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3rd grade social studies task card pdfs
Map Skills Scavenger Hunt + Free BOOM Cards
This 20-question scavenger hunt (task card activity) reviews and practices map skills, vocabulary, and terms. (2 cards have been added for use by Canadian teachers.)This Product Includes:• cover card for organizing and storing scavenger hunt • 20 colorful cards providing practice with map skills vocabulary and using maps• alternate cards have been added using a map of Canada for cards 13 and 14, instead of a map of the United States.• 20 b/w cards• crossword puzzle (2 formats for differentiation
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in: Map Skills Bundle
The Three Branches of Government {Reading Passages, Centers, and Mores!}
The Three Branches of GovernmentReading Passages with questions for the Three Branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. Also included are an interactive sort, a three branches foldable, task cards, a board game with questions, a webquest, and venn diagrams. At the end of the unit you will find a study guide and an assessment along with a full answer key. Please check out the preview to see a lot of what is included in this unit. Thank you!
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3rd - 5th
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WORLD CONTINENTS STEM Activities and Challenges Travel Passport
Visit NORTH AMERICAN, SOUTH AMERICA, ASIA, EUROPE, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA and ANTARCTICA. A complete set of over 45 STEM challenge cards based on famous landmarks around the world, including a student passport and fact sheet about each location. Representing at least 45 half hour lessons! DOWNLOAD THE PDF PREVIEW TO RECEIVE A FREE SAMPLE OF THIS RESOURCEThese task cards allow flexibility with the teacher to either grab and go or build further lessons around each challenge. They lend themselves to Ge
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Map Skills and Cardinal Directions Task Cards
Cardinal Directions Task Cards are used to reinforce the skills students need to know for reading maps, using cardinal directions, and learning geography skills. This task card set uses the cardinal directions north, south, east, and west. Students will use the map ‘Bentley Community Map’ to answer the 20 task cards. There is a recording sheet and an answer key provided. Task Cards are great to use in the classroom for:• Independent Practice• Scoot• Test Prep• Collaborative Pairs• Whole-Group As
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3rd - 6th
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Types of Communities │Rural, Urban, & Suburban
This is the perfect bundle to use when teaching your students about the different types of communities (rural, suburban, and urban)! Your students will enjoy these hands on activities and task cards, which are great to use in centers. Posters are also provided for your students to refer to. Included in this bundle:-"What is a Community" Poster-Rural Communities Poster-Urban Communities Poster-Suburban Communities Poster-Rural, Urban, and Suburban Picture Cards (1 page each, 4 images to a page)-R
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K - 6th
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Declaration of Independence Activities for Third Grade
Need some fun and engaging activities to use while covering the Declaration of Independence!? Included in this pack are;task cards, center cards, organizers, craftivity book, texting activity, and a brochure craftivity! Please note that the craftivity, center cards, and task card products are listed in my store as individual items. However, they are offered at a HUGE discounted price in this bundle. Craftivity- Included in this pack is a mini book which reviews the purpose, sections, and why t
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3rd - 5th
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Map Skills Geography Task Cards - 2nd & 3rd Grade Continents Oceans & More
Do your students need a fun way to practice with map skills? These geography task cards are versatile and can be used for games, review, and test prep! This resource includes 2 sets of task cards. One set includes the pictures/questions with no QR codes. The other set includes QR codes - when scanned students see the questions/pictures. This is a fun way to use tablets or chromebooks to play scoot! Several versions of recording sheets are included with and without a word bank. Geography loca
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2nd - 4th
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Task Cards Scoot Activity Weathering, Erosion, Deposition & Earth’s Landforms
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Task Cards and Scoot Activity for Weathering, Erosion, Deposition & Earth’s Landforms!
Two for one low price!
