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Social studies Common Core L.K.6 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
Community Helpers Posters
Community helpers are a big part of any kindergarten and first grade curriculum, use these posters when introducing or reviewing workers in the community with your students. What is on each poster?✓ name of community helper✓ photograph of community helper✓ short description of what the community helper does✓ sentence of why we need the helper in our communityWhich community helpers are included?architect, astronaut, author, banker, builder, bus driver, chef, crossing guard, custodian, dentist, d
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K - 1st
Pledge of Allegiance Activities and Worksheets - Emergent Readers
This easy-to-use resource can be used in your distance learning and will help your Kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd-grade students to understand the Pledge of Allegiance! Printables included are great for back-to-school or any patriotic holiday. Labor Day, Flag Day, Constitution Day, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Presidents Day, 9/11, or anytime you are talking about the American flag. Students have FUN with this packet!Teachers are saying: "This helped my students so much! Having so many different activ
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in:Â Social Studies Activities Year-Long BUNDLE | Distance Learning
Ben Franklin Activity Pack {Kindergarten/First Grade}
This product was created for students in Kindergarten and First Grade classrooms. Through a variety of activities and worksheets students will learn all about Ben Franklin - a famous writer, scientist, and inventor who is best known for his experiments involving electricity and lightening. These print-and-go activities are great for cross-curricular lesson planning and can be easily incorporated into your current Language Arts and/or Social Studies curriculum.This pack includes 4 print-and-go w
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K - 1st
George Washington Carver Activity Pack
This product was created for students in a Kindergarten classroom and could easily be implemented in 1st grade as well. Through a variety of activities and worksheets students will learn all about George Washington Carver, an African-American scientist best known for discovering many new ways to use peanuts!This pack includes 4 print-and-go worksheet activities:- Timeline (Color Me)- Timeline Cut and Paste- Adjectives/Who Was George Washington Carver?- Book Mark Craft (4 designs)Also included:-
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PreK - 1st
Also included in:Â Black History Month Activity Pack BUNDLE {K-1}
Ruby Bridges Activity Pack {K-1}
This product was created for students in a Kindergarten classroom and could easily be implemented in 1st grade as well. Through a variety of activities and worksheets students will learn all about Ruby Bridges, the first African-American to attend an all white school in the south.This pack includes 4 print-and-go worksheet activities:- Timeline (Color Me)- Timeline Cut and Paste- Adjectives/Who Was Ruby Bridges?- Book Mark Craft (4 designs)Also included:- 10 page printable reader "All About Ruby
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K - 1st
Also included in:Â Black History Month Activity Pack BUNDLE {K-1}
Jesse Owens Activity Pack
This product was created for students in a Kindergarten classroom and could easily be implemented in 1st grade as well. Through a variety of activities and worksheets students will learn all about Jesse Owens - the first African-American track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympiad.This pack includes 4 print-and-go worksheet activities:- Timeline (Color Me)- Timeline (Cut and Paste)- Adjectives/Who is Jesse Owens?- Book Mark Craft (4 designs)Also included:- 10 page printa
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K - 1st
Also included in:Â Black History Month Activity Pack BUNDLE {K-1}
Wilma Rudolph Activity Pack {Kindergarten/1st Grade}
This product was created for students in Kindergarten - 1st Grade classrooms. Through a variety of activities and worksheets students will learn all about Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympics. Great for cross-curricular lesson planning, Black History Month, and Women's History Month!This pack includes 4 print-and-go worksheet activities:- Timeline (Color Me)- Timeline Cut and Paste- Adjectives/Who Was Wilma Rudolph?- Book Mark C
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K - 1st
Also included in:Â Black History Month Activity Pack BUNDLE {K-1}
Booker T. Washington Activity Pack {K-1}
This product was created for students in a Kindergarten classroom and could easily be implemented in 1st grade as well. Through a variety of activities and worksheets students will learn all about Booker T. Washington - an educator and civil rights leader.This pack includes 4 print-and-go worksheet activities:- Timeline (Color Me)- Timeline (Cut and Paste)- Adjectives/Who Was Booker T. Washington- Book Mark Craft (4 designs)Also included:- 10 page printable reader "All About Booker T. Washingto
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K - 1st
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Also included in:Â Black History Month Activity Pack BUNDLE {K-1}
NEEDS VS WANTS UNIT FOR KINDERGARTEN
This unit was created to meet standards based on over-arching themes in social studies standards throughout the U.S. This is a five day unit in which students will learn about needs vs wants, saving and spending, and goods and services. The last two days of the unit students will participate in an activity with a real-life application. Students will work as a group to create a good and a service. The good and service will be a need or a want. Students will have been collecting dollars throu
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K
Long Ago and Now History for Primary Grades
Getting students to develop a sense of history of how life, communications, transportation, and work in the past, present, and then pondering the future is not an easy task. This resource offers 48 pictures to view, discuss, and sort as those concepts develop in your study of the past, present, and then ponder the future. You’ll gain opportunities for lots of good discussions and input with those. Additionally, you get puzzles and anchor chart questions, as well as two content writing prompts. T
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K - 2nd
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Thurgood Marshall Activity Pack {K-1}
This product was created for students in a Kindergarten classroom and could easily be implemented in 1st grade as well. Through a variety of activities and worksheets students will learn all about Thurgood Marshall - the first African American Supreme Court Justice!This pack includes 4 print-and-go worksheet activities:- Timeline (Color Me)- Timeline (Cut and Paste)- Adjectives/Who is Thurgood Marshall?- Book Mark Craft (4 designs)Also included:- 10 page printable reader "All About Thurgood Mars
