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Social studies Common Core L.K.5a resources
Kindergarten Social Studies Curriculum Interactive Notebook Worksheets
High-quality and engaging social studies interactive notebook resources that are developmentally appropriate for kindergarten can be hard to find! Covering a wide array of social studies topics, this interactive notebook keeps kindergarten learning organized in one convenient location! This interactive notebook includes the following resources that are perfect for kindergarten:Over 100 interactive worksheetsSocial studies posters and sorts for whole-class instructionOver 130 vocabulary cards Thi
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PreK - 1st
Kindergarten Interactive Notebooks - Science, Social Studies, Grammar, & Math
Get a year’s worth of supplemental material for science, social studies, math, language, and grammar with this engaging interactive notebook bundle for kindergarten. These easy-to-use interactive notebooks are perfectly leveled for kindergarten learning! Covering a wide variety of topics, these interactive notebooks will help your students to review and master important standards. Interactive notebooks keep learning organized in one convenient location! This Bundle Includes:⭐️Interactive Science
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PreK - 1st
NGSS:
K-PS3-1
, K-ESS2-1
, K-ESS3-2
, K-LS1-1
, K-ESS3-3
Printable US Coin Sorting Mats for Coin Identification Practice
Printable US Coin Sorting Mats for practice identifying and differentiating U.S. pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters! Use these coin sorting mats for morning work, math centers, assessments, and small group activities!Ideas for Use1. For a small group activity, place a bowl of coins in the middle of each table. Using a small plastic cup, students take a scoop of coins out of the bowl and place them next to their mat to sort. Once they finish sorting the coins they can dump them back into the b
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Identifying And Counting US Coins Activities Bundle
Community Helpers Sorting & Categorizing Activity | Sorting Mats and Pocket Book
This community helper categorizing activity is a great addition to your My Community unit, and Community Helpers unit or lesson plans. Kids sort can the cards in a wide variety of ways. Use the mats and sorting cards individually or bind the mats to create a pocket book (directions included). This activity is appropriate for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten classrooms.This activity contains the following components: ✔8 community location mats ✔ 5 vehicle cards ✔ 16 community he
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PreK - K
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Economics Unit for Kindergarten and First Grade
Needs and wants, goods and services, careers, currency, and choices—all of these topics are included in this economics unit for kindergarten and first grade. This interactive economics folder allows you to teach your social studies economics standards through Common Core English Language Arts standards.
This set is a zipped file including a U.S. version as well as a version with Canadian currency!
To make the interactive economics folder, you will need one piece of large (12”x18”) construction
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K - 1st
Community Signs File Folder Games
Practice matching and identifying community signs with these fun file folder games! They're perfect for centers or independent work in a preschool or special education classroom. Learn about safety and life skills while having fun!These activities were originally created for special education but can be used with any classroom studying community signs. File folder games are perfect for daily morning tasks, independent work, centers, discrete trials, sub plans, early finishers, or even homework.
