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Social studies Common Core L.6.5a resources
Morning Work Bundle (4th, 5th, 6th Grade)
Morning Work Bundle (4th, 5th, 6th Grade) - 532 Worksheets & Printables. A morning work bundle for upper elementary. Use the many art illustrations as a springboard into writing prompts.• Worksheets travel nicely between grade levels. • Meets 65-82% of Common Core Writing Literacy Standards for grades 3-7. Click links for full previews. You get the following:1. Editing - 12 Printable Prompts• Labor Day• Haunted House• Winter Solstice• Sled Racing• White House Easter Egg Roll• Valentine's Day
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4th - 7th
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Signs of Survival a memoir and oral history by Hartman for ELA and history
This product includes over 100 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts on cards for studying the memoir, Signs of Survival, by Renee Hartman with Joshua M. Greene. This book is an inspiring narrative account of Renee and Herta Hartman's experiences as children in Czechoslovakia during WWII. This novel opens the door to many important discussion opportunities for students within the classroom and beyond.Book Themes: Family, Courage,
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6th - 8th
Becoming Muhammad Ali novel study comprehension writing enrichment activities
This resource includes more than 150 comprehension questions with composition prompts and 19 cross-curricular enrichment/project activities for the book Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander. The resource is provided as a printable PDF and as Google Slides™ for use in Google Classroom™. This book is an engaging, inspiring, and timely, cross-curricular historical fiction book that recounts the life of Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) up to his professional career as a boxer. It
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4th - 7th
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Ground Zero by Alan Gratz Novel Study Questions Google Slides™ Compatible
This product includes 212 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts on cards for studying the novel Ground Zero written by Alan Gratz. This book is a highly engaging and suspenseful historical fiction novel with many timely themes. This story opens the door to many important discussion opportunities for students within the classroom and beyond.Book Themes: Family, Survival, 9/11, War, Resilience, Afghanistan, U.S. History, Multiple P
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4th - 7th
Iceberg Nielsen Titanic Cross-Curricular Book Companion Novel Study
A Titanic Story - This interdisciplinary book companion and novel study includes comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts for studying the outstanding historical fiction novel, Iceberg, by award-winning author, Jennifer Nielsen. This book is an inspiring narrative account of the fateful maiden journey of the RMS Titanic. This interdisciplinary novel study opens the door to many important discussion opportunities for students within t
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4th - 8th
Theater Arts Comical Play Script Unit | Abdullahs Gold Middle Eastern Folk Tale
Part of a Bundle This engaging, comical unit and play (30 pages in length) with roles for 20+ students is suitable for students whether Social Studies class studying the country of India, Pakistan or used in a drama class. Students strengthen their reading (fluency), speaking (diction) and listening skills (restating) while learning to work cooperatively. In addition, a teacher could use this unit with students who are distance learning. #DistanceLearningTPTBased on the Hindu folk tale by the
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5th - 6th
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Someplace to Call Home Novel Study Questions Google Slides™ Compatible
This product includes 112 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts on cards for studying the novel Someplace to Call Home written by Sandra Dallas. This book is an engaging historical fiction novel with many important themes. This story opens the door to many important discussion opportunities for students within the classroom and beyond.Book Themes: Family, Great Depression, Bullying, Self-Awareness, Empathy, Dust BowlThis book is
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3rd - 6th
Platypus PowerPoint with Activity and Study Guide
Get ready to explore the world of the Duck-billed platypus, one of the most bizarre and mysterious mammals in the world from eastern Australia and Tasmania. Platypus facts include that they sport a tail like a beaver, bill and feet like a duck, and lay eggs like a bird! Platypuses give birth to furless babies called puggles. What's Included:One Quick Start GuideOne 23-slide animated PowerPoint (both PPTX and PDF file types)One 20-page fillable student activity and study guideOne 26-page EDITABLE
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3rd - 8th
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4-LS1-1
, MS-LS1-4
