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12th grade social studies resources for special education

Preview of Budget Worksheets - Do you have Enough Money? Life Skill Math for Special Ed

Budget Worksheets - Do you have Enough Money? Life Skill Math for Special Ed

This budgeting resource contains 130+ pages to help teach basic budgeting skills for special education classrooms. Includes differentiated worksheets and various levels to challenge each student individually. A teaching poster is included, as well as individual student sized cards to help them practice this skill, and 3 different types of leveled worksheets as well!Worksheets include:Determining what's in your budget using a number line (0-5, 0-10, 0-20, and 0-100)Is this price in your budget? G
Preview of Calm Down Kit- Social Emotional Learning Strategies and Visual Supports

Calm Down Kit- Social Emotional Learning Strategies and Visual Supports

Calm Down Strategies for your classroom! This huge pack is filled of different supports for students with behavioral needs. All of the products can be printed, assembled and placed in a "Calm Down Kit" box for students to pull out when feeling overwhelmed or anxious. This calm down kit is full of visuals to help non-readers and emerging readers learn to cope with their emotions on their own!These visuals can be sent home to families on your caseload to help with distance learning and virtual
Preview of Greek Gods, Greek Mythology Body Biography for Print and Digital Learning Bundle

Greek Gods, Greek Mythology Body Biography for Print and Digital Learning Bundle

Created by
Danielle Knight
This Greek Mythology Body Biography Bundle is filled with all you need to teach and promote amazing Greek Gods and Goddesses and their myths. Your students will find plenty of opportunity for creativity. For the first time you'll experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, Greek mythology, research, and the body biography project! ***Now it includes the digital learning version.***This project can be used any time of the year. The project bundle includes 22 Greek Gods and God
Preview of The Special Educator's Everything Binder (SPED Teacher Lesson Planner)

The Special Educator's Everything Binder (SPED Teacher Lesson Planner)

**Dated calendars updated through 2024!**This resource provides you with EVERYTHING you need to stay on top of organization and stay away from the stress that comes along with being a special educator.The 250 binder pages can be applied to 40 different themes shown in the preview and a printer friendly black/white version. All pages are editable powerpoint files, in which you can change the text, charts, etc. Included in the ZIP are two different forms of directions on how to BUILD YOUR OWN BIND
Preview of Serial Podcast Season One Unit Plan: True Crime Lesson Plans, AP ELA Activities

Serial Podcast Season One Unit Plan: True Crime Lesson Plans, AP ELA Activities

Serial Podcast Season One by Sarah Koenig is a fantastic way to teach literary nonfiction, rhetoric, bias, and the power of storytelling. This podcast is so engaging that even your most reluctant students will be enthralled with the true crime content! This Serial unit plan will provide you with literary nonfiction activities that help students analyze the production of the podcast, discuss bias from multiple angles, examine rhetoric from a real-world perspective, and so much more. All of these
Preview of Life Skills Activities Functional Worksheets + Boomâ„¢ Cards Speech Therapy BUNDLE

Life Skills Activities Functional Worksheets + Boomâ„¢ Cards Speech Therapy BUNDLE

Created by
Stacy Crouse
Help your older students learn FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE and LIFE SKILLS to be more INDEPENDENT at home and in the community! This activity BUNDLE builds confidence in using print materials for teens and young adults. It teaches them how to NAVIGATE their environment by reading and understanding the language of REAL-WORLD texts.Use these worksheets all year long! They make great...✅ Speech therapy GROUP activities✅ WHOLE CLASS lessons✅ WARM-UPs or early finisher activities✅ HOMEWORK and language GENER
Preview of Simply Special Visual Recipes: Cooking Through the Year

Simply Special Visual Recipes: Cooking Through the Year

"I have purchased visual recipes from other sellers and these are by FAR the best I've used. There are not so many steps that the recipe is overcomplicated--there are just enough. I love the comprehension piece of cooking in the classroom for my self-contained students and my resource groups. This resource has been amazing!"- Amber R.Visual Recipes for the classroom for the WHOLE YEAR in your self-contained classroom! These recipes are perfect for cooking with your special education class all ye
Preview of Communication Book/Board Starter Kit- For Autism & Special Needs Students

Communication Book/Board Starter Kit- For Autism & Special Needs Students

This huge bundle is JUST what you need to start a communication system in any classroom or home. By utilizing visual supports to facilitate communication you can expand your students day so much more!This book has over 500 picture icons organized into 27 pages total! Each page has a visual tab so that it is easy to flip through the book. Using the images, this book is a great starting point for teachers/therapists that can be used in any classroom or home. The pages included in this communica
Preview of Social Skills Activities Conversation Questions and Comments Boomâ„¢ Cards + PDF

