aloud book for circle time, anchor charts, and a suggested book list. There is even a note you can send home to families, so they
Preview of Nocturnal Animals - Science for Little Learners (preschool, pre-k, & kinder)

Nocturnal Animals - Science for Little Learners (preschool, pre-k, & kinder)

Make learning all about Nocturnal Animals fun and hands on in your classroom! Use a small table or a small bookshelf to create an engaging science center full of hands on materials for students to explore and investigate using the included printables, vocabulary cards, book, anchor charts, and discovery pages (science journal pages)! Included is a read aloud book for circle time, anchor charts, and a suggested book list. There is even a half page note you can send home to families, so they can c
Preview of Kindness Holiday/Christmas Bulletin Board, Door Decor, or Poster

Kindness Holiday/Christmas Bulletin Board, Door Decor, or Poster

This decor is just the thing for reminding students to be kind this time of year! You can simply print, cut, and hang...OR use a professional print shop and have this enlarged to SAVE YOU TIME! You'll receive everything you need to complete this board for your classroom! This works with a poster maker machine too!**use for an online learning backdrop or homeschool****can be displayed in any nook in your classroom or hall****great for those winter/Christmas door decorating contests!****celebrate
Preview of Celebrating 25 Black Musicians! Music Bulletin Board ~Black History Month~

Celebrating 25 Black Musicians! Music Bulletin Board ~Black History Month~

This “Print and Post” bulletin board pack is intended to highlight significant black musicians from around the world and their contributions to the development of music and is great for Black History Month. This poster set highlights one or two artists from jazz, R&B, Rock and Roll, opera, blues, gospel, funk, and calypso because if I made a set to highlight all the significant names it would be never-ending! It was ridiculously difficult to limit this poster set to 25 musicians since the
Preview of Thinking Posters | Students Show Their Thinking With Any Lesson

Thinking Posters | Students Show Their Thinking With Any Lesson

Created by
Joanne Miller
These thinking posters are an easy teaching tool for teachers and students!EIGHTEEN choices for students to respond to their new learning color and black & white. These posters will help you adjust your lessons, differentiate your instruction, and form small groups to support or stretch your students. Easy to monitor your students' thinking and hold them accountable! The posters make it easy to assess learning, monitor strategies, and track progress very quickly. Pull sticky notes of student
Preview of Why Study History? Back to School American and World History Activity

Why Study History? Back to School American and World History Activity

In this Why Study History primary source activity lesson, students understand the value of studying history by examining the words of 12 influential people from US History (American History) and World History. This Why Study History resource is an outstanding way to start your year as it promotes critical thinking, requires analysis, and sets the framework for studying history and social studies throughout your school year. Students understand the importance of studying history by examining th
Preview of Black History Month Bulletin Board

Black History Month Bulletin Board

This is a great bulletin board for February – Black History Month. The children get excited because they know what Instagram is and they can learn about the different historical figures who changed history! It has different quotes all in Instagram format! An easy, cute, educational bulletin board :) Now includes 72 different instagram profiles!! And continues to grow!*********************************************************************************************************Want more easy bulletin b
Preview of Ancient Egypt Learning Stations, Sphinx Poster, Ancient Egypt Activities

Ancient Egypt Learning Stations, Sphinx Poster, Ancient Egypt Activities

This resource contains six ancient Egypt learning stations that students can rotate through in small groups. Each learning station (or center) is designed to give students engaging and exciting learning experiences to practice, enrich, review, and enhance their learning. Students will visit each station with a small group and complete ancient Egypt activities. How cool is this? Students will create an interactive sphinx to showcase their learning. They’ll “build” flip-able parts of the sphinx po
Preview of Cookie Shop Bakery Dramatic Play Printables for Preschool PreK

Cookie Shop Bakery Dramatic Play Printables for Preschool PreK

Young children will bake gingerbread men, sugar cookies, and chocolate chip cookies to sell at their very own COOKIE SHOP BAKERY with this fun preschool dramatic play center. Easy, Print & Go PDF:Includes everything you need to set up a Cookie Bakery in your dramatic play center.Open - Closed signsCookie Order Forms (1/2 page and 1/8 page - in B&W)Bakery Box Labels (collect empty plastic boxes, and label them with these!)Menu with prices (2 versions - dollars and pounds)Classroom Labels
Preview of I Am Thankful Activities for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten

