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7th grade social studies resources for Easel Assessments and for ESL-EFL-ELL

Preview of Sentence Structure Simple Compound and Complex Sentences Task Cards TWO SETS!

Sentence Structure Simple Compound and Complex Sentences Task Cards TWO SETS!

Created by
Rachel Lynette
Practice sentence structure using these 64 task cards designed to help with student writing and sentence building!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:64 Task Cards (Two Sets) (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysClassroom PostersDIGITAL:2 Google Slides VersionsEasel ActivityEasel Assessment - Self-CheckingDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Cards to extend the lessonSelf-Checking or Short AnswerMultiple versions of the recording sheet includedGreat for 4th, 5th, 6th,
Preview of Prepositional Phrases Task Cards | Print & Digital - Sentences

Prepositional Phrases Task Cards | Print & Digital - Sentences

Created by
Rachel Lynette
Your students will love these 32 Prepositional Phrases Task Cards! This is a set of task cards for helping students understand prepositional phrases! Each sentence has three options for students to decipher the prepositional phrase from. Students will love the fun pictures and bright colors as well as the fun sentences! This set also comes with two easy to use digital versions! What’s included?32 Task Cards- Color32 Task Cards- BlacklineGoogle Slides ActivityEasel Assessment2 Reference Posters-
Preview of 13 Colonies Map and Activities | Printable & Digital

13 Colonies Map and Activities | Printable & Digital

Focus on climate, geography, and the economies of the early American colonies using this informational text, comprehension worksheet, map activity, and assessment! Students will gain a better understanding of how climate and geography played a role in shaping each colonial economy. A printable PDF version and digital version is included! **This resource is part of the no-prep 13 Colonies Unit Bundle. It includes FIVE printable and digital resources at a 30% discount price! A FREE 13 Colonies wo
Preview of Capitalization and Punctuation Worksheets | Commas Quotations Possessive Nouns

Capitalization and Punctuation Worksheets | Commas Quotations Possessive Nouns

Get your hands on this no-prep capitalization and punctuation worksheet pack. Teachers can use these tests to evaluate their students grammar knowledge.Capitalization and punctuation practice worksheet questions are written specifically for Grades 5-6.Focus Areas:Using Commas, Using Quotations, Using Possessive Nouns, Using Dates, Opening and Closing EmailsCapitalization and Punctuation Review:The product includes 6 tests, and each test contains 25 MCQ questions. Questions have three answer choi
Preview of Verbs Worksheets | Action Helping Linking | 5th-6th Grade

Verbs Worksheets | Action Helping Linking | 5th-6th Grade

These verbs worksheets are a terrific way to liven up your grammar review class. Use original questions written for 5th and 6th Grade.Review several areas of verbs with these worksheets.Focus Areas:Action Verbs, Helping Verbs, Linking Verbs, Additional Verb Practice.Verbs Review:The product includes 4 tests, and each test contains 25 MCQ questions. Questions have three answer choices. There are a handful of pictures on each test. There is also a review sheet covering most of the topics featured
Preview of Cuneiform Activity Ancient Mesopotamia Bundle - Worksheets and Presentation

Cuneiform Activity Ancient Mesopotamia Bundle - Worksheets and Presentation

Created by
Learning Pyramid
Teaching your students about the cuneiform writing system is fun and easy with this no-prep resource bundle! This ready-to-use lesson value bundle teaches students about cuneiform and its importance in Ancient Sumer and other Mesopotamian ancient civilizations. Students will have fun deciphering hidden messages and learning about how cuneiform was used in Ancient Sumer.This bundle includes: A reading passage handout introducing cuneiform and how it was usedA cuneiform translation handout that al
Preview of Holocaust of World War II Close Reading Comprehension | 5th Grade & 6th Grade

Holocaust of World War II Close Reading Comprehension | 5th Grade & 6th Grade

A World War 2 close reading passage with comprehension and grammar questions, an extension task, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch about the Holocaust, where over six million Jewish people were murdered during World War II. The NO PREP informational text worksheets are perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. Students will learn the key facts about the Holocaust whilst working on their comprehension skills.Included in this PDF printable resource:An informational textA comprehension
Preview of The Wright Brother's First Flight Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT & DIGITAL

The Wright Brother's First Flight Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT & DIGITAL

This easy to read passage details the story of Wilbur and Orville Wright's first successful flight of a motor-driven airplane on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It explains the Wright brothers':background repairing bicycles in Dayton, Ohioexperiments building gliders and studying birds to learn about flighttime spend in Kitty Hawk preparing and testing their planelegacy in North Carolina and how they are honored on NC license plates, the NC quarter, and with a monument at the si
Preview of Prefixes and Suffixes Worksheets | Forming Affixes and Meaning | 5th-6th Grade