This set of task cards can be used in several ways:
Differentiated Practice (You work with one group, and another group works with the cards)
Scoot Activity
Practice Quiz
Final Test
Center Task Cards
Individual or Small Group Remediation/Acceleration
There are 36 cards for Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition. Each card has 3 answer choi
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3rd - 7th
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Label Continents and Oceans BOOM™ Cards | Continents and Oceans Activity
Your students will have a blast with these label the continents and oceans boom cards! This self-checking, engaging continents and oceans activity provides students with immediate feedback. Use cards as a review, in a learning center, as a quiz, or as a reteaching tool. BOOM cards can be used on interactive white boards, desktops, chrome books, laptops, iPads, iPhones, Kindle Fire, and more! BOOM card are perfect for center work, students needing extra practice (RTI groups), students who need mo
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: 7 Continents Printables | 5 Oceans | Ocean and Continent Quiz Boom Cards
U.S. Constitution Reading Passage & Comprehension Questions - Constitution Day
Although this low prep resource was originally designed for Constitution Day, it can be used any time you are teaching about the U.S. Constitution. Students read a short reading passage about the Constitution, and then answer comprehension questions about the reading passage using the 24 task cards. All you have to do is make copies and cut out the task cards, and it is ready to go for your third or fourth grade students! This activity includes:a one page reading comprehension passage about t
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3rd - 5th
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North Carolina's Three Regions Intro to NC Geography and History
Teach your students about North Carolina’s Three Regions with this fun unit! Students will get an intro to NC geography and history through these activities! Students will learn about North Carolina’s place in this world. Then they will explore North Carolina’s three regions by learning about the characteristics of each region.Students will learn about North Carolina’s three regions: the Mountains, the Piedmont, and the Coastal Plains. They can explore each region through photographs and descrip
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3rd - 4th
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Spending and Saving Money assessment and task cards
~Spending and Saving Money~ -Aligned with the new TEKS!- This packet includes a worksheet where students have to come up with a budget for Lisa's Lemonade stand.-Free draw worksheet for an item that the student wants and how to save up money to purchase that item.-Spending and saving money story with critical thinking questions that follow. Help Kyle at the farmer's market!-Spending and Saving money scenario questions where students have to decide if the person needs to save or spend their money
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Financial Literacy| Personal Finance Bundle
Map Skills Game, Reading Passages with Questions, and Posters
Using this set, students will learn all about map skills including cardinal and intermediate directions, compass rose, lines of latitude and longitude, political and physical maps, map key and scale, and more. Be sure to check out the preview to see all that is included in this set.
Set includes:
• 7 posters/anchor charts for classroom display- Include the following map skill vocabulary terms - cardinal directions, intermediate directions, Equator, Prime Meridian, latitude, longitude, politica
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2nd - 5th
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Kindergarten 1st 2nd Grade MATH SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards™ Mega BUNDLE
⚠️Purchase this GROWING BUNDLE and save over 66% off!⚠️ ️These Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade MATH, SCIENCE, and SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards™ were made to make reviewing concepts engaging and fun for young students. This bundle includes currently includes 29 sets of science Boom Cards™, 46 sets of math Boom Cards, 25 sets of Social Studies Boom Cards™ and more! These were made with primary students in mind, but you can adapt it to your lessons to review the skills with third graders. So
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1st - 6th
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NGSS:
K-PS3-1
, K-LS1-1
, K-ESS3-3
, K-PS2-1
Abbreviations Worksheet: Rules, Task Cards, Anchor Chart, Assessments Activities
Abbreviations Activities: Rules, Task Cards, Worksheets Practice with US MapsAre you looking for abbreviations worksheets, practice pages, task cards, lists, abbreviation rules, and assessments? You've come to the right spot! This abbreviations activities product includes:One page of teacher's notesSeven reference/instructional pages, which include the abbreviations lists by category36 task cards with three distinct question typesAn answer sheetAn answer keyBlack-and-white study sheets for eas
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Kirsten's Kaboodle Multi-Level Storewide ELA Task Cards BUNDLE Digital
Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities
Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities
When beginning to study Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities, the first skill that a student must master is the difference between a right, a rule, and a responsibility and it’s a hard thing to do! I’ve created this resource to help your students get them straight – once and for all!
This unit is designed to give you, the teacher, many options and resources to use as your students work on this unit.
