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Preview of European Explorers: Age of Exploration, Voyages, New World Discoveries & MORE!

European Explorers: Age of Exploration, Voyages, New World Discoveries & MORE!

Looking for an easy-to-use social studies unit on early European explorers for your third, fourth, or fifth grade class? Look no further! Our unit is designed to take your students on an exciting voyage during the Age of Exploration, where they'll learn about and experience the journeys of early European explorers.Our engaging hands-on student activities, including learning centers, a review game, and unit assessment, are available in both printable and digital formats, making prep a breeze. Our
Preview of American Revolution: Taxes, Boston Massacre, Tea Party, Battles & Events, & MORE

American Revolution: Taxes, Boston Massacre, Tea Party, Battles & Events, & MORE

Looking for a comprehensive and engaging social studies unit for your third, fourth, or fifth grade students? Look no further! Our American Revolution unit has everything you need to make history come alive in your classroom.With a teacher guide, hands-on student activities (available in both printable and digital formats), learning centers, a review game, and a unit assessment, you'll have everything you need to teach your students about the causes of the American Revolution, major battles and
Preview of Cause and Effect PowerPoint Lesson

Cause and Effect PowerPoint Lesson

The Smelly Truth About Cause & Effect Cause and Effect: This 28 slide PowerPoint presentation will engage your students and teach them how to understand cause and effect relationships in text. Students will learn cause and effect relationships through sentence examples and test questions. Have some smelly fun while learning about cause and effect!! Designed to help solidify student's knowledge in Common Core standard: RI.3.8 Describe the logical connection between particular sentences
Preview of Figurative Language PowerPoint

Figurative Language PowerPoint

Figurative Language Fun and Interactive PowerPoint Lesson 55 slide PowerPoint and notes page on similes, metaphors, hyperboles, alliteration, idioms, onomatopoeia, and personification. Perfect for whiteboard practice. Here's what customer's say "Worth IT!" - Rochelle C. "This is probably one of the best things I bought all year. LOVED this powerpoint. We took our time with this and probably spend 3-4 days going over and practicing these. They learned figurative language and was able to p
Preview of Figurative Language PowerPoint Lessons Bundle

Figurative Language PowerPoint Lessons Bundle

Figurative Language PowerPoint Bundle 10 presentations on figurative language: Figurative Language Fun and Interactive Fun, interactive PowerPoint that describes similes, metaphors, hyperboles, and personification. Proud as a Peacock - Figurative Language Fun coverage of similes, metaphors, hyperboles, personification, and idioms! 47 slides Idioms with George Washington - Figurative Language With the help of America's first President, your students will have a whale of a time learning i
Preview of Indigenous Peoples' Day | Digital Google Slides + PDF

Indigenous Peoples' Day | Digital Google Slides + PDF

Created by
Fishes In First
Wanting to teach your students about Indigenous Peoples' Day? This elementary-age appropriate Google Slides e-book also includes a true/false activity and a "history of the land I am on" activity. A .pdf of the activities is also included in case you want a printable version. If you are using this for Distance Learning, you can feel free to add audio so students can listen to you read the text as well!Pages included:-What is Indigenous Peoples' Day?-History of Indigenous Peoples' Day-When is Ind
Preview of Adjectives and Adverbs PowerPoint Game

Adjectives and Adverbs PowerPoint Game

Created by
Lindy du Plessis
Adjectives and Adverbs PowerPoint Game Do your students need extra practice with the identification of adjectives and adverbs? This game is perfect to review adjectives and adverbs! Your students will love the bright colors, animation and sound effects. DIRECTIONS: This PowerPoint must be in Slide Show view or the animation won’t work. STUDENTS: Read the word on the car and the sentence below the car. Is the word on the car an adjective or an adverb? Click on the correct button to answer. I
Preview of Subject Verb Agreement PowerPoint Game

Subject Verb Agreement PowerPoint Game

Created by
Lindy du Plessis
Are you looking for a fun grammar game? Subject Verb Agreement is easy to review when you play this interactive PowerPoint Game!Help the cool kids complete twenty sentences by clicking the correct verb to ensure subject verb agreement. The slides are self correcting and the illustrations are bright and beautiful! Please view the PowerPoint in slide show mode.More:Subject Verb Agreement PowerPoint & WorksheetsSubject Verb Agreement Task CardsLindy du Plessis 2015.
Preview of Martin Luther King Jr. PowerPoint Lesson for Martin Luther King Day Grades 1 2 3