Prefixes and Suffixes Worksheets | Forming Affixes and Meaning | 5th-6th Grade

Add this effective set of prefix and suffix activities to your worksheet collection today! These tests are no prep and easy-to-use.These prefix and suffix questions and worksheets are written specifically for Grades 5 and 6.Focus Areas:Matching Affixes to Meanings, Matching Meanings to Affixes, Forming Affixes, Gap Filling, Additional Affix Practice.Prefixes and Suffixes Review:The product includes 4 tests, and each test contains 25 MCQ questions. Questions have three answer choices. There are a
Preview of Ecosystems and Biomes Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL

Ecosystems and Biomes Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL

This easy to read, one page passage defines ecosystems and biomes and explains the difference between the two terms. It describes 7 of Earth's major biomes: arctic tundra coniferous forestsdeciduous forestsrainforestsgrasslandsdesertsaquatic biomesThis download includes a one page passage with color and black line versions of the illustration, 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illu
Preview of Landforms and Bodies of Water Posters Geography Skills Vocabulary Worksheet

Landforms and Bodies of Water Posters Geography Skills Vocabulary Worksheet

Created by
Fishyrobb
Give your landforms and bodies of water unit a visual boost with this set of illustrated examples! Students will get to SEE what each landform or water body looks like and better understand their features.WHAT YOU WILL GETThis resource contains 24 visuals plus a digital assessment. Each page includes an illustration of the landform or body of water along with the title and definition. Includes:archipelagobaybeachbuttecanalcanyoncavecliffdeltaduneglacierhillislandisthmuslakemesamountainoceanpenin
Preview of Interactive Bulletin Board United States Map Activity

Interactive Bulletin Board United States Map Activity

Created by
Teacher Toy Shop
Transform your classroom into a vibrant learning space with this Interactive Bulletin Board United States Map Activity. This engaging project invites students to actively participate in constructing a colossal wall map of the USA, fostering a collaborative and hands-on approach to learning United States geography. Assign each student a state and watch as the United States comes together, state by state, on your bulletin board! The finished map is an impressive 73 inches in length and 55 inches i
Preview of Sentence Structure Docs Worksheets Types of Sentences Clauses Phrases Predicates

Sentence Structure Docs Worksheets Types of Sentences Clauses Phrases Predicates

Lighten your workload with these easy-to-use sentence structure worksheets. Digital resources - Docs (worksheets) contain questions based on CCSS standards for Grades 5-6.Feel at ease as you practice a range of sentence structure questions with the knowledge that most of the work is already done for you in these worksheets.Focus Areas:Types of Sentences, Types of Clauses, Types of Phrases, Predicates, Further Sentence Structure PracticeSentence Structure Review:The product includes 4 tests, and
Preview of Blackbeard the Pirate Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL

Blackbeard the Pirate Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL

This one page reading passage details the life and career of Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard the pirate. It includes: His early career as a privateer (like a legal pirate) His days as an illegal pirate in the CaribbeanHow he used his appearance to intimidate his victimsHis retreat to the sandbars of North Carolina and eventual downfallThe passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. This
Preview of Blood on the River Novel Test - Printable & Digital

Blood on the River Novel Test - Printable & Digital

Need a rigorous way to assess your novel study? This end-of-book test (part of my bestselling Blood on the River Novel Unit) covers comprehension and reading skills in Elisa Carbone's Jamestown novel, Blood on the River. It contains eight vocabulary matching questions, 22 multiple-choice story questions, and a paragraph response about how Samuel (the narrator) changes throughout the novel.Concepts covered include:VocabularyPlotCharacterConflictSettingThemeCause and effectInferenceand more!This r
Preview of Salem Witch Trials Virtual Field Trip Webquest for Middle and High School

Salem Witch Trials Virtual Field Trip Webquest for Middle and High School

Created by
TeachWithBri
Travel to Salem, Massachusetts to explore and learn all about the history of the Salem Witch Trials in this Virtual Field Trip worksheet activity pack. This historic lesson is perfect for middle school and high school this Halloween or Fall Take a Virtual Field Trip:Take a video walking tour of Salem and many of this historical sitesWatch a Ted-Edu video to learn about what the trials were and the historyExplore the key historical sites of Salem in this 360 website tourRead all about the trials
Preview of Civics Task Cards: Types & Systems of Government Review

