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4th grade social studies lecture interactive whiteboards
Celebrations Around The World: Easter
This resource introduces children to Easter traditions around the world in counties that include: Spain, Italy, Ethiopia, Bermuda, Australia, Germany and Greece. Learn about people celebrate Easter with their families, friends and communities through special events and traditional foods during this annual occasion. We have included plenty of photographs and amazing facts to engage your students! Additionally, we have included 10 multiple choice quiz questions to check their understanding. Wonder
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
United States Regions Presentations Bundle
This product gives information about each region of the United States, including maps, photographs, & information pertaining to each state of each region. There are five presentation files included for each region along with descriptions of each state. If you like this product, please go to my "It's A Vaughnderful Classroom" to check out other creative products or download a FREEBIE of the Northeast region to preview.
Grades:
2nd - 7th
Southeast Region of the United States Presentation
This product gives information about the Southeast Region of the United States, including maps, photographs, & information pertaining to each state of the region. If you like this product, please go to my "It's A Vaughnderful Classroom" to check out the whole bundle and other creative products.In my store are presentations of each of the five regions including: the West, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest, and Northeast regions.
Grades:
2nd - 7th
Early Transportation/Ohio History: SMART board notes and activities
I created this as an alternative to our Ohio History textbook. It has information on early roads, canals, railroads and steamboats. In addition to the background information, there are links to videos for the types of transportation from YouTube, a Venn diagram where you can compare and contrast the types of transportation, great picture visuals, and a time like that the kids can construct by using the SMART board and their notes. It is a basic note-based supplement that is tied specifically
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Northeast Region of United States Presentation FREEBIE
This product gives information about the Northeast Region of the United States, including maps, photographs, & information pertaining to each state of the region.
This presentation is a FREEBIE and if you like this product, please go to my "It's A Vaughnderful Classroom" to check out the whole bundle.
Included with the bundle is a presentation of each of the five regions including: the West, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest, and Northeast regions.
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Volcanoes PowerPoint
Includes the following slides:
What is a volcano?
How are volcanoes formed?
What are the different stages of volcanoes?
Why do volcanoes erupt?
How many volcanoes are there?
What are the different types of volcanoes?
What is the difference between lava and magma?
Why does lava take a long time to cool down?
What is the largest active volcano?
What is the Ring of Fire?
Bill Nye the Science Guy Video: Volcanoes
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Earthquake PowerPoint
Includes the following slides:
What is an earthquake?
What causes an earthquake?
What is a fault?
What are plate tectonics?
What is a seismograph?
What is a tsunami?
What should you do before/during/after an earthquake?
Bill Nye the Science Guy: Earthquakes
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
American Revolution PowerPoint with Guided Notes
This is a complete American Revolution PPT with guided notes split into 5 different documents. This covers all elements of the Revolution from the Intolerable Acts, Battles, Key Figures, Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and the end of the War. (I did not create the ppt, but I did change/add my own pictures to appeal to 5th graders :)
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Ruby Bridges Biography Flipchart- Black History Month
This is a flipchart I created to use on my Promethean Board. I used it during my Ruby Bridges unit. I created it to along with Black History Month which is in February.
The flipchart includes
- KWL chart
-where she was born
- questions to start class discussions
-her first days at the all white school
-pictures
-videos (embedded into the flipchart)
-a page to describe her character traits
-various facts about Ruby
It is an interactive flipchart that provides students the opportunity to learn
Grades:
2nd - 8th
West Region of the United States Presentation
This product gives information about the West Region of the United States, including maps, photographs, & information pertaining to each state of the region. If you like this product, please go to my "It's A Vaughnderful Classroom" to check out the whole bundle and other creative products.In my store are presentations of each of the five regions including: the West, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest, and Northeast regions.
Grades:
2nd - 7th
Southwest Region of the United States Presentation
This product gives information about the Southwest Region of the United States, including maps, photographs, & information pertaining to each state of the region. If you like this product, please go to my "It's A Vaughnderful Classroom" to check out the whole bundle and other creative products.In my store are presentations of each of the five regions including: the West, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest, and Northeast regions.
Grades:
2nd - 7th
Social Studies Franklin Roosevelt Smartboard Lesson
This lesson is designed to introduce students to the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR). It includes many important events from his lifetime and has 12 slides, an essential question, summarizing activity, and internet links (just click on the pictures). This lesson was designed to meet the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) for 3rd grade social studies.