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Salt — Hyperlinked PDF project to accompany novel
This hyperlinked PDF is designed to be used while reading the novel Salt by Helen Frost. More than 50 links are embedded to enhance the reading experience for students by providing background information, historical context, statistical information, maps, and much more. Questions on those links, comprehension questions, and questions to spark critical thinking are included.I know your time is precious, so I tried to incorporate as many subject areas as possible including history, science, math,
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5th - 8th
FREE - Grammar | Oregon Trail Worksheet (Gr. 3-7)
FREE - Grammar Bundle - Editing - Language Skills | Oregon Trail Worksheet (Grade 3-7). In this grammar freebees printables: 3 Oregon Trail paragraphs (answers will vary). + + + + + + + + Oregon Trail is part of Editing & Grammar Bundle: 91 Worksheets, which includes the following... Click links for full previews. A) Language Skills: 44 WorksheetsBasic• Sentences• Paragraphs• Nouns• Verbs• Adjectives• Adverbs• PrepositionsIntermediate• Apostrophes• Commas I• Commas II• Quotation Ma
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: US History Bundle
Langston Hughes & The Harlem Renaissance {Social Studies Pop-Ups}
Not enough time in your day to teach Social Studies? Social Studies Pop-Ups help you fit it all in! These units integrate specific social studies concepts, close reading, comprehension activities, mentor sentences, and more! Your students will L-O-V-E the mentor texts for each week and your days will move seamlessly from literacy to content area instruction. This unit centers on the mentor text and poem, "April Rain Song" by Langston Hughes. Within this unit you will find: 5 days of mentor sent
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4th - 6th
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BUD, NOT BUDDY Comprehension/Assessment/Novel Study CCSS 175 Page Reading Unit
The student will stay engaged!GREAT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING, TOO, WITH EASY TO USE PACKETS, ACTIVITIES, AND ASSESSMENTS NEEDING LITTLE INSTRUCTION.Also, here are a few comments from teachers who are honestly complete strangers to me who have used very similar novel units I have created: "I just purchased this product, and so far I'm very happy with what I've seen." "This is one of the best products I have used for novels!!!" (Free Lesson) "D
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5th - 7th
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PERCY JACKSON And The Olympians (1) 257 Page CCSS Novel Study Unit
GREAT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING, TOO, WITH EASY TO USE PACKETS, ACTIVITIES, AND ASSESSMENTS NEEDING LITTLE INSTRUCTION.•Also, here are a few comments from teachers who are honestly complete strangers to me who have used very similar novel units I have created: "I just purchased this product, and so far I'm very happy with what I've seen." "This is one of the best products I have used for novels!!!" (Free Lesson) "Do you have the complete unit? I am currently reading this n
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5th - 7th
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Ancient Egypt Unit Plan: Great Pyramid of Giza Golden Ratio PowerPoint
NatureGlo's eScience Ancient Egypt Unit Plan: Great Pyramid of Giza Golden Ratio PowerPoint is a mini bundle featuring a unique math in the real world exploration. Few of the world's wonders hold more fascination than the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still mostly intact. The Great Pyramid is shrouded in mysteries. The modern world is still trying to unravel them. There is a continued debate among archaeologists, Egyptologists, and mathematicians regarding
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4th - 10th
Also included in: Math With Art
A Place to Land Martin Luther King Jr Speech for classroom distance learning
*Includes Google slides™ compatible option* This is a great resource for Black History Month, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Constitution Day, social studies and American history, and nonfiction book studies. The resource includes discussion question/task cards, literal and textual comprehension prompts, biography study guidance, and reflection and essay writing prompts for the beautiful picture book about Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial. The resource is app
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4th - 8th
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What You Meme? Vocab Assignment
This assignment makes vocab practice and application a bit more fun. The 8 slides take you through how to make a meme, expectations of the assignment, examples, and ease edit and customization options. Assign it through your google classroom and allow 10-15 minutes of work time, you can even do a share out following showing off students memes and definitions with the use of application to the real world. Use it as a warm-up, an extension assignment, or just as a change of view for vocab overall.