I Am Thankful Activities for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten

Teach your students all about being thankful…what it looks like, how it feels, what to be thankful for, and how to show others they are thankful. Make a Thankful Tree in your classroom, make a thankful turkey craft, and make thank you posters for first responders. Discuss and create a turkey anchor chart about what they are thankful for and how they can show others they are thankful. This unit is perfect to do anytime during the year or during the holiday (Thanksgiving).Teaching social skills an
Preview of Influential People Classroom Posters (Pack 1)

Influential People Classroom Posters (Pack 1)

This product contains posters of 14 different influential people from the past and present. There are 14 posters that contain an illustration and an impactful quote (both in color and in black and white) as well as the same 14 people with a "call to action" poster option ("Dream Like Martin," "Inspire Like Michelle," etc.) The group of people featured is very diverse. There are people from history and people who are still fighting for social justice today.In this pack, you'll find posters for th
Preview of Bill of Rights Reference Poster / Anchor Chart

Bill of Rights Reference Poster / Anchor Chart

Created by
Primary Scholars
Use this Reference Poster when you are teaching about the Bill of Rights! It lists all 10 amendments on 1 page. You can blow this up to poster size, have students put in their folders or notebooks, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOW TO GET TPT CREDITS ON FUTURE PURCHASES: -Go to MY PURCHASES page. - You will see a PROVIDE FEEDBACK button. - Please leave a star rating and a comment. This will help lower the cost for a future purchase. Remember to click the GREEN STAR
Preview of United States 50 States Reading Comprehension Passages Region Geography Map

United States 50 States Reading Comprehension Passages Region Geography Map

Created by
Primary Junction
Are you teaching a unit on United States geography or the 50 states and capitals, or would you like to incorporate some non-fiction informational texts into your instruction? These United States 50 States Reading Comprehension Passages and Region and Geography Maps will help you engage and teach your students interesting and important facts about each of the 50 states and their capitals, as well as assess students’ knowledge of each state’s location on a map.  Each of the 50 state reading passag
Preview of How are you feeling poster, emotions chart, feelings, Zones of regulation poster

How are you feeling poster, emotions chart, feelings, Zones of regulation poster

This emotional regulation poster can serve as a great visual tool to help visualize feelings and emotions.For the spanish version, click here.ONCE PURCHASEDOnce you purchase you'll be able to download high resolution, 300dpi ready to print JPG files.Printable sizes include (High resolution, 300dpi ready to print JPG files):- 5x7''- 8x10''- 11x14''- 12x16''- 16x20''Once downloaded, you can print at your own home or take it to your preferred print shop or have it printed online.---FIND MECheck the
Preview of Halloween Craft | Haunted House Collaborative Door Poster Activity!

Halloween Craft | Haunted House Collaborative Door Poster Activity!

Created by
Art with Jenny K
Halloween Activities Door Decoration: Decorating your door for Halloween has never been cooler (or easier)! This year have some real fun decorating your door for Halloween as everyone in class pitches in. The final poster has 30 window spaces that allow your class to personalize their poster by drawing themselves in the windows, dressed in their Halloween costumes!The door poster is 35 pieces (each piece fits on 8.5" x 11" paper). There are two options for this poster: Option #1 the colors for t
Preview of Influential People Classroom Posters (Pack 2)

Influential People Classroom Posters (Pack 2)

This product contains posters of 14 different influential people from the past and present. There are 14 posters that contain an illustration and an impactful quote (both in color and in black and white) as well as the same 14 people with a brief description of what they did to influence our world. The group of people featured is very diverse. There are people from history and people who are still fighting for social justice today.In this pack, you'll find posters for the following people:Ruther
Preview of Main Idea in a Bag: Hands-On Practice with 10 Social Studies & Science Card Sets

Main Idea in a Bag: Hands-On Practice with 10 Social Studies & Science Card Sets

Main ideas and supporting details are HARD concepts, especially if you are stuck reading a long, boring article.] So, when introducing main idea to my ‘BIG’ 5th graders it had to be interactive. In this hands-on resource, students work in pairs to differentiated between the topic, main idea, and supporting details. This is a fantastic activity for modeling what main ideas, topics, and supporting details look and sound like. Additionally, this hands-on ‘game’ is a perfect transition into students
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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.