Grades:
K - 1st
Also included in:Â Black History Month Activity Pack BUNDLE {K-1}
The First Thanksgiving Learning & Activity Pack {Kindergarten/First Grade}
Happy Thanksgiving! This product was created for students in Kindergarten and First Grade classrooms. It is a great way to introduce young learners to some of the history behind the first Thanksgiving through a variety of hands on, age-appropriate activities. Incorporate activities into your social studies curriculum, language arts and reading curriculum, or both... excellent for cross-curricular lesson planning!This pack includes the following:- 12 page printable, half-page reader (mini book)
Grades:
K - 1st
Digital Veterans Day Activities for Google Slidesâ„¢ AND Printable
Distance Learning! This resource contains BOTH Google Slidesâ„¢ for your Google Classroomâ„¢ AND the PRINTABLE versions for Kindergarten and 1st (first) grades! Whether teaching in-person, online or hybrid, students enjoy the Veterans Day emergent reader (slides for digital) with repetitive text and the easy-to-use drag and drop activities in the digital and cut and paste activities for the printable version. Buy this resource with both versions for only $1 more than each individual resource!Higher-
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K - 1st
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Rosa Parks Activity Pack {K-1}
This product was created for students in a Kindergarten classroom and could easily be implemented in 1st grade as well. Through a variety of activities and worksheets students will learn all about Rosa Parks and her important role as a civil rights activist.This pack includes 4 print-and-go worksheet activities:- Timeline (Color Me)- Timeline Cut and Paste- Adjectives/Who Was Rosa Parks?- Book Mark Craft (4 designs)Also included:- 10 page printable reader "All About Rosa Parks" in full color and
Grades:
K - 1st
Also included in:Â Black History Month Activity Pack BUNDLE {K-1}
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:Â Kindergarten Supplemental Resource Bundle - DECEMBER
Columbus Day or Indigenous People Day for Primary Grades
Do you need meaningful activities to do for Columbus Day (or Indigenous People Day) to meet objectives in curriculum? Here are enough informational and content related activities to make an integrated day for you and yours. The 10-page non-fiction text, written with primary students in mind, can kick off your day. There is a follow-up graphic organizer and 11 other activities to engage students in a full day of content related math, language arts, and social studies. You’ll be able to set up wor
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K - 2nd
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Travel Continents and Oceans - The World Map - Geography Activities Pack!
Summer Travel - The World Map - Continents and Oceans This download includes continents and oceans matching page in B&W and color.New Bonus: Word searchword scrambletracing vocabulary practicecrossword puzzle creative writing promptand I'm learning the continents book! All included in your download to enhance your teaching. These extensions are great for advanced learners. Lesson Suggestions:Print and color the maps.Let the children cut out the continents or oceans and paste them to the mat
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
Las Posadas MĂ©xico Celebraciones alrededor del mundo
Las Posadas es una Ă©poca de nueve dĂas de CelebraciĂ³n en MĂ©xico como anticipaciĂ³n al nacimiento de JesĂºs. El cuento de las posadas que he creado te ayuda a explicarle a los estudiantes cĂ³mo celebran las festividades en MĂ©xico. Cuenta con vocabulario para introducir el tema, juego de empareja para un centro, el cuento y entre las hojas de trabajo tiene una manualidad para que los estudiantes creen un recordatorio de su viaje por MĂ©xico.Otros materiales disponibles en mi tienda son:Bingo de sĂla
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K - 2nd
Also included in:Â Celebraciones alrededor del mundo, Navidad Holidays around the World
Election Activities
Practice voting and build understanding of the election process, inauguration day, or President's Day while studying a real world or mock election in your classroom! Use the adorable crafts, writing prompts, word wall cards, and engaging printables to practice essential ELA and Math skills with this fun Social Studies friendly unit. Students will get lots of writing practice when they write a letter to an elected official offering advice!I have included an adorable craft so students can build th
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PreK - 1st
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JAMAICA | 52 Weeks of Children Around the World
Looking for an engaging way to explore Jamaican culture? Our Jamaica Pen Pal Bundle features a charming poster of a child with Dunns River Falls, interactive pen pal letters, and map activities. Students will enjoy a real photo of Dunns River Falls, coloring the national bird—the swallowtail hummingbird, and exploring Jamaican symbols in this country study. This country is part of the "52 Weeks Around The World" bundle.Each country in the bundle includes:Original Artwork: A poster featuring a ch
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PANAMA | 52 Weeks of Children Around the World
Looking for a play based lesson to introduce Panamanian culture? Students will enjoy coloring the iconic Panama Canal. This Panama Pen Pal activity kit features a poster of a child, a cute pen pal letter and pages to write back, and map activities. Perfect for preschool through Grade 4, it supports learning through play and world geography studies.
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COSTA RICA | 52 Weeks of Children Around the World
Discover Costa Rica -perfect for World Thinking Day, culture projects, and country research. This set includes interactive pen pal letters and a volcano coloring page to spark curiosity and learning through play. Adaptable for preschool to Grade 4, it supports diversity and inclusion as well as world geography studies. Ideal for country study projects and promoting a global passport mindset.This country is part of the "52 Weeks Around The World" bundle.Each country in the bundle includes:Origina
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DOMINICAN Republic | 52 Weeks of Children Around the World
Looking for an engaging way to introduce Dominican culture? Our Dominican Republic Pen Pal Bundle features a charming poster of a child, interactive pen pal letters, and map activities. Perfect for preschool through Grade 4, it supports learning through play and world geography studies. Students will enjoy coloring the national flower and using a beach flashcard to discuss holidays. This country is part of the "52 Weeks Around The World" bundle.Each country in the bundle includes:Original Artwo
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Importance of learning social studies
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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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