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Life Skills File Folder Game Bundle
Land, Air, or Sea? Come Along and Sort With Me! (classifying vehicles)
“Land, Air, or Sea” vehicle classification is a great activity to add to your transportation unit that will help children sort a variety of vehicles by whether they travel by land, air, or sea. You can choose to have children sort only words, only pictures, or both. We have also included a small center sort, a transportation book sort, and a graphic organizer sort that can be used as an independent assessment. Cute, colorful clip art in addition to clearly printed vocabulary will be the perfect
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PreK - 1st
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WEATHER SCIENCE ACTIVITIES, LESSON PLANS AND EXPERIMENTS, PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN
Equip your students with the knowledge and skills to become budding meteorologists and weather enthusiasts.Designed to captivate young learners' curiosity and foster a deeper understanding of the world around them, this resource offers a rich array of hands-on activities, inquiry-based lessons, and interactive experiences to spark scientific inquiry and discovery.What's Included:Exploratory Lessons: Dive into the fascinating world of weather through interactive lessons that introduce students to
Grades:
PreK - K
NGSS:
K-ESS2-1
, K-ESS3-2
Also included in: THEMATIC UNIT ACTIVITIES FOR LITTLE LEARNERS | GROWING BUNDLE
Social Studies Economics Money Bundle First Grade
This social studies bundle makes economics come alive for your primary learners through these fun and engaging books, games, worksheets and songs! Students will be able to make great connections from Community Helpers to Goods and Services then to Wants and Needs. Each unit builds on each other with daily lesson plans.We just added our featured TPT Money Bundle to include 4 resources in this economics mega bundle! These four comprehensive units are the perfect way to teach your young students
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K - 2nd
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Community Helpers Growing Bundle for Elementary Job Education Career Counseling
❤️Looking for a fun and engaging way for your students to explore jobs and careers? Learn about 42 different community helpers, what they do, and the tools / equipment they use with this growing bundle! ✏️Perfect for your beginner English, ESL, ELL, preschool, kindergarten, 1st or 2nd grade students!⭐️This is a growing bundle and the price will increase as new resources are added!.....................................................................................................................
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Not Grade Specific
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Coin Trading Activity Mats for Math Centers
Coin Trading Activities for Math Centers for practice exchanging pennies for nickels and dimes, and nickels for dimes and quarters.Students take turns rolling the dice and being the banker as they exchange coins in small groups or with a partner.A "key" showing a picture of the coins, their worth, and their name is shown on each printable mat to help strengthen students' coin recognition skills. For this activity, you can use real coins and a dice or you can use the printable dice & coins i
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Identifying And Counting US Coins Activities Bundle
Kindergarten AND First Grade Theme - Santa's Economics
Themed-based lessons with standards-based activities are the perfect way to integrate tried-and-true methods with Common Core and 21st Century Learning.This themed set can be used in a variety of ways! Activities are perfect for academic learning centers, large group experiences and assessments. Each activity is tied to at least one Common Core standard.This set includes:1 Shared Reading Storybook (PDF and QR Code for Digital Versions!)4 Theme AND Standards-Based ActivitiesAll in both color an
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Kindergarten Supplemental Resource Bundle - DECEMBER
Counting US Coins Worksheets
Counting US Coins Worksheets - This set includes worksheets for practice counting pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and mixed denominations. Use these activities for morning work, math centers, small groups, early finishers, educational interventions, math journals, and assessments in the classroom and at home! These activities can also be used to practice skip counting by 5 and 10!Two different activities are included for each denomination. For the first activity, students count the coins, the
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Identifying And Counting US Coins Activities Bundle
Preschool Diversity + Race Mini Unit - Curriculum - Celebrate Diversity - Pre-K
This Diversity and Race preschool and pre-k mini-unit contains 5 lessons. They are written to invite preschoolers to notice what is similar and what is different about people, celebrate their uniqueness, and stand up to racism in a safe, age-appropriate way. The lessons build on each other to end in a celebratory art gallery of self-portraits. Great for sparking conversations with your young learners and their families. Research shows that children are never "too young" to begin talking about ra
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PreK - K
All About Canada! Preschool and PreK Skills
Use these 10 Canada themed activities to work on some essential preschool skills during your Canada or North America Unit!Please download the preview to get a better idea of what is included in this pack. ***************************************************************************Contents:1. Sort by Color: Use these cards to sort by color. The 3 primary and 3 secondary colors are used. Color word cards are included. 2. Sort by Size: Sort Big/Large, Medium, Small/Little. Labels are included.3.
