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Social studies Common Core RI.1.7 resources
Veterans Day Math and Literacy Activities, Veteran's Day Craft and Writing
Are you looking for Veterans Day literacy, math and craft activities for your kindergarten or first grade students? This Veterans Day unit is full of engaging activities for the beginning of November.Here's what's included in this Veterans Day Unit:Nonfiction text about Veterans Day with REAL pictures includes all five branches of the military.Emergent Reader in black and whiteOriginal song and poetry notebook templateMini posters that tell about the five branches of the militaryCraft with temp
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PreK - 1st
100th Day of School Communities Now and Then BUNDLE | Print and Digital
Looking for a resource to help teach your students about how communities have changed? This Communities Then and Now BUNDLE is perfect for teaching about how communities and society has changed in the past 100 years. It also works well for the 100th day of school! This cross curricular unit can be used in the Social Studies and ELA classroom. New reading passages have been added (perfect for small groups and differentiating instruction). Note: There is now a link on page 2 of the PDF that allows
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2nd - 5th
Types of Communities - Urban, Suburban, Rural Communities
These digital Types of Communities activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We a
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1st - 2nd
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Lewis and Clark with Sacagawea Unit - Historical Figures and Famous Americans
Teaching our students about historical figures and explorers who helped to shape the world they live in is an important part of social studies instruction. Our young students love learning about famous Americans who explored the frontier of our country. Lewis and Clark along with Sacagawea are some of these important historical figures and explorers. This resource gives you an age-appropriate way to teach about the Lewis and Clark expedition in your primary classroom. This Lewis and Clark with S
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1st - 3rd
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Historical Figures Bundle - Famous Americans Social Studies Research Projects
Are you struggling to find age-appropriate materials to teach your students about famous American historical figures? If so, this Historical Figures Bundle with NO PREP print and digital activities is perfect for introducing your young students to many famous Americans such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea, Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington Carver, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Ruby Bridges! This Historical Figures Bundle will help you teach your f
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1st - 3rd
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1st & 2nd Grade Social Studies CURRICULUM Bundle- (14 Resources in One)
This 297-page First and Second Grade Social Studies Curriculum Bundle includes 12 comprehensive units, an interactive Social Studies Journal, and a complete set of foldables that are engaging and rigorous for your students! The units cover all main first and second grade Social Studies concepts and are complete with reading comprehensions, graphic organizers, writing activities, student booklets, colorful posters and so much more! The Social Studies Journal and Foldable Set were recently adde
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1st - 2nd
Then and Now Social Studies : Christmas Holiday Edition
This is an amazing way to cover CC reading standards, Close reading, diagram reading and “Then and Now” Social Studies standards in one unit! This product is jam packed with lessons on how Christmas has changed over time. Use the readings provided or one of your favorite Holiday books to complete the activities! Follow me for my new products! 1/2 Price for 24 Hours! You get:• 5 Close Reads• 4 Old Fashioned Ornaments to Decorate the Classroom Tree With!• 3 Read and Interpret a Diagram or Tim
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1st - 3rd
Election Day Lesson Plans - Print & Digital Voting Activities - US Elections
These digital Election Day activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep voting lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We al
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1st - 2nd
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Primary Sources - An Introduction for the Primary Grades
Primary sources are an integral part of understanding historical and modern events. This introduction for the primary grades, with accompanying worksheets, help students build their awareness of primary sources. It also helps them realize that they create a historical footprint on a daily basis.
