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Kindergarten social studies lessons for Easel Activities
Amelia Earhart Build an Airplane READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM and Social Studies in your classroom during Women's History Month with this Amelia Earhart STEM Challenge! Travel through the skies with Amelia Earhart! Build an Airplane STEM Challenge is a fun and unique way to engage your students during Women's History Month. Teach students that anyone can be a successful pioneer in industry regardless of gender. Students begin the activity by reading about Amelia Earhart and learning vocabulary on different aspects of flight (thrust, lift, dr
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Women's History Month READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities BUNDLE #1
Cultural Diversity
Cultural Diversity Family Unit! These lessons will help your students learn about other cultures in order to see diversity in family life.
These lessons were created as a cross curricular Social Studies unit. It includes lessons in reading, writing, and social studies.
Please download the preview to see a sampling of the activities included with this download. This will ensure it is appropriate for your grade level.
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Cultural Diversity Bundle
Aerial View Mapping Activities
This geography unit was created to help your students understand the concept of an aerial view map.
This lesson is a part of my geography bundle.
To purchase the bundle, click here!
What’s Included?
1. Word Wall Posters
a. Aerial View poster that includes definition and visual
examples.
2. Aerial View Picture Sorting Activity
a. Aerial/Not Aerial view sorting mat
b. 12 Aerial/Not Aerial view pictures
3. Classroom Aerial View Activity
a. Mock classroom aerial
Grades:
K - 2nd
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Also included in: Geography Bundle
Ruby Bridges Reader Black History Month ESL Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd grade
Fun Ruby Bridges Activities for your Little Learners. This is a simple emergent reader for Preschool to first grade students to read and learn about Ruby Bridges. Take a look at the PREVIEW!Included:1 Large Booklet for Projecting to Class or using with Google Classroom7 page booklet in color and black and white2 day lesson plans1 writing printable 1 sight word printable1 sequencing printableFor distance learning, this is a printable packet for students. You may email or share it with parents ov
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Margaret Hamilton and the Moon READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM and Social Studies in your classroom during Women's History Month with this Margaret Hamilton Space STEM Challenge! Help Apollo astronauts land safely on the moon with Margaret Hamilton! Build a Lunar Lander STEM Challenge is a fun and unique way to engage your students during Women's History Month. Teach students that anyone can be successful in STEM regardless of gender. Students begin the activity by reading about Margaret Hamilton and learning vocabulary about Lunar Landers. Y
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Women's History Month READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities BUNDLE #1
Women's History Month ~ Social Studies Unit Numerous Activities
BEST SELLER for Women's History. KEEP YOUR STUDENTS ENGAGED!Everything you need to teach about the women who have impacted our nation's history in so many ways. In this download, you will find a Women's History Month Unit that focuses on five very important women figures.~ Helen Keller~ Susan B. Anthony~ Amelia Earheart ~ Harriet Tubman~ Betsy Ross~ Rosa ParksThere are 40 pages of worksheets to be used to teach about Women's history month. You will find:~ Creative Writing Prompts {Students wil
Grades:
K - 3rd
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Jackie Robinson Reader Black History Month ESL Activities
Fun Jackie Robinson Emergent Reader for your little learners! This is a simple emergent reader for✅ Preschool, ✅ Kindergarten ✅ First Grade and✅ ELLSto read and learn about Jackie Robinson. Take a look at the VIDEO PREVIEW which shows the entire resource.Included:⭐1 Large copy for projecting to class or using with Google Classroom⭐8 page booklet in color and black and white⭐2 day lesson plans⭐1 writing printable ⭐1 sight word printable⭐1 new words printableHave fun with your new students!WHAT T
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Community Helpers: Jobs That People Do/Printable and TPT Digital Activity
This packet includes:- Jobs People Do activity sheet- Who Am I? Cut and paste activity sheet- Write About a Job activity sheet- 6 short stories about a job with questions about the main topic and details.It also includes a writing prompt for opinion, narrative and informational/explanatory writing. The writing prompts are below:-NARRATIVE: A Day at Work ( One day while working….)-OPINION: The Most important Job (The most important job is…)-INFORMATIONAL/EXPLANATORY: (When I grow up…..)- 10
Grades:
K - 2nd