Martin Luther King Jr. PowerPoint Lesson for Martin Luther King Day Grades 1 2 3

Created by
Laura's Lessons
Let’s Learn About Martin Luther King PowerPoint Lesson will help you present age-appropriate content to your students in first grade, second grade, or third grade. The animated PowerPoint with illustrations will keep young learners engaged as the text is read and discussed. It is perfect for use with a Smart Board or other interactive whiteboard; however it can be used without this technology as long as you have a computer and PowerPoint software. The final page of the PowerPoint includes li
Preview of Nouns and Verbs PowerPoint Game

Nouns and Verbs PowerPoint Game

Created by
Lindy du Plessis
Nouns and Verbs PowerPoint Sorting Game Do your students need extra practice with the identification of nouns and verbs? This game is perfect to review nouns and verbs! DIRECTIONS: This PowerPoint must be in Slide Show view or the animation won’t work. STUDENTS: Read the word on the hot air balloon. Is it a noun or a verb? Click on the correct button to answer. If you are incorrect, click BACK and try again. If you are correct, click NEXT and go to the next slide. TIP: Use individual whi
Preview of BACK TO SCHOOL BOOM CARDS ACTIVITY KINDERGARTEN GAME GOOD & BAD CHOICES SORT

BACK TO SCHOOL BOOM CARDS ACTIVITY KINDERGARTEN GAME GOOD & BAD CHOICES SORT

Created by
FREE YOUR HEART
GOOD CHOICES VS BAD CHOICES BOOM CARDS GAME (BACK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES K-2)This fun digital game is perfect for back to school and is specifically aimed to help kids identify good and bad choices. It contains 34 playable cards and could also be used throughout the year to reinforce good and bad choices. Kids have to look at each picture, determine if the action depicted is a good or bad choice and click the corresponding answer (thumbs up for good choice and thumbs down for bad choice). This
Preview of Idioms PowerPoint Lesson {Figurative Language}

Idioms PowerPoint Lesson {Figurative Language}

Idioms with George Washington - Figurative Language PowerPoint Lesson With the help of America's first President, your students will have a "whale of a time" learning idioms, and understanding their meanings. This 25 slide presentation discusses what an idiom is, and gives you over 20 examples of commonly used idioms. You'll laugh along with your students in a memorable presentation, full of animated graphics! We hope you enjoy this aspect of figurative language. Idioms are such fun! You
Preview of Christmas Jeopardy!  Christmas Trivia for Elementary!

Christmas Jeopardy! Christmas Trivia for Elementary!

Created by
JB Creations
Christmas Trivia Jeopardy! Kids will answer 25 Christmas trivia questions in this engaging, no prep Jeopardy game that is a perfect holiday party activity! Christmas trivia topics covered include Christmas songs, movies, traditions, foods, and the 12 days of Christmas! 25 questions reviewing thought-provoking facts are arranged in a colorful game board to give students a competitive game-like atmosphere ! Topics and point values are linked to corresponding questions and answers in an interacti
Preview of Phonics & Decoding For Older Students 265 Ready To Use Digital Resource Lessons

Phonics & Decoding For Older Students 265 Ready To Use Digital Resource Lessons

* AT LAST... PHONICS AND DECODING FOR OLDER STUDENTS... These 265 Interactive Digital Resource Lessons and Activities help students of ALL AGES improve foundational reading and decoding skills and conquer reading! These reading intervention lessons are simple, straightforward, and suitable for students who need additional phonics, decoding, and word attack practice to reach mastery level. The art is NOT "BABYISH" and will appeal to students of ALL AGES! Terrific for beginning readers, strug
Preview of Synonyms and Antonyms PowerPoint Lesson

Synonyms and Antonyms PowerPoint Lesson

Travelin' the Country to Find Synonyms and Antonyms Hop in the car and travel with us across the United States in search of SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS. The enchanting animations and theme of this PowerPoint with embrace your students attention as they master this standard and expand their vocabulary. It includes direct instruction, guided practice, as well as test prep questions to determine mastery while you teach. With 31 slides, you can use it over several days, and I great to use during st
Preview of Personification PowerPoint Lesson {Figurative Language}