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Primary Sources for the Primary Grades - Christopher Columbus
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1st - 3rd
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Map Skills Digital Unit - Continents, Me On the Map, Communities for 1st Grade
This bundle of digital Map Skills activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.These Learning Quests provide literacy and research activit
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1st - 2nd
Prove It Thanksgiving Reading Passages | Native Americans, Pilgrims, November
These nonfiction reading passages are perfect for the month of November and the Thanksgiving season. Each passage is engaging and includes informational facts about Native Americans, The Lakota of the Great Plains, The Wampanoag Tribe, and Pilgrims.These passages and comprehension questions require students to PROVE IT! They must go back to the text to support their answers with EVIDENCE.These passages can be used for many purposes: close reading, a quick assessment, targeted small groups, whole
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1st - 3rd
Economics Digital Activities - Supply Demand, Goods and Services, Money Lesson
This bundle of digital Economics activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.These Learning Quests provide literacy and research activiti
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1st - 2nd
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American Symbols Lessons - Statue of Liberty, Liberty Bell, US Flag, Bald Eagle
This bundle of digital American Symbols activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.These Learning Quests provide literacy and research a
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1st - 2nd
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FIRST GRADE GOOD CITIZEN CURRICULUM FOR BUILDING CLASSROOM COMMUNITY
Ready to teach your first graders about being a good citizen? We've got you covered. This social studies unit on being a good citizen is perfect for any first-grade classroom. 12 GREAT Citizen traits are taught that will help your students become responsible, respectful members of their school, home, and neighborhood communities.The results are AMAZING! ABOUT THIS UNITThere are 13 lessons. The first lesson is an introduction and gets students excited to learn. The remaining 12 lessons each focus
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1st
Prove It Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages | Apples, Leaves, Fall
Prove it! Informational Comprehension Passages for September is a great way to help students move beyond a literal understanding and towards a more critical evaluation of text. It encourages repeated reading for comprehension, noting of evidence and use of inferences and conclusions. Offering topics such as falling leaves, Johnny Appleseed, the Apple Life Cycle, Parts of an Apple and Corn, students can explore the delights of fall through engaging text combined with lively illustrations. Perfect
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1st - 2nd
6 Thematic Units First Grade Science & Social Studies Lesson Plans BUNDLE
Are you struggling to fit science and social studies in your busy first grade schedule? Look no further! These six science and social studies thematic units for 1st grade are planned in detail and ready to use. Each of the 6 first grade units begins with a content big idea and then integrates into reading and writing with many math and phonics connections as well!What is a first grade integrated thematic unit?An integrated thematic unit combines content and literacy into one common learning the
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1st
The 7 Continents: Social Studies MEGA GOOGLE Digital Distance Learning BUNDLE
The Continents Social Studies Distance Learning Google Classroom unit for grades 1-3 includes 7 separate Google units! Units include: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia! Easily differentiate with built in options that require NO EXTRA PREP. Utilize Google Classroom and open the entire resource in Google Slides to present information about the continents in an interactive, digital format that can be easily differentiated for all learners. This resource will
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1st - 3rd
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Community Helpers Unit for Preschool and Kindergarten
This informational text pack features 12 community helpers. The included resources describe their occupations in easy to read text perfect for early readers! In this pack you'll find informational posters, corresponding discussion questions, comprehension worksheets, writing response worksheets, word wall words, and a take home book.
You can use this pack throughout the year by featuring a community helper every month, or you can use it during a specific community helper theme. We keep our
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PreK - 1st
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Australia Country Study Research Project - Differentiated Reading Comprehension
This 42 Page Australia country study project is perfect your upcoming Australia unit, multicultural study, cultural fair, or continent study. Full of information about Australia, this differentiated fact filled coloring book and activity package includes information and reading comprehension questions about Australia written in engaging informational text that is perfect for the lower elementary grades. Key information about Australia is included, including geography, the Australia flag, Austral
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Country Study Unit Bundle 1 - Differentiated Country Research Projects
Communities Unit: Urban, Suburban, Rural with PowerPoint Slides
Looking for an engaging unit to teach communities in social studies? This unit is perfect for grades 1, 2, and 3 with interactive reading passages, 32 powerpoint presentation slides, vocabulary words that are embedded throughout the unit and more! Your students are sure to stay engaged with the wide range of materials and resources available to explore this topic. The materials in this unit are interactive and utilize multimodal strategies to increase student engagement and outcomes. The communi
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Science and Social Studies YEAR LONG POCKETBOOK MEGA Bundle!
Kenya Country Study Research Project - Differentiated - Reading Comprehension
This 45 Page Kenya country study project is perfect your upcoming Africa unit, Kenya unit, multicultural study, cultural fair, or country study. Full of information about Kenya, this differentiated fact filled coloring book and country study activity package includes information, writing prompts, and reading comprehension questions about Kenya written in engaging informational text that is perfect for the lower elementary grades. Key information about Kenya is included, including geography, the
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1st - 3rd
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Discovering the 7 Continents [MEGA] Bundle Unit!
*Discovering the 7 Continents* {North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Antarctica!}***SAVE OVER 20% OFF BY PURCHASING THE BUNDLE***This comprehensive continents mega unit on the 7 continents provides students with multiple opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge of each of the continents. It provides all the materials students will need for a systematic, organized method to produce an interactive pocket book on the continents. Students will thrive on the predicta
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1st - 2nd
1st Grade Theodore Roosevelt Activities - Print & Digital Social Studies Lessons
Do you need age-appropriate social studies lessons to help teach your students about Theodore Roosevelt? This resource with an instructional PowerPoint, informational little books (2 levels), Crown of Facts, Bag of Facts, graphic organizers, timelines, digital Google Slides, an assessment and so much more has everything you'll need to teach the basics about the life and contributions of Theodore Roosevelt to 1st & 2nd grade students. Your students will love learning all about Theodore Roosev
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1st - 3rd
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Africa Continent Study Research Project- Differentiated - Reading Comprehension
This 44 Page Africa continent study project is perfect your upcoming Africa unit, lesson, multicultural study, cultural fair, or continent study. Full of information about Africa, this fun fact filled coloring book and continent study activity package includes information and reading comprehension questions about Africa written in engaging informational text that is perfect for the lower elementary grades. Key information about Africa is included, including geography, the African flag, African a
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1st - 3rd
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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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