Social Skills Activities Conversation Questions and Comments Boomâ„¢ Cards + PDF

Created by
Stacy Crouse
Are your speech therapy students working on conversation turn-taking skills such as MAKING COMMENTS and ASKING QUESTIONS? This pragmatic language activity has a MINI-LESSON and structured PRACTICE to really break it down. Digital AND printable versions are included!This resource helps you teach your students about using comments and questions in conversation. It includes a MINI-LESSON and 40 PRACTICE SCENARIOS. Each practice page includes...✅ A REAL PHOTOGRAPH of a conversational situation✅ VISU
Preview of CNN 10 Student News Current Event Analysis, Worksheets: Print & Google Digital

CNN 10 Student News Current Event Analysis, Worksheets: Print & Google Digital

My students are hooked on CNN 10, formerly CNN Student News! It is a great, free online resource that is perfect to get students thinking about current events with a Common Core lens. This activity set has FIFTEEN templates to choose from and is aligned with Common Core Literacy and Writing standards for ELA, history, and science (NGSS). In addition to receiving printable copies provided in PDF, this lesson was recently converted to GOOGLE 1:1 compatible templates for a completely GOOGLE Classro
Preview of FORENSICS CURRICULUM- ENTIRE YEAR COURSE BUNDLE (FORENSIC SCIENCE)

FORENSICS CURRICULUM- ENTIRE YEAR COURSE BUNDLE (FORENSIC SCIENCE)

Save time and energy with this print and digital FORENSIC SCIENCE CURRICULUM bundle! It includes all of the lessons, notes, labs, activities, mock crime scenes, case studies, practices, worksheets, projects, quizzes, review games and exams you need to teach an entire year of FORENSICS. Need a digital option? No problem!I have included both a print and digital (Google) version of the curriculum, making it perfect for:✅distance learning✅flipped classrooms✅online courses✅homeschool co-horts✅traditi
Preview of Editable Daily Reports - Home Communication Sheets for Special Education

Editable Daily Reports - Home Communication Sheets for Special Education

Home and school communication is so important! These sheets allow students to participate in sharing their day with their parents using visual supports, checklists, and/or sentences. Multiple levels are included for a variety of students.Print and go OR customize for your students! ALL text is editable (in PowerPoint). 2018 version includes updated b&w images.Original version (still included in the download): Only the checklists are editable (in PowerPoint) so that you can customize in order
Preview of Grocery Store Math Worksheets - Life Skills Special Education Activities

Grocery Store Math Worksheets - Life Skills Special Education Activities

Get your special education students ready for a trip to the grocery store with these adapted life skills worksheets! These fun and engaging activities will help equip students with the basic knowledge for future independence in their community.Put these no prep worksheets in your independent work stations before a community trip to the grocery store to practice skills like dollar up strategies, more or less, recognizing signs, reading a receipt, shopping from a list, finding the correct aisles,
Preview of Visual Daily Questions for the Year (Question of the Day)

Visual Daily Questions for the Year (Question of the Day)

Are you looking to set your students up for success? An errorless question of the day with visuals does just! These questions are easy to differentiate while incorporating so many important academic and life skills for special education and inclusion classrooms.These questions can be used during morning meeting time. Have each student answers the question, telling us sometime they like (or don't like). Students can answer with their AAC device, by pointing to the visual, by completing one of the
Preview of Personal Information Practice Forms for Special Education

Personal Information Practice Forms for Special Education

PDF Autofill your student's personal info! They can trace their info and have it faded as well as they continue to practice their personal information. These forms offer a realistic way to practice the most essential personal information, such as name, address, birthday, age, and others. To use: Choose one form for each student and make multiple copies (or laminate) and keep in their binder for morning work and if they have downtime. Once they master the information in a certain form, you can sw
Preview of Identifying Emotions Activities:  Sorting Emotions With Real Photos

Identifying Emotions Activities: Sorting Emotions With Real Photos

These Identifying Emotions Activities: Sorting Emotions With Real Photos include 6 unique sorting mats that focus on identifying emotions. Photos include men, women, children, and people from many cultures. (Please see preview photos for details.)At an independent workstation, center or language group, students complete the following sorting and classification activities.Sorting HappySorting SadSorting AngrySorting ExcitedSorting SurprisedSorting ScaredTo increase or decrease difficulty for st
Preview of Paraprofessional Binder for the Special Education Classroom | Para Binder

Paraprofessional Binder for the Special Education Classroom | Para Binder

This binder is the perfect tool to support your staff and assist you in formally sharing duties, expectations, and more - all in one binder. Your team can work together to create the perfect binder!This paraprofessional binder is EDITABLE and includes everything you need to educate your paraprofessionals, substitutes, therapists, and support staff on the needs of your students, and rules and expectations of your classroom. Making schedules and managing your team is a HUGE part of a special educa
Preview of Functional Life Skills Curriculum BUNDLE  {for students with special needs}