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George Washington Carver Reader Black History Month Kindergarten 1st ESL
Fun George Washington Carver Activities for your little learners! This is a simple emergent reader for Preschool, kindergarten, first grade and second students to read and learn about George Washington Carver. Take a look at the VIDEO PREVIEW which shows the entire resource.Included:1 Large Copy of Booklet for projecting to class or assigning to Google Classroom8 page booklet in color and black and white2 day lesson plans1 writing printable 1 sight word printable1 find three facts printableDIG
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Black History Month ESL Rosa Parks Reader Kindergarten Activities 1st 2nd grade
Fun Rosa Parks Reading Activities for your little learners! This is a simple emergent reader for Preschool, kindergarten, first grade and second grade students to read and learn about Rosa Parks. Take a look at the PREVIEW!Included:1 Large Copy of book for projecting to the class or using with Google Classroom7 page booklet in color and black and white2 day lesson plans1 writing printable 1 sight word printable1 vocabulary printableDIGITAL COMPATIBLE: Through Easel Activities, this product cont
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Harriet Tubman Reader Activities Black History Month Kindergarten 1st Grade ESL
Fun Harriet Tubman Reading Activities for your little learners! This is a simple emergent reader for Preschool to first grade students to read and learn about Harriet Tubman. Take a look at the PREVIEW!Included:1 Large Booklet for Projecting to Class or assigning to Google Classroom8 page booklet in color and black and white2 day lesson plans1 writing printable 1 sight word printable1 vocabulary printableFor distance learning, this is a printable packet for students. You may email or share it w
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Government Unit
Back to School Rules Activities! These activities on rules, power, and authority were created to cover the C3 purposes of government standards. They cover topics on bullying and why we need rules, so they would also work well for back to school, PBIS, and anti-bullying topics. These engaging lessons will allow your students to cover important Social Studies standards, while still working on tested reading and writing standards. Several of the activities are differentiated to accommodate your
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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Producers and Consumers
These Producer and Consumer activities were designed as a cross-curricular social studies unit (Reading, Social Studies, and Math) Activities on producers, consumers, goods, and services are included in these print and go activities.
This product is part of my Economics Bundle. Click on the link below to check out the bundle and save money!
Economics Bundled Unit!
What’s Included?
1. Word Wall Posters: (Consumer, Producer, Goods, & Services)
2. We are Producers Mini Book (One in colo
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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Black History Month Bulletin Board FREE - Civil Rights Bulletin Board Decor
Decorate your classroom or bulletin board for your Civil Rights units or Black History Month with this bulletin board FREEBIE. This pack includes:multiple words and phrases tilesblank tilesprintable "I Can Change the World with my Words" title This resource can be used with your Civil Rights unit, or during Black History month. We recommend you teach your students about civil rights heroes before having your students write their own important words or phrases on the blank tiles. Need more ideas
Grades:
K - 6th
Also included in: Black History Month - a month of lesson plans and activities
Long Ago and Today - Then and Now Kindergarten and 1st Grade Centers
Practicing Then and Now will be fun and interactive for your kindergarten and 1st graders to learn about life Long Ago and Today! These 40 DIGITAL and PRINTABLE Task Cards give students centers and whole group learning activities to help them see the changes in life in the past and today. Students will observe objects, clothing, tools, transportation, homes, and more to see the differences in things Then vs Now. This resource provides great supplemental practice activities that can be used with
Grades:
K - 2nd
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CCSS:
Community Helpers Worksheets | Kindergarten - 1st Grade NINE WEEKS
Are you looking for lesson plans with printables to help you with teaching about community helpers? I have just what you need! This download is nine weeks of lessons designed to easily create a journal for students to use, INTERACTIVE Notebook pages, posters, and so much more!❤️****CHECK OUT the PREVIEW****❤️Related Products - Save $ and get this in the Yearlong BUNDLE:⭐ Social Studies YEARLONG BUNDLE Kindergarten and 1st GradeWhat is in this download?Pg. 1 CoverPg. 2 Information on the Unit/J
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Social Studies Curriculum Kindergarten & First Grade BUNDLE
FREE Orange Shirt Day Residential School Art Activity in French and English