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Midwest Region of the United States Presentation *UPDATED*
This product gives information about the Midwest Region of the United States, including maps, photographs, & information pertaining to each state of the region. If you like this product, please go to my "It's A Vaughnderful Classroom" to check out the whole bundle and other creative products.In my store are presentations of each of the five regions including: the West, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest, and Northeast regions.
Grades:
2nd - 7th
Intro to Social Studies Skills PowerPoint Lesson
This PowerPoint identified four keys skills for understanding history:
-chronological understanding
-connecting past to present
-understanding common memory
-reading documents
It also contains information on evaluating primary and secondary resources, as well some additional vocabulary relating to these skills.
It's a great resource for an early social studies class, and sets an appropriate tone for using academic vocabulary throughout the year.
Grades:
4th - 10th
5 Themes of Geography - Promethean Flipchart
This colorful, interactive 15-slide Promethean flipchart helps introduce students to the 5 themes of geography (location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction). The 5 themes are covered thoroughly, including a geography themes chart activity to make the information relative to the students. A vocabulary preview is also included, as well as a variety of H.O.T. (higher order thinking) discussion questions and links to an online Pangaea active model and Google Earth. This f
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4th - 8th
Social Studies Smartboard Lesson: Democracy
This social studies lesson teaches students about direct democracy and representative democracy. Also, it teaches students that the idea of a democracy comes from ancient Greece. It includes 10 slides, an essential question, graphic organizer, summarizing activity, and internet links. This lesson correlates with the 3rd grade Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) for social studies.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
The American Revolution
There are six sections to the flipchart (all are hyperlinked). Sections 2-6 start with a review of the previous section and ends with an activity that can be changed to fit your classroom needs. Throughout the sections there are also posed questions for students to discuss as a class and all unit vocabulary is highlighted.
*Text is paraphrased from the Scott Foresman Social Studies: Building a Nation textbook*
Here’s a brief outline of what’s in the sections.
1. Trouble Over Taxes
King Georg
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Grades:
4th - 5th
Social Studies: Major U.S. Rivers SmartBoard Lesson
This social studies SmartBoard Lesson is designed to use as a teaching tool to help guide your instruction as you teach about the Colorodo River, Rio Grande, Mississippi River, Ohio River, and the Hudson River. There are 8 slides in this lesson. It meets the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) for 3rd grade social studies.
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Influence of Ancient Greece on America Social Studies Smartboard
This social studies smartboard lesson teaches students about the influence of ancient Greece on architecture and the Olympics. This lesson includes 14 slides, graphic organizers, an essential questions, lots of pictures, internet links to online games/activities, a summarizing activity, and interactive practice. It is correlated to the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) for 3rd grade social studies.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Causes of the Civil War TN Ready Social Studies
Promethean Flipchart that Includes the following TN standards: TN 5.1 through 5.5.
Election of 1860
Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise 1850
Kansas Nebraska Act
The attack involving Sumner
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Dred Scott
John Brown
All Abolitionists to know according to TN standards
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Grades:
4th - 5th
Social Studies Interdependence Economics Smartboard Lesson
This smartboard lesson is designed to introduce the concept of interdependence to 3rd graders. Most of the lesson introduces new economic vocabulary terms such as barter, trade, import, and export. Also, students are exposed to some of the various currencies around the world. This lesson correlates with the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) for 3rd grade social studies. There are 10 slides, an essential question, an internet link, and a summarizing activity included with this lesson.
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2nd - 4th
NC Colonial Government: Non-fiction Selection
To incorporate the NC Essential Standards government objective on the colonial influence on NC governing documents, Cheryl Gourley has created a nonfiction selection. It covers from early colonial times until the American Revolution. A fill-in-the-blank sheet accompanies the selection along with an answer guide. Great for a lecture or individual assignment!
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in:Â NC History and Government: Bundle
Landform and Waterway Powerpoint/ slideshow
This is a slideshow of different pictures and definitions of landforms and waterways.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Social Studies: Lyndon B. Johnson SmartBoard Lesson
This social studies SmartBoard Lesson is designed to be used as a teaching tool to help guide your instruction as you teach about Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ). This lesson contains 9 slides with facts and pictures from various events in Roosevelt's life. It meets the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) for 3rd grade social studies.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Importance of learning social studies
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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
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