Functional Life Skills Curriculum BUNDLE {for students with special needs}

What Are Life Skills? Life skills must be taught to students in special education to help them become independent and successful. Life skills instruction combines academic, daily living, occupational, and interpersonal skills to teach students how to live and work in the community. Trying to find time in our busy school day to fit in these lessons are really hard but we can try and practice them at school and home!Use this resource as your Life Skills Curriculum. You can use the activities inclu
Preview of Greek Mythology Activities, Research Pennant, Sketchnotes, Creative, and Fun

Greek Mythology Activities, Research Pennant, Sketchnotes, Creative, and Fun

Created by
Danielle Knight
Are you a fan of hands-on student engagement? This Greek Mythology Greek Gods learning tool is so much fun and loaded with visuals to boost your mythology teaching lessons. Students will love their Greek Gods and Goddesses pennant and sketch notes pages, with the added bonus of accessing the digital resource compatible with Google Drive.Includes:★complete make your pennant printables for teaching Greek Mythology and Greek Gods★complete set of sketch notes pages delivered to you via a link to a
Preview of Animal Farm Unit Plan: Fun Activities, Editable Lesson Plans, History Info, Test

Animal Farm Unit Plan: Fun Activities, Editable Lesson Plans, History Info, Test

This complete Animal Farm unit is designed to help you get to the heart of Animal Farm while making your efforts mean something. With your guidance, students will dig deep into Animal Farm history, themes, and allegory in order to better apply Orwell’s message to their own lives right here, right now. Are you ready to help students relate to this allegory in a meaningful way without sacrificing your evenings and weekends to do so? Let's dig in!BEFORE READING:To help you set the tone and spark in
Preview of Community Signs Skill Pack Leveled for Special Education - Life Skills

Community Signs Skill Pack Leveled for Special Education - Life Skills

Do your students need a high level of varied practice in order to learn community signs? This community signs skill pack will help your students progress from identifying a sign to understanding what the community signs mean. Being able to identify and understand community signs is a crucial life skill. These activities help students recognize and understand the meaning of the different signs.This life skills and social studies set is already differentiated for you. There are 3 levels included t
Preview of Special Education - Accommodation & Modification Tracker - EDITABLE

Special Education - Accommodation & Modification Tracker - EDITABLE

Created by
Learning Lab
Special Education teachers have so much data to keep track of! I wanted a simple way to track the use of accommodations and modifications by my students leading up to their annual reviews. This tracker is an easy way to collect meaningful data to assist in the decision making process. NOW EDITABLE!!! You can edit the accommodations and modifications to fit the needs of your classroom and students. There are three versions of the tracker. One is perfect to collect data for your own use.
Preview of World War 1 Unit: WW1 PPTs, Guided Notes, Worksheets, Plans, Test + Google Apps

World War 1 Unit: WW1 PPTs, Guided Notes, Worksheets, Plans, Test + Google Apps

World War I Unit Bundled covers the the atmosphere in Europe leading up the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, World War 1, and finishes with the Treaty of Versailles and its contribution to World War II. This unit includes World War 1 PowerPoints with video clips and presenter notes. Unit also includes, warm up PowerPoints, informational text documents, including timeline with questions, primary source documents, exit tickets, crossword review, Kahoot review game, and editable assessmen
Preview of (9/11) September 11th: engaging 35-slide PPT (stats, images, videos, handouts)

(9/11) September 11th: engaging 35-slide PPT (stats, images, videos, handouts)

THIS IS A MUST-HAVE FOR ANY TEACHER LOOKING TO TEACH ON 9/11. WITH DIFFERENT SLIDE VERSIONS, MULTIPLE HANDOUTS INCLUDED, AND NO PREP NEEDED, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS TO DELIVER AGE-APPROPRIATE LESSONS FOR THIS MOST IMPORTANT AND SENSITIVE TOPIC.THE HIGHLY ENGAGING, FULLY EDITABLE 35-SLIDES ARE EASILY MODIFIED AND TRULY DESIGNED TO TEACH ABOUT 9/11 (PATRIOT DAY) TO ALL GRADE LEVELS.***GOOGLE COMPATIBLE*** 1) Drag and Drop the Word Doc or PowerPoint into Google Drive2) Then Go to "FILE", and
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Find Social Studies - History resources | TPT

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

What types of social studies lessons are available on TPT?

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.

How do I find social studies lessons on TPT?

Educators can save time preparing history lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for social studies resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of social studies lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.