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PreK - 1st
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STEM Kindergarten Workbook Unit 2, with SEL & AVID strategies
This is unit 2: Ancient Egypt. Make sure you have already purchased unit 1 or you bundle! Unique and engaging curriculum created by an educator that is perfect for the classroom, RVing families or families on the go!Teachers! Use this in your classroom to create workbooks for your students to work on during the summer, if they go on vacation during the school year, or as nightly practice! Print the whole workbook or just certain pages as needed.Only an hour or two needed a day to complete the da
Grades:
K
NGSS:
K-ESS3-1
, K-ESS3-2
, K-ESS3-3
Vikings Activity Pack
This activity pack is inspired by the book B O Y by Phil Cummings and Shane Devries. It includes: Label the Viking: Cut and paste the labels to correctly identify each part of BOY.Boy's Dancing Hands: In the book B O Y is deaf and uses his dancing hands to communicate. Teach your kids sign language letters so that they can communicate with B O Y. Sign with Boy: Use the the sign language alphabet to decode B O Y's dancing hands. Trace and Write: Teach your kids pen control and vocabulary as they
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PreK - 1st
Earth Day & Recycling Worksheet Activities for Math, Literacy, Science & Social
♻️Looking for a fun and engaging way to celebrate Earth Day this spring? These differentiated, Earth Day & recycling worksheet activities are the perfect way to help your students learn how to take care of our Earth, while practicing their literacy, math, science, social studies, and fine motor skills!...............................................................................................................................✏️These worksheets are low prep! Simply print and go!✏️Perfect for
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K - 2nd
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NGSS:
K-ESS3-3
Interactive Geography Worksheet for Labeling & Coloring the World
Embark on a cartographic adventure with "Global Explorer," an interactive geography worksheet designed to navigate the wonders of our world. This comprehensive PDF is the perfect tool for students to master the names of continents, countries, and oceans, and engage in an array of activities that bring the map to life.Dynamic Learning Activities:Label the continents and add a splash of color to each one.Identify and match countries to their respective continents.Explore the vast oceans by numberi
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PreK - 5th
Printable US Coin Sorting Drag And Drop Interactive Slideshow
This U.S. Coin Sorting Interactive Powerpoint Slideshow is a helpful tool for students learning to identify attributes of U.S. coins and sort pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters! For this activity, students drag and drop U.S. coins to sort them by denomination. Realistic Coin Clip Art Images are included on each slide for practice with coin recognition and differentiation.This Slideshow Includes:• Sorting Pennies and Nickels• Sorting Nickels and Pennies• Sorting Pennies and Dimes• Sorting Dim
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PreK - 1st
Also included in: Identifying And Counting US Coins Activities Bundle
Social Rights Flashcards
Embark on a Journey of Social Justice with 'Voices of Change' Flashcards! - These thought-provoking flashcards are an ideal resource for educators to introduce students to the pivotal concepts of social rights and the inspiring legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.Educational and Inspirational Content - This unique set includes a diverse range of flashcards, each featuring key terms, influential figures, and significant concepts related to social rights, along with Martin Luther King's profound cont
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PreK - 12th
Community Helpers | Mapping and Imaginative Play | Kindergarten Social Studies
Are your preschoolers and kindergartners working on mapping, community, or community helpers? Would you like to incorporate some imaginative play into the lessons? Do you need hands on ways for them to practice? This Create A Community Mapping Activity is just what you need! The activity includes: 21 different community building graphics: Included are community staples like post office, grocery store, fire house, and more. Also included are several different places of worship and many differ
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PreK - K
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Then and Now - Comparing Pictures
In this social studies unit you will find a teacher made book (and an editable PPP!!) that compares pictures from long ago and now in the following areas: TransportationCommunicationToysAppliancesFor each area from these four areas above, there is a sorting activity (cut and paste) to complement the information learned in the book/PPP. In addition, there are comparing sheets inviting students to critically think of pictures from long ago and now by finding something that is the same (and writing
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K - 3rd
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Community Helpers Match Games
The scope of this work is around matching games for PreK-1st Grade students. Included are blank templates so you can easily add anything needed for your specific needs. Generally, you will print on cardstock, laminate and cut out. These can be used for teacher modeling on an easel or the floor, small group work with a teacher facilitator or independent centers.Matching Games include a counting match 1-15, accessory/worker match, and worker/word match.
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PreK - 1st
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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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