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Kindergarten social studies task cards under $5
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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Procedures l Citizenship l Rules Back to School BOOM CARDSâ„¢ Distance Learning
This set is a great way to review rules and procedures at the beginning of the school year! This deck goes over what a good citizen does and acceptable behavior inside the classroom and at school. It is great for your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students! Students will read the statement (or push the speaker button to have it read to them) and then click on the "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" icon. There are 55 slides in this deck. This set randomizes to play 20 cards at a ti
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K - 2nd
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Also included in:Â 1st and 2nd Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cardsâ„¢ BUNDLE Distance Learning
Needs and Wants BOOM CARDSâ„¢ Distance Learning Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade
This set is a great way to review needs and wants! It includes over 50 cards! This activity goes over what needs and wants are and examples of both. It is great for your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students! Students will read the statement (or push the speaker button to have it read to them) and then click on the "need" or "want" icon to answer. There are 52 slides in this deck. This set randomizes to play 20 cards at a time. So, each time your students play, they will
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K - 2nd
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Also included in:Â 1st and 2nd Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cardsâ„¢ BUNDLE Distance Learning
Tooth Traditions Around the World
Did you know that there are other traditions besides the Tooth Fairy or the Tooth Mouse? Some children throw their tooth on a roof, some wrap it in cotton wool and put it in a river. Other children bury their teeth and some children make wishes.This research pack is student friendly and ready to go! Simply print and set up your research stations.Included in the pack are traditions from the following countries:USA, Spain, South Africa, India, China, Japan, Argentina, Australia, South Korea, Vietn
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K - 5th
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Also included in:Â Holidays / Celebrations Around The World BUNDLE
Map Skills 1st Grade Social Studies Boom Cardsâ„¢
Teaching beginning map skills to 1st graders is always a lot of fun! Students love learning about maps, compass roses, cardinal directions, and map keys! This interactive BOOM Cardsâ„¢ resource is a perfect activity to introduce and practice beginning mapping.Audio is included on all slides in this unit.Here's what's included in this deck:Audio included for definitions and instructionsDifferent uses of mapsCardinal directions on a compass roseUsing directions on a mapUsing a map key activitiesThis
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K - 2nd
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Community Helpers Cut and Paste
Community Helpers
Cut and paste: 3 pages
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Community Helpers : Cut and Paste
Community Helpers : What do they do?
Community Helpers : Cut and Paste
Community Helpers : What do they do?
Community Helpers : Word Search
Community Helpers : Thank you community helpers
Community Helpers : Owls
Community Helpers | Community Workers
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K - 3rd
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Also included in:Â BUNDLE: Community Helpers Worksheets
Community Helpers Lesson - BOOM CARDS - Digital Task Cards Activity
Students will love learning about Community Helpers using these BOOM Cards during your Social Studies unit! They are interactive digital task cards that can be used on a computer, iPad, tablet.....and they are self-marking! Great for sharing information, assessing prior knowledge, whole class instruction, mini-lessons, and independent work.***CLICK HERE FOR A PLAYABLE PREVIEW***Also teaching Places in the Community? Check out the Community BOOM Bundle!Prefer this resource for Google? Check out t
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PreK - 3rd
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Transportation BOOM Cards
These transportation BOOM digital task cards are a fun and interactive way for your children to classify vehicles by determining whether they travel on land, in air, or on water. This BOOM card deck includes 24 transportation task cards. On each card, there is a picture of either a land, air, or water setting and three pictures of vehicles below. The child will click on the vehicle that matches the setting on each card.These BOOM cards work on a laptop, desktop, smartboard, tablet, or any other
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PreK - K
September Unique Learning Systems Task Box- Unit Letter Match (SPED, Autism)
Need extra independent tasks to pair with ULS lessons? I’ve got you covered! These task boxes use Symbolstix images to coordinate with the Unique Learning System (ULS) September Units on Government. This 20 page file includes letter match cards for the letters of study (Mm, Tt, Pp, Nn, Cc) in upper and lower case. There are 10 cards and a cover sheet. AND…. who doesn’t love a BONUS FREEBIE?! It’s included. Check out the bundle that includes all 12 sets!