Civics Task Cards: Types & Systems of Government Review

If you're reviewing Types of Government and Systems of Government in your middle school Civics or American Government classroom, thiss Civics Task Cards: Types & Systems of Government Review set will make your life so much easier! This set of 32 Task Cards quiz students on vocabulary and key concepts related to Forms & Systems of Government, and include definitions, multiple choice questions, analogies, scenarios to interpret, and pictures to analyze! Perfect for middle and high school s
Preview of Context Clues Worksheets Definitions Synonyms Antonyms Examples Multiple Choice

Context Clues Worksheets Definitions Synonyms Antonyms Examples Multiple Choice

Finding fun and simple ways to practice context clues can be challenging. This worksheet pack is full of effective ways to prepare your students for testing.Worksheets include CCSS aligned context clues questions and interesting topics.Focus Areas:Definitions/Restatements, Synonyms, Antonyms, Examples/ExplanationsContext Clues Review:The product includes 4 tests, and each test contains 25 MCQ questions. Questions have three answer choices. There are a handful of pictures on each test. There is a
Preview of A Nation Divided (Civil War) in Pictures for Special Ed, ESL and ELL Students

A Nation Divided (Civil War) in Pictures for Special Ed, ESL and ELL Students

Created by
Lonnie Dai Zovi
A Nation Divided (Civil War) in Pictures for Differentiating Instruction, Special Ed., ELL and ESL Students from the Include Me © Series U.S. History Vol. 1 (Teacher's Resource Book for Differentiated Instruction, Special Education and ELLs) is a picture based, simple, and leveled, packet to differentiate instruction. With your good teaching, and with these worksheets to teach both the concepts, vocabulary and facts of A Nation Divided (Civil War) period, all students will develop Englis
Preview of Latitude and Longitude Activities | Map Skills Worksheets Posters Presentation

Latitude and Longitude Activities | Map Skills Worksheets Posters Presentation

Created by
Learning Pyramid
Learning about latitude and longitude is fun and easy with this resource bundle! This ready-to-use no prep value bundle teaches students about latitude and longitude, the hemispheres of the world, major lines of latitude and longitude (Equator, Prime Meridian, Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle), and finding locations using geographic coordinates! This bundle includes: Four handouts introducing latitude and longitude, the world's hemispheres, absolute and relative locati
Preview of Deforestation - Global Issues

Deforestation - Global Issues

This worksheet covers the issue of deforestation. An optional, ten-question multiple-choice worksheet is included. The worksheet is divided into the following sections:What is deforestation?Why does deforestation occur?The environmental impact of deforestationThe economic impact of deforestationDeforestation ratesHealth concernsCan deforestation be slowed or stopped?There are two extended response questions:What do you think the best method is to reduce deforestation and why? What can individual
Preview of Capitalization and Punctuation Google Docs Worksheets | Digital Resources

Capitalization and Punctuation Google Docs Worksheets | Digital Resources

Get your hands on this no-prep capitalization and punctuation pack. Teachers can use these Google Docs digital resource worksheets to evaluate their students grammar knowledge.Capitalization and punctuation practice questions are written specifically for Grades 5-6.Focus Areas:Using Commas, Using Quotations, Using Possessive Nouns, Using Dates, Opening and Closing EmailsCapitalization and Punctuation Review:The product includes 6 tests, and each test contains 25 MCQ questions. Questions have thr
Preview of Sentence Structure PowerPoints Types of Sentences Clauses Phrases and Predicates

Sentence Structure PowerPoints Types of Sentences Clauses Phrases and Predicates

Need new sentence structure materials but need to lighten your workload, too? This sentence structure powerpoints pack is ideal for your situation. Full of color, CCSS aligned questions and with very little prep, give these assessments a try today!Focus Areas:Types of Sentences, Types of Clauses, Types of Phrases, Predicates, Further Sentence Structure PracticeSentence Structure Review:The product includes 4 tests, and each test contains 25 MCQ questions. Questions have three answer choices. Th
Preview of Defining Words Docs Worksheets Define Word and Meaning Multiple Choice Questions

Defining Words Docs Worksheets Define Word and Meaning Multiple Choice Questions

Review defining words with this effective no prep worksheets product and save yourself some time! Digital resources (Google Docs) that are colorful, easy-to-use and fillable.Give this defining words product a try today!Focus Areas:Matching Words to Definition, Matching Definition to Words, Using Guesswork to Accurately Define Meanings, Additional Defining Word Practice.Defining Words Review:The product includes 4 tests, and each test contains 25 MCQ questions. Questions have three answer choices
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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.

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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.