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Social studies Common Core RF.1.3 resources
100th Day of School Activities NO PREP Writing Math Craft Certificate & More!
Celebrate the 100th Day of School in your classroom with these engaging math, writing, movement, craft, history and other fun activities! With 15 activities to choose from you won't have a problem filling your lesson plans with everything to celebrate 100 Days of School. And we aren't talking fluff activities. Use the 100th Day to get your students reading, writing, working math problems, and so much more! In my classroom, students were so excited to do all things 100 that they ended up doing
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K - 5th
The First Thanksgiving Unit | Pilgrims | Wampanoag | Native Americans
Teach your class the history of The First Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims, and the Wampanoag, a tribe of Native Americans, with this historically accurate PRINTABLE BOOK. Your students will love reading and illustrating the book as they learn. They’ll gain experience in presentation skills and public speaking as they practice in class or at home and present it at their own Thanksgiving dinner! Writing prompts, writing papers, book suggestions, and resources for research are included.Click here to sav
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities | Reading Writing and Craft BUNDLE
American Flag Emergent Reader Patriotic Holidays - Presidents Day Memorial Day
This is the perfect American Flag Emergent Reader resource for Kindergarten and 1st graders. It can be used for Memorial Day, Flag Day, Veteran's Day, Labor Day, Presidents Day, 4th of July (Independence Day) or any patriotic day you celebrate! This American flag reader is easy to use, is an ink and time-saver, and students love reading it over and over! Enhance your small group reading and use in Social Studies to learn different places that display the flag with I See the Flag. Perfect for you
Grades:
K - 1st
Rodeo Activities - Rodeo Cowboys - Western - Texas History
Rodeo activities! Do you take your Kindergarten or 1st-grade students to the Rodeo or teach a western or Texas History unit? Rodeo activities with western cowboys and cowgirls are all here in this fun, 75-page informational text with differentiated activities using real photos. Perfect for Rodeo Day! There are 2 levels of emergent readers. Students practice using nouns and verbs, sight words (high-frequency words), counting, and writing. Digital version is available.There is a digital Google S
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Social Studies Activities BUNDLE | Prek and Kindergarten
Community Places 1st 2nd Grade Social Studies Worksheets
The Places in my Community Packet includes ready to use activities that can be used for morning work, literacy center, early finishers, homework pages, activities to leave for substitute teachers, and more. They are also great for differentiated instruction.This Places in My Community Activities Pack is a must in your classroom for several reasons: Engaging Worksheets: Our packet features a variety of interactive worksheets tailored to suit different learning styles and levels. From coloring pa
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Grades K-2 Lessons BUNDLE
American Symbols
These American Symbols student books can be used to supplement your American Symbols unit. Color and Blackline Masters are included. There is also a smaller student flipbook.
STUDENT BOOKS:
Student Book Cover
Statue of Liberty
Bald Eagle
American Flag
White House
Liberty Bell
USA
Back Cover of Book
STUDENT FLIPBOOK:
Student Book Cover
Statue of Liberty
Bald Eagle
American Flag
White House
Liberty Bell
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PreK - 1st
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Thanksgiving Writing Capitalization and Punctuation Practice
Reinforce the story of The First Thanksgiving with this engaging nonfiction activity. A major stumbling block for correct capitalization & punctuation is knowing where the sentences end. This differentiated, NO PREP packet will help your students practice reading, writing, capitalization, punctuation, & sight words. You'll have print-and-go editing worksheets & writing prompts at your fingertips all month long!☀☀☀ Click HERE to save 25% by buying this resource as part of my Mega Grow
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Writing Capitalization and Punctuation Practice AUTUMN | FALL 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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I Can Help at Home Mini Book
This mini book was designed for a social studies unit that covers roles and responsibilities. Each page highlights a different job or chore that children can do to help at home. I Can Help at Home could be used whole class or in guided reading. There are two lines of text on each page. The first line is the same on each page. The second line varies by the activity or chore, allowing students to use the picture to help decode.This black and white book has a cover, 10 pages of different ways
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K - 1st
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Also included in: I Can Help BUNDLE
Day of the Dead Early Readers Books, Reading Comprehension & Coloring Activities
❤️Are you looking for engaging, cultural activities to celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and Latin American traditions in your classroom this October? Your students will love learning about this important holiday and how it is celebrated, while practicing reading, comprehension, social studies, and art skills! .................................................................................................................................................✏️ Great for kindergarten, 1st
Grades:
K - 2nd
November 1st Grade Morning Messages
November Morning messages for 1st grade are perfect for morning work. Ten November morning messages with the following themes: Thanksgiving, Native Americans, Mayflower, Pilgrims, turkey, Veterans Day, and Hanukkah. These work great for emergency sub plans or those days when you get pulled from class for a last minute meeting. Answers are included so you could also set this up as a self-checking writing center.