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in:Â September Unique Learning Systems Task Boxes (SPED, Autism)
Digital Johnny Appleseed | PPT | Seesaw | Google Slides | Distance Learning
DIGITAL JOHNNY APPLESEED PRESENTATION AND INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES.Distance learning activity! Enjoy these activities about Johnny Appleseed! Students need read or listen to this presentation and complete the interactive activities. This game includes 20 Task Cards with audios and movable pieces.Includes:*PDF Link to Download Google Slides (20 Digital Task Cards)*PDF Link to Download Preloaded SeeSaw Cards (20 Digital Task Cards)*Interactive PowerPointMore awesome resources about Johnny Appleseed:
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PreK - 2nd
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Economics: Goods and Services | Boom Cards | Digital Task Cards |
Economics / Economic Finances : Goods and Services - This pack is a great addition to your Economics: Goods and Services unit. This product gives you access to 20 digital task cards on the Boomâ„¢ Learning website on goods and services. These 20 digital task cards are great for Google Classroomâ„¢. All 20 cards have audio. They work on a laptop, desktop, Chromebook, tablet, or any other mobile device that can access the internet. They can also be used as a whole group activity using your interactive
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K - 3rd
Makerspace: KEVA Plank Challenge Task Cards Posters Bundle All 3 Units
Are KEVA planks your Makerspace lab? Here is a Unit on Art, Architecture, and STEM using the KEVA planks and ball. You will love this set of 37 task cards or use them as posters to put up on you board or screen! They will get your students think and making as they learn about types and forms of art. Just post a few new challenge task cards each time your students visit your makerspace lab and let your students do all the work as they can make whatever their imagination can bring.More units comin
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K - 8th
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Community Helpers and Jobs BOOM CARDSâ„¢ Distance Learning | Social Studies
This set is a great way to review workers in the community! This deck reviews community workers and their jobs. It is great for your kindergarten, first grade or second grade students! There are 88 slides in this deck. This set randomizes to play 20 cards at a time. So, each time your students play, they will get a new set of cards! This set also includes sound files where the students click on the sound button to have the words read to them. This is perfect for your non-readers or
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K - 2nd
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Also included in:Â 1st and 2nd Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cardsâ„¢ BUNDLE Distance Learning
Boom Cards Long Ago And Today Social Studies Then And Now Activities
Are you looking for a way to include social studies into your face to face or distance learning classroom? These boom cards are perfect to use when comparing life long ago and today. In this deck, students will listen to a story comparing life long ago and today. Also included are 15 cards where students will choose whether the picture is something from the past or present. Perfect for introducing the topic to students or to use as an individual assessment. This deck includes sound which is per
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K - 2nd
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Needs and Wants Sorting Activities Task Cards | Needs vs Wants
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging needs and wants activities? If so, these sorting category task cards are perfect to work on needs and wants with your students. There are 36 different task cards included. This will give your students plenty of opportunities to work on recognizing and understanding needs and wants.The task cards come in col. option only, but can be printed in grayscale.InstructionsPrint out the included pages.Cut out and laminate each of the individual task cards. Lay th
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in:Â Sorting by Categories for Speech Therapy Year Long Bundle
ARCTIC ANIMALS, PRESCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN CENTERS, REAL PHOTOGRAPHS, ARTIC ANIMALS
Are you looking for Arctic activities this winter? These printable Arctic animal cards with real photographs / real pictures are a great addition to any preschool, prek, kindergarten, grade 1, special education or autism classroom learning about Arctic animals! These vocabulary cards are a perfect addition to science or geography centers, arctic animal matching activities or games, block areas, winter themed polar or arctic dramatic play areas, bulletin boards, sensory tables, tuff tray setups,
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PreK - 1st
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Community Helpers with REAL PHOTOS Life Skills File Folders - Special Education
