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Social studies Common Core W.4.5 resources
Wax Museum Biography Research Report for 3rd - 6th Grade Social Studies Project
Need an easy to use, meaningful research project that your students, parents, and principal will love? This Wax Museum Project is a highlight of the year and will guide your students to create a biography research report on a famous person. The culminating part of the project is an amazing Wax Museum event, where students dress up as the person they have learned about and stand āstillā, like a Wax Museum, until someone walks up to them and presses the ābuttonā on their backdrops to hear a short
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3rd - 6th
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I Am Poem: I Am From Poem Template, Example Poem & Grading Rubric (Bio Poem)
Use these I Am Poem Template (I Am From Poem Templates) with Guided Template, Writing Paper, Example Poem & Grading Rubric during a Poetry unit or during discussion in a Social Studies or Culture class. This may also be called a Bio Poem or Biography Poem and is perfect at any time of the year to get to your students even better.I Am Poem - I Am From Poem includes:- Example āI Am Fromā Poem- Poem Template with Directions- Final Poem Page with āI Amā prompts- Final Poem Page with blank line
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Also included in:Ā Figurative Language Bundle: Test, Writing Activities & Word Search (30% Off)
The Legend of the Poinsettia FULL Day of Lesson Plans for Upper Elementary
This product is everything the busy classroom has been looking for! You'll receive a FULL day of lesson plans based on The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola (a lesson for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, plus a hallway display!).Update November 2020: This product can now be used digitally with Google Slidesā¢! You must have a Google Classroomā¢ account to use this feature. You will download a PDF with links and directions for assigning this to your class.How does this work?
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3rd - 5th
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Illinois HistoryāALL Illinois State Study Content IncludedāNo Textbook Needed!
Complete Illinois History Interactive Notebook Unit with ELEVEN Lessons of Nonfiction Illinois History Informational Text (ALL CONTENT INCLUDED ā NO ADDITIONAL TEXTBOOK NEEDED), TWENTY-ONE Interactive Notebook Assignments, and a balanced mix of hands-on activities, all aligned with Illinois's 4th Grade Social Science Standards. (Revised 2018)LESSON ONE ā ILLINOIS'S FIRST PEOPLE:Two-Pocket Vocabulary Organizer (Interactive Notebook)First People Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson ā all CONTENT
Grades:
4th - 7th
Henry's Freedom Box FULL DAY of Lesson Activities for Upper Elementary
This product is everything the busy classroom needs! You'll receive a FULL day of lesson plans based on Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine (a lesson for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, plus a craft/hallway display!).Update January 2021: This product can now be used digitally with Google Slidesā¢! You must have a Google Classroomā¢ account to use this feature. You will download a PDF with links and directions for assigning this to your class.How does this work?Your download will c
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3rd - 5th
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The Hope Chest | Novel Study Unit | Women's History | Suffrage | Printables
Perfect for Women's History Month or a unit on Women's Suffrage!This print and go resource will give you everything you need to lead your students through a literature study of this densely-packed historical novel about the fight for the 19th Amendment in 1920 America. Engage your students in rich discussions, vocabulary, comprehension, character analysis, evidence gathering, prediction, and writing tasks. Excellent for literature circles or small group instruction in your upper elementary class
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Ā The Hope Chest Novel Study | Women's History | Suffrage | 19th Amendment
Biography Project | Who Was Biographies Book Report | Informational Writing
Reading and Writing just got a whole lot more fun with the biography project that pairs with the loved Who Was book series but also works for any biography. Build students' ELA skills as they connect with Social Studies to meet standards cross curricular. This is a great way to help students with note taking, researching, and writing skills while having fun. What's included in the set:How To Use guide for teachersChapter sheets for recording factsTimeline for the life of the personCover page fo
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3rd - 5th
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Character Biography Reports | Digital and Printable Biography Writing Resources
Character Bio Reports is a great way to teach kids how to write an organized report about a person or a book character... without copying and pasting facts from a website. This assignment requires students to choose a famous person or character, research that person, and write a short character analysis essay. Editable student directions are included, along with a graphic organizer and a scoring rubric. Updated Printables and New Google Slides Resources!This product has been completely revised
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Entrepreneurship| Entrepreneur Biography Research Guides & Banners
Entrepreneur Biography Research Guides are a great resource packet for students learning about 16 famous entrepreneurs. The graphic organizers and banners give students a guide to find the important information about each entrepreneur and help them turn the information into a great informational piece of writing! Also, follow me and be notified when new products are uploaded. New products are always 50% off for the first 24 hours they are posted. It pays to follow me!Other Products you will lov
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in:Ā Economics Activities Bundle | Goods and Services Vocabulary
Who Was Biography Series Activities for Any Book
Students love the Who Was and Who Is biography series! Many explorers, presidents, inventors, artists, and athletes are highlighted in these biographies. From Jackie Robinson to Steve Jobs, Abraham Lincoln to Malala Yousafzai, from Rosa Parks to Anne Frank, and from George Washington Carver to George Washington, these biographies engage and intrigue students. This Who Was, Who Is Biography Series Comprehension Activity for ANY Book pack comes with a wide variety of over 25 resources so teachers
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4th - 6th
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Malala's Magic Pencil FULL DAY of Lesson Plans for Upper Elementary
This product is everything the busy classroom has been looking for! You'll receive a FULL day of lesson plans based on Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai (a lesson for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, plus a hallway display!).Update January 2021: This product can now be used digitally with Google Slidesā¢! You must have a Google Classroomā¢ account to use this feature. You will download a PDF with links and directions for assigning this to your class.How does this work?Your
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3rd - 5th
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Build a Medieval Times Castle Interdisciplinary Project and Presentation
With everything that we have to cover in a school year, an interdisciplinary project just makes sense. This resource meets expectations Social Studies, Arts and Language Arts.