Personification PowerPoint Lesson {Figurative Language}

Perfecting Personification with Petey Parrot - Figurative Language PowerPoint Lesson This 28 slide PowerPoint is colorful and supremely engaging! Students will absolutely love Petey the Parrot, and will no longer feel like personification is so difficult to understand. Students will have several examples to understand what personification is, then be challenged to find the part of the sentence that is personification, and finish it off with determining whether or not a sentence is personifica
Preview of MAP SKILLS US Geography GOOGLE SLIDES & BOOM CARDS 2nd & 3rd Grade Bundle

MAP SKILLS US Geography GOOGLE SLIDES & BOOM CARDS 2nd & 3rd Grade Bundle

Are you a 2nd or 3rd grade teacher looking for an exciting way to teach and review map skills & geography? This interactive bundle includes both Google Slides and Boom Cards, so there are plenty of activities to keep them entertained. They’ll learn all about landforms, the equator, the prime meridian, hemispheres, latitude and longitude, continents, U.S. regions, world oceans, the compass rose, cardinal directions - all with lots of vocabulary thrown into the mix. If you want to excite your
Preview of ESL Prepositions of Place BOOM CARDS™ – Digital Task Cards

ESL Prepositions of Place BOOM CARDS™ – Digital Task Cards

Each PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE task card has a colorful room/outdoor scene, a basic sentence for comprehension and three different preposition answer options to choose from. (in, on, under, in front of, behind, next to, between, to the left, to the right) Help Clio find what she’s looking for by locating the objects in the picture and choosing the correct answer. Great for lower elementary ELL, ESL and EFL students. Students must read each sentence and choose from three possible answers. For a closer
Preview of Homophones PowerPoint Lesson

Homophones PowerPoint Lesson

Homophones with Hip Hop Dawg PowerPoint Lesson Hook those students up with the 411 on homophones! This 31 slide presentation is da bomb for teaching homophones, fo shizzle. Seriously, this is an attractive, interactive look at homophones. Gives definition + many interactive examples for students to choose the correct homophone for each. It will keep your students engaged with its animations and fun examples. *****************************************************************************
Preview of Winter Boom Cards Speech Therapy, Real Photos WH Questions, Increase MLU

Winter Boom Cards Speech Therapy, Real Photos WH Questions, Increase MLU

Looking for a fun and interactive way to help your child with their speech therapy goals? This engaging winter Boom Card activity features 21 real photo scenes with WH-question visuals and moveable images. It's designed to teach vocabulary, pronouns, verbs, WH questions, expanding sentences, prepositions, and following directions. #byebyeWhen you use real photos in your therapy sessions, you are bringing the best of current learning research and intuitive learning resources to your students, wha
Preview of Decades Research Project Posters - Printable & Digital

Decades Research Project Posters - Printable & Digital

Decades Research Project Posters are a fun and simple way for your students to research decades through history. These project posters are student friendly and help guide your students in what exactly to research. These posters are perfect for students to display their research! And they look fabulous on a bulletin board or hallway display!This is part of my HUGE GROWING BUNDLE OF RESEARCH PROJECT POSTERS. This is includes ALL of my research project posters. Your students could become research e
Preview of The Real First Thanksgiving Digital Activity

The Real First Thanksgiving Digital Activity

Do your kiddos still think that turkey was served at the First Thanksgiving? Do they know why the Pilgrims celebrated with a meal? Do they know the Native Americans were from the Wampanoag Tribe? This product is included in the Thanksgiving Games and Activities Mega BundleThis interactive digital resource includes information about the historically accurate First Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag. This fun and engaging resource goes from the Pilgrims' voyage to the 3 day feast
Preview of Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words PowerPoint Lesson

Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words PowerPoint Lesson

Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words PowerPoint Lesson This product gives students a visual component to learning about prefixes, suffixes, and root words. It allows students to see the meaning as well as visual representations of the meaning which creates teachable moments for new vocabulary. Expand students understanding of vocabulary through knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and root words. This is an early work, and is priced accordingly. If you are interested in a deluxe model, you may w
Preview of Similes and Metaphors PowerPoint Lesson {Figurative Language}

Similes and Metaphors PowerPoint Lesson {Figurative Language}

Enchanting Butterflies: Similes and Metaphors PowerPoint Lesson 21 glorious slides!!! This PowerPoint is jam packed full of beautiful photographs of butterflies, caterpillars, and cocoons that will grab your students' attention. Students first learn what similes and metaphors are. Then, they try to determine whether a statement is a simile or metaphor. Last, students will get an opportunity to create their own similes and metaphors. There is so much that you can do with this presentation!
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Find Social Studies - History resources | TPT

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.

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.

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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.