Includes real life pictures of Community Helpers in action in the community! Featuring the following community helpers, (chef, garbage man, postal worker, librarian, police officer, veterinarian, teacher, paramedic, doctor, pharmacist, firefighter, nurse). This is fantastic for a life skills, self-contained, PPCD, etc. classroom! These activities easily be made into work pages, file folders, or small group activities. The activities include the following:Word/Picture PageWord Only PagePicture
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Special Education Community Helpers Unit Bundle with Real Photos
Continents Matching | Geography | Social Studies Task Cards | Boom Cards
Need more activities for geography skills and identifying continents? These printable and digital task cards ask students to identify continents! Use these to accompany your social studies or geography lessons! They are perfect for hands-on learning! These can be best used as morning work, social studies center work, early finisher, independent work station materials, and more! Want to save up to 20%? BUY THE SOCIAL STUDIES TASK CARD BUNDLE and get 20 sets of task cards at a steal! The real phot
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in:Â Social Studies Task Cards Bundle | Boom Cards | Google Slides
President's Day Boom Cards Activities For Kindergarten And First Grade
President's Day activities that are perfect for social studies activities in class or distance learning. This President's Day boom cards deck, can be used to add some digital learning into your social studies lessons - at school or for remote learning! Easy to use in both Google classroom or Seesaw classrooms. Included in this deck are 15 self-checking, boom cards about the holiday of President's Day. Students will read or listen to an 8 page story about President's Day and then answer comprehe
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K - 1st
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Dress for the Weather: Seasonal Clothing BOOM CARDS - Digital Task Cards
Have fun reviewing Seasonal Clothing vocabulary with these weather BOOM Cards! These interactive digital task cards can be used on a computer, iPad, tablet.....and they are self-marking! Practice seasons with your students. Great for ESL and young learners for assessing prior knowledge, whole class instruction, mini-lessons, and independent work.***CLICK HERE FOR A PLAYABLE PREVIEW***What is included:39 interactive multiple choice cardsAudio instructions on every cardIncludes clothing and access
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in:Â Spring Weather Boom Cards: Rainbows, Clouds, Seasonal Clothing BUNDLE
Lego Task Cards: Landforms
This set of Lego Task Cards has students engaged in creating different landforms! This product contains 18 Lego Landform Task Cards. Students stay highly engaged as they participate in a variety of design challenges creating different landforms! They help to support your teaching of different social studies standards! These cards would be a great addition to your centers or your makerspace. They could also be an activity available during free centers or an option for students when they finish an
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K - 5th
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Landforms Picture Match | Geography | Social Studies Task Cards | Boom Cards
Need more activities for geography lessons working on identifying landforms? These printable and digital task cards ask students to match pictures of landforms! Use these to accompany your social studies or geography lessons! They are perfect for hands-on learning! These can be best used as morning work, social studies center work, early finisher, independent work station materials, and more!Want to save up to 20%? BUY THE SOCIAL STUDIES TASK CARD BUNDLE and get 20 sets of task cards at a steal!
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in:Â Social Studies Task Cards Bundle | Boom Cards | Google Slides
BOOM Cards: Family Members
BOOM Cards: Family MembersHere is fun, digital, and interactive letter discrimination game to get your students engaged identifying family members.Boom cards are a fun and interactive way to get your students engaged in discovering new activities, practicing important skills, and learning along the way!In this product, you will find 23 different BOOM cards. On each card, the students will have the opportunity to learn about the members in their family. Students will listen to the prompt and sele
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PreK - K
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Producers & Consumers | Economics | Social Studies Task Cards | Boom Cards
Need more activities for teaching students social studies concepts like producers and consumers? These printable and digital task cards ask students to identify examples of producers and consumers as an economics topic! Use these to accompany your social studies or geography lessons! They are perfect for hands-on learning! These can be best used as morning work, social studies center work, early finisher, independent work station materials, and more! Want to save up to 20%? BUY THE SOCIAL STUDIE
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in:Â Social Studies Task Cards Bundle | Boom Cards | Google Slides
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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.
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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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