I use this resource as a culminating activity for my Medieval Times unit. Students are to build a castle that represents what they have learned about Medieval Times in the weeks prior to this. Because I want them to be as creative as possible and I want to assess whether they can get themselves organized to complete
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4th - 6th
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California Mission Unit | Reading Passages and Questions
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive, 84 page California Mission Unit containing passages and questions; a great way for your students to learn about missions! Perfect for reading comprehension, it contains passages text dependent questions, vocabulary cards, and essential questions contains everything needed to teach a rigorous unit on California Missions.Original CLOSE Reading nonfiction passages were created to help teach your students about the California missions. CLOSE rea
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Ā California Missions Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Report Bundle
State Report Project with a Parade Float and PowerPoint Report
This project-based activity is designed to let students research, design a PowerPoint presentation, and parade a float representing that state for an audience of your choice. Easy to use because there are teacher tools to track assigned states and a rubric to score it all! Students LOVE this project and you will too! Inside You Will Findā¢ 1 Parade of States General Information Pageā¢ 1 How to Host the Parade Pageā¢ 1 Parent Information Pageā¢ 1 PowerPoint Hints Pageā¢ 1 Student Survey Page t
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
50 States Research Report: Multi-Draft Informative Writing for Grades 3-5 (CCSS)
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Instead of doing several Informative Essays, I like to focus on just one and help students make it better and better through multiple drafts that add new skills each time. This method makes research writing easi
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3rd - 5th
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Biography Project for Any Person - Informative Writing Graphic Organizer
Teach informational writing and research skills with biographies of famous people! This guided writing and research project will work with any historical person's biography. Not only is the research guided and organized for students, the writing comes in 3 different levels so you can differentiate for all learners. Students will love being assigned their own famous person for a biography project!āClick here to save 20% on the biographical posters that go with this product!āThis biography writing
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Ā Black History Month Biography Project - Informational Writing and Research
United States Presidents Day Biography Research Project Banners
President Research Banners is a collection of banners of all the United States Presidents. This resource is great for Presidents' Day and teaching your students to research the biographies of the United States Presidents! The banners are a great resource packet for students learning about the lives of US Presidents. The banners give students a graphic organizer to find the important information about each President. Students then can turn their research into summaries or informational piece of
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3rd - 5th
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State Research Writing Project | State Report
How would you like to teach state history in a new and engaging way? Your students will research an assigned state, write an informational piece about it, and then create a t-shirt themed on the state they researched! If you'd like to take the project even further, I've added a component for creating a PowerPoint and implementing technology!Check out the preview for details!This Product Covers:--Lesson plans that cover the following:ā Researching and taking notes (including citing sources and pa
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Who Was Biography and What Was Nonfiction Series Activities for ANY Book Bundle
Students love the Who Was and Who Is biography series! And they love the companion What Was and What Is nonfiction series, too! Many explorers, presidents, inventors, artists, athletes, and historical and cultural events are highlighted in these books which engage and intrigue students.Each Pack (The Who Was, Who is Pack and the What Was, What is Pack) both come with a wide variety of over 25 resources so teachers can mix and match to best meet their goals and objectives and their studentsā nee
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4th - 6th
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Presidents Research Report:Multi-Draft Informative Writing for Grades 3-5 (CCSS)
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Instead of doing several Informative Essays, I like to focus on just one and help students make it better and better through multiple drafts that add new skills each time. This method makes research writing easier to manage for you and your students.
These "Ready To Print" student pages meet EIGHT of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in English Language Arts
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3rd - 5th
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Back to School Read Aloud Book & Activities Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
This back to school read aloud book & activities, Dreamers by YuYi Morales, is a terrific classroom community building activity, as well as a terrific representation of multicultural literature. Complete with theme graphic organizer, compare graphic organizer, lesson plans, writing prompt, read aloud discussion cards (editable cards included), vocabulary graphic organizers and other unique activities that are perfect for back to school or any time of the year!The unit focuses on the question
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2nd - 6th
Also included in:Ā Back to School Read Aloud Books & Activities BUNDLE Multicultural Theme
Thank You Sarah FULL DAY of Thanksgiving Lesson Plans for Upper Elementary
This product is everything the busy classroom needs! You'll receive a FULL day of Thanksgiving themed lesson plans based on Thank You, Sarah by Laurie Halse Anderson (a lesson for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, plus a craft!).How does this work?Your download will come with 4 files: student activity sheets, teacher lesson plans, and a PowerPoint, and a PDF with Google Slideā¢ links. Simply print, gather your materials, and GO! No need to look for extra activities, or write out yo
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3rd - 5th
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Historical Fiction Writing Unit Prompts Included, Digital and Print Grades 3-4
This Historical Fiction Narrative Writing Unit includes Writing Prompts, Graphic Organizers and more. Could also be used for Black History Month and Women in History Month.I have included a brainstorming sheet to allow students to gather historically accurate information for their narrative writing piece. Scaffolded graphic organizers include sentence starters that allow for more descriptive, organized writing. Great for your struggling writers. I have also included a "My Writing Goal" sheet to
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3rd - 4th
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Take the Fear Out of Research Projects Mini-Unit
Just the thought of doing a research project is enough to send some students into a state of shock, (and fill teachers with dread!). End the fear with this mini-unit consisting of an easy method of organizing and writing research projects. Once I started using this method with my own students, they started doing one research project after another on their own!Benefits of using this Research Project resource in your classroom:Designed to make research not only easy, but funTried and true method
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Ā 3rd Grade Ultimate Language Arts Year-Long Bundle
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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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