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5th - 12th
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War Horse — Hyperlinked PDF project to accompany novel
This hyperlinked PDF is designed to be used while reading the novel War Horse. Along with comprehension questions, I've also included language arts links and questions on figurative language and determining meaning from context clues, vocabulary, and more. World War I links and questions to help students understand some of the history and context of what they are reading are also included. Of course, there are lots of links and questions about horses in general and their use in war.In order to e
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5th - 8th
The Sign of the Beaver Reading Guide
This reading guide for The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare includes a variety of resources:a "Before You Read" activity to make predictions using the book coversa graphic organizer for vocabulary used by Wabanaki (or Penobscot in the book) Indiansa reading passage about Wabanaki creation myths (with venn diagram for comparison)nonfiction passage for historical context/settingGraphic Organizers for setting, plot, characters, and themesa reading comprehension worksheet for each chapt
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4th - 7th
Angel Child, Dragon Child, Figurative Language
Angel Child, Dragon Child offers an opportunity for Text-Based instruction of Figurative Language.
This is a heartwarming story about a young Vietnamese girl, Ut, who has come to America with her father and two sisters. Her mother stayed behind in Vietnam until there was enough money to send for her. When the Ut goes to school, the children tease her because she wears clothes different from theirs and because she “speaks funny.” She wants to be an Angel Child for her mother, but sometimes,
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3rd - 6th
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver Google Slides™ Compatible
This product includes 48 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts as well as 8 extension activities for studying the biography The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver written by Gene Barretta and illustrated by Frank Morrison. This book is beautifully illustrated and does an excellent job of introducing readers to an important man from history. Students of all ages will enjoy reading and discussing this biography. This book is
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2nd - 5th
Greek Mythology: 12 Olympians and more
This resource aligns with my study on Greek Mythology Unit, covering the 12 Olympians and some minor Dieties, along with corresponding myths. While there are many resources online, I found that most are not as clean, or child-friendly as I would like. Therefore, I have taken the Greek Myths and made it more appropriate for students.Included are the myths of ZeusHeraHadesPersephoneDemeterPoseidonApolloArtemisAresAthenaDionysusHermesHephestusAphroditeHestia*Now includes DOK Level 1 -4 Questions
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6th - 10th
Act by Kayla Miller Graphic Novel Discussion Question Cards
This product includes 80 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts on cards for studying the graphic novel Act by Kayla Miller. This book is an engaging and enjoyable graphic novel that explores important themes and opens the door to many significant discussion opportunities for students within the classroom and beyond.Book Themes: Friendship, Student Government, Voting & Elections, Realistic Fiction, Family, SchoolThis book is a
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3rd - 6th
CCSS 6th Grade ELA Standards | I Can Learning Targets Banner
Included in this classroom decor and learning tool resource is a pennant with an "I Can" learning target statement for every Common Core State Standard for 6th Grade ELA. Print, cut, punch, and string together the pennants to create your own banner to display current learning targets for students! With patterned pennants included as well, the banner is a fun piece of classroom decor that students will enjoy noticing and reading, reminding them of their learning goals. Simply swap out the learnin
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6th
Also included in: CCSS Middle School ELA Standards | I Can Learning Targets Banner BUNDLE
The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson
In this lesson, students are led through an examination of the poem “The Eagle” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This poem is one of the 18 poems listed in the Core Knowledge Sequence for Grade 5 (p. 126). This resource is suitable for grades 4-6.Included is:a fully editable PowerPoint with the poem “The Eagle” along with historical notes and a short biography of the authora 30-minute lesson plan with Key Vocabulary, Literary, and Interpretative notesa supporting Internet link--------------------------
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4th - 6th
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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.
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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.
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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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