Included in this packet are:
• 7 pages of Tips & Tri
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Social Studies BUNDLE
NATIVE AMERICAN Comprehension Facts Research
Lessons about Native Americans that can be taught at Thanksgiving or any time of the year. Students will research, learn facts about tribes, homes, Navajo code talkers, and more.Included in this packet are:◼ Pie organizer (2 pie organizers and papers included). Each pie organizer has 2 options so you can differentiate the assignment.Pgs. 11-22:Biographies:◼ Writing wallet◼ Sign up sheet with 36 famous Native Americans◼ Instructions for writing wallet◼ Parent note for writing wallet supplies◼ 2
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2nd - 4th
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Early American Indian Cultures (Task Cards Included)
This Bundle includes everything you need to teach Early American Indian Cultures or Native American Regions including the Arctic, Northwest, Southwest, Plains, Northeast, and Southeast. This product meets the new Georgia Third Grade Social Studies Standards of Excellence for the 2017-18 school year.SS3H1a-c: Describe early American cultures and their development in North America including location of regions, how environment impacted food, clothing, and shelter, and contributions to life today.C
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in: Georgia Third Grade Social Studies BIG Bundle (Meets New GSE's)
Social Studies Task Boxes - Set One
Social Studies Task BoxesAre you tired of boring worksheets! Looking for something new? Here are 16 Primary task boxes that target those primary social studies standards, which can be used in small groups, independent centers, one on one instruction, and take-home boxes for homework for that extra needed practice!! These tasks boxes, or task cards, help promote independent learning skills for early learners, gifted students, ELL students, and special needs or SPED teachers. These are targeted to
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Academic Task Box Bundle
Continents, Oceans, & 2nd grade Map Skills BOOM™ Cards BUNDLE!
Review what you know about the continents, oceans, and map skills with fun BOOM™ cards! Two different sets of Boom cards are included: continents and oceans & map skills vocabulary. Boom cards work great in learning centers, for early finishers, for extra practice, or as a whole group activity!MAP SKILLS BOOM™ DECK:This deck includes 39 cards practicing the following terms: Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, symbol, scale, legend, ocean, continent, cartographer, map, globe, North Pole,
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2nd - 4th
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Economic Resources: Capital, Human & Natural Resources
Teaching your students about capital, human, and natural resources? Use this 8 page printable book, 24 picture task cards, and a quick assessment to make planning a breeze!
Use the printable book to introduce the three types of resources. Create a class set of books or print only a few to use in small groups or a reading center.
Print task cards to allow students time to apply and practice their understanding of the three types of resources. Use the picture task cards and recording sheet in
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1st - 4th
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Hispanic Heritage Biography Cards (Daily Routine)
Are you looking for a way to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Months or integrate Hispanic heritage into your classroom daily, even though it might not be in your curriculum? I was, so I created this product. WHAT OTHER HERITAGE MONTH CARDS ARE THERE?Black History Profile Cards (February)Women's History Profile Cards (March)Hispanic Heritage Profile Cards (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15)Asian Pacific Heritage Profile Cards (May)Native American Heritage Profile Cards (November)Profile Card BUNDLELOOKING FOR A DIG
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1st - 8th
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Also included in: Biography Card Bundle (Daily Routine)
Immigration Unit Ellis Island | Writing Reading Passages Immigration Project
Isn't it hard to find an immigration unit for elementary students? This resource will help you teach about Immigration to Ellis Island in history to your students in grades one, two, three and four. These differentiated activities includes: immigration project interview, why people immigrated to America, immigration diary, vocabulary, the challenging journey by boat, Ellis Island, Angel Island and more! Some of the activities included are:Vocabulary cardsWriting PromptsTask CardsDifferentiate
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2nd - 4th
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Imports and Exports Task Cards
Import or Export? Your students must answer that question to complete this set of task cards. After reading a statement, students must decide if the example is an import or export. A student recording sheet and answer key are included.
This is part of a BUNDLE
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2nd - 5th
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Importance of learning social studies
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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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