SKILLS INCLUDE:
◼Beginning sounds
◼Middle sounds
◼Final sounds
◼Blend phonemes
◼Sho
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K - 2nd
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Memorial Day Worksheet Packet - Reading, Writing, and Coloring Activities
It's finally May! This means Memorial Day weekend is right around the corner, as is the end of the school year. These themed holiday worksheets will keep your students engaged in this important holiday, while also having fun! These worksheets have simple, easy-to-follow directions and were created to promote student independence. They make for easy, print & go whole class activities, but you can also select specific pages and turn them into a packet!What's included? Memorial Day Activity She
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1st - 2nd
Christmas Around the World - Celebrations Around World - Reading Comprehension
This awesome resource gives you a multitude of activities and worksheets to keep your first and second-grade kiddos busy and learning during this busy season. Two weeks of lessons are done for you! There are 85 pages of Christmas Around the World (or Celebrations Around the World) to replace or enhance your unit. For the awesome DIGITAL version, go HERE!Teachers are saying:"A really useful resource! I liked the scaffolding and using Venn diagrams to link the different celebrations.""Excellent ma
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Social Studies Activities Year-Long BUNDLE | Distance Learning
American Symbols Reading Social Studies Boom Cards First Grade
Students will increase their reading comprehension while reading and singing about this social studies product on American Symbols. These fun and engaging Boom cards are so fun for the kids to play.They can listen to the recorded voice reading or read it themselves. There is a fun a cappella song that follows and questions, and literacy activities with multiple choice format. There is also a bonus activity that they can do in their journals. There is a teacher guide with at home tips.Digital
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K - 1st
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Also included in: American Symbols Reading Comprehension First Grade Printable and Digital
Needs VS Wants Economics Activities Bundle
This Needs VS Wants unit is about a 1 week economics unit that is Common Core and VA S.O.L. compliant. The daily lesson plan is easy to follow and provides graphing activities and worksheets that are fun and engaging.Click Preview Button above to see this fun and engaging product.Click Follow to see all of our new resources!What other teachers are saying:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️5.0 Cameron H."Thanks so much! Love the different activities."⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️5.0 Kristine M."I used this with my K and 1 students. It real
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K - 1st
Also included in: Social Studies Economics Money Bundle First Grade
Grades K-2 Lessons BUNDLE
The K-2 Lessons BUNDLE includes ready to use activities that can be used for morning work, literacy center, early finishers, homework pages, activities to leave for substitute teachers, and more. They are also great for differentiated instruction.This K-2 Lessons BUNDLE is a must in your classroom for several reasons: Engaging Worksheets: Our packets feature a variety of interactive worksheets tailored to suit different learning styles and levels. From coloring pages to word searches, your youn
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K - 3rd
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Back to School SEL Reading Comprehension Book and Worksheets First Grade
Do your students struggle with reading comprehension? Science of Reading is used to describe 5 components of reading instruction: phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. This Back to School book and activities is a great tool to help with all of these components as well as teach social emotional learning and how to be a good citizen.Students may read the words, but not retain the information. This Back to School Quality Student Emergent Reader will solve that problem
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Back to School Reading Comprehension for First Grade
Kwanzaa en español Celebraciones de Invierno Holidays Around the World
Kwanzaa es una celebración de siete días para los afroamericanos. El cuento de Kwanzaa que he creado te ayuda a explicarle a los estudiantes en qué consiste la celebración y dónde la celebran. 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 la tradición de Kwanzaa.Otros materiales disponibles en mi tienda son:Bingo de sílabas simples y trabadasCartilla f
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: Celebraciones alrededor del mundo, Navidad Holidays around the World
Thanksgiving Activities | Reading Writing and Craft BUNDLE
I have bundled 3 engaging Thanksgiving activities that will immerse your students in reading, writing, editing, punctuation, public speaking/presentation skills, American history, cutting, gluing, and assembling (fine motor skills). All materials and detailed, step by step lesson plans are included!Save 20% when buying the bundle! The three easy to use Thanksgiving resources included are:Thanksgiving Writing CraftivityThe First ThanksgivingThanksgiving Writing Capitalization and Punctuation Pra
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K - 3rd
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Digital Veterans Day Activities for Google Slides™ AND Printable
Distance Learning! This resource contains BOTH Google Slides™ for your Google Classroom™ 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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JOBS Community Helpers Color by Code Sight Words No Prep Coloring Pages
This is a fun and engaging set of COMMUNITY HELPER JOB themed no prep coloring pages that are perfect for your social studies lesson when learning about careers. These fun color by code worksheets are geared toward kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students! This set of no prep printables feature pictures with Dolch and Fry sight words. These high frequency words coloring pages are great for morning work, independent literacy stations, for early finishers, or to leave with sub plans.
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K - 2nd
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Social Studies Color by Code Coloring Page Activity | High Frequency Words | Map
This is a fun and engaging set of Social Studies Class themed coloring worksheets that are perfect for the beginning of the school year. These include pictures of a globe, a map, the Liberty Bell, and more! These are geared toward kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students! These no prep printables feature pictures with Dolch and Fry sight words. These high frequency words coloring pages are great for morning work, independent literacy stations, for early finishers, or to leave with
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K - 2nd
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Community Helpers Themed No Prep Worksheets BUNDLE for K-2 | MATH | ELAR
This COMMUNITY HELPER themed no prep set of worksheets is filled with lots of great LITERACY, GRAMMAR, and MATH activities for kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade. These are perfect for busy teachers because all you need to do is print and go! There is NO prep! These are wonderful for morning work, early finishers, stations, or just for fun! A few of the skills covered are addition, subtraction, telling time, identifying coins, making ten, synonyms, syllables, blends, prepositions, and so
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K - 2nd
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New Testament Activities | Kids Bible Games | Jesus BINGO | Reading Writing Math
This New-testament Kids Activity Bundle is the ultimate Bible activities pack perfect for kids of all ages! There are 28 pages and 7 different activities that incorporate Bible stories, the Savior Jesus Christ, disciples, prophets, apostles, the Commandments, miracles, blessings, and so much more! This is perfect for the classroom, Sunday school activities, Come Follow Me study, kids Sunday school, primary class games, church preschool class, Bible study group kids games, or any other Christian
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PreK - 5th
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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.
Frequently asked questions about teaching social studies
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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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