This Indigenous (Aboriginal, First Peoples, First Nations) Orange Shirt Day FREEBIE reflects on residential school history, and could be used as a stand alone activity for Orange Shirt Day (L’histoire du chandail orange), or as a supplemental activity for National Indigenous Peoples Day (formerly known as Aboriginal Day). This resource includes both English and French versions.What you get:" Every Child Matters " Art project "I Matter Because I Am..." Art Project" Chaque enfant compte " Art Proj
Grades:
K - 8th
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Booker T. Washington Reader Black History Month Kindergarten Activities 1st ESL
Fun Booker T. Washington Reading Activities for your little learners! This is a simple emergent reader for Preschool, kindergarten, first grade and second students to read and learn about Booker T. Washington. Take a look at the PREVIEW!Included:1 Large Booklet for Projecting to Class or assigning to Google Classroom8 page booklet in color and black and white2 day lesson plans1 writing printable 1 sight word printable1 vocabulary printable1 Word SearchFor distance learning, this is a printable
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Long Ago and Now History for Primary Grades
Getting students to develop a sense of history of how life, communications, transportation, and work in the past, present, and then pondering the future is not an easy task. This resource offers 48 pictures to view, discuss, and sort as those concepts develop in your study of the past, present, and then ponder the future. You’ll gain opportunities for lots of good discussions and input with those. Additionally, you get puzzles and anchor chart questions, as well as two content writing prompts. T
Grades:
K - 2nd
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Texas Our Texas: A Thematic Unit
If you LOVE teaching thematic units cross curricular...then this packet is for you! If you want something new to "spice" up your Texas unit, then keep on readin'!In this packet are lesson plans with mentor texts, vocabulary cards, craftivities, interactive notebook activities, reading activities, a science experiment and expository writing templates about Texas. Hope ya'll have a great time with this one!This packet includes:16 days of lesson plans with mentor texts, materials, directions and ex
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: Year Round Thematic Units: THE BUNDLE
Navajo Coded Sand Painting: Art Lesson for Kids
This à la cART lesson introduces students to Navajo sand painting and the secret Navajo radio code developed during World War 2 to transmit secret messages. They will draw and sand paint a Navajo Yei (figure) and write their name using the secret Navajo code.This lesson includes two copies of the Navajo Code Dictionary:1. Original version2. Censored version where the word "Jackass" for donkey has been changed to "Jenny" a female donkey You will Receive37-page, non-editable PDFvideo instructions
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Grades:
PreK - 8th
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All About My Family Lesson Plan and Activities
This is the perfect one week lesson plan for your kindergarten or first grade social studies unit on Families. Engage your students with booklet making, crafts, feelings worksheets, writing prompts and more. Digital version of some activities for distance learning included! Great for back to school week. This pack will help students explore what makes their family special while learning about other unique kinds of families.In this resource you will get:A 5 day mini-lesson plan for teacher useAn
Grades:
K - 1st
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Also included in: All About My Family and All About Me for Kindergarten BUNDLE
Les mots volés : A Residential School Mini Unit for Primary & Intermediate
This Indigenous (Aboriginal, First Peoples, First Nations) residential school mini unit is a meaningful printable package that gently teaches residential school history to primary and intermediate students through eight different activities.Using the book, Les mots volés by Melanie Florence, (unit does not include a digital version of the book), this social studies unit provides an entry level look into residential schools, or could be used as a jumping off point into further inquiries. Alternat
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Grades:
K - 6th
Kindergarten Social studies: Geography
Kindergarten geography lesson plans are here! Supplement your Social studies curriculum for kindergarten with this simple, easy to print and use lesson plan pack! Students will be engaged and master standards!Standards addressed in this pack:K.08 Use personal directions such as: up, down, near, far, left, right, in front of, and behind. K.09 Explain what a map and globe represent. K.10 Recall the student’s and/or school’s street address, city/town, and state.Activities included:addres, city and
Grades:
K
Types:
Also included in: Kindergarten Social Studies: BUNDLE!!!!
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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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