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1st grade social studies thematic unit plans for Google Apps
Seven Continents & Five Oceans Unit: Slide Shows, Reading, Activities, & More!
Need an easy to use comprehensive resource for the major landmasses and oceans of the world? This social studies unit is packed full of facts, features, differentiated reading passages and comprehension questions, a research 3D globe craft, a collaborative poster for your hallway display, and much more to help you bring the seven continents and five oceans to life! Find everything you need all in one place!Click the Preview to View MoreThis unit includes:Continents Facts & Features Slide Sho
Grades:
1st - 5th
My Community Unit (with Google Slides)
I had so much fun doing community unit with my students! Update: Now with Google SlidesThis unit includes:anchor chart pieces and student sheet (Communities have: people, places, activities)Fun in my community graphic organizerMy Community then and nowTypes of communities flip bookTypes of communities writing prompt (opinion writing)Sentence writing Community helpers graphic organizer: service they provideRead, Think, Match3 Reading passagesCommunity Scavenger hunt Fun in my community class book
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1st - 3rd
All About Patriot Day *9/11 activities*- Printable & Digital Versions
This is an informative non-fiction reading about Patriot Day (9/11) for little learners. It is perfect to get conversations going in a safe manner. I have added a digital version that can be used in Google Classroom.Here are some comments from customers:"This is the perfect amount of information for my third graders! Thank you."-Lindsay Krill"Great way to teach a difficult topic for our little ones."-Joy"A great supplemental activity for September 11th!" Kelsey B."Thank you so much for a produ
Grades:
K - 3rd
The Five Oceans: Facts & Features Slide Show, Flip Book, Activities, Assessment
Building an understanding of Earth is important, and this geography resource is perfect for covering the 5 oceans of our world. This resource includes a slide show with key facts and features, a flip book to record information, pocket chart cards, activities, and assessment. This resource includes digital options as well!Please click the preview to view more!WHAT'S INCLUDED:- Facts and Features Slide Show (PPT, PDF, and Google Slides options included)- Flip Book (3 versions)- Pocket Chart Cards-
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Map Skills - First Grade Mapping - Social Studies - Google Slides™
Teaching beginning map skills to 1st graders is always a lot of fun! Students love learning about maps, compass roses, cardinal directions, and map keys! This interactive Google Slides™ unit is a perfect activity to introduce and practice beginning mapping.Audio is included on all slides in this unit.Here's what's included in this deck:Audio included for definitions, instructions, sentencesDifferent uses of mapsCardinal directions on a compass roseUsing directions on a mapUsing a map key activit
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Winter Holidays Around The World Hanukkah Diwali Christmas Ramadan Kwanzaa
Are you teaching your kindergarten or 1st grade about winter holidays around the world? Your class will love this printable craft book and google slides. Includes Chinese New Year, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, and Ramadan. If you're looking for social studies activities that will keep children engaged and on task during the hectic month of December, you've found it! This resource includes easy-to-follow lesson plans and Google slides with links to books and videos about 6 different holi
Grades:
K - 2nd
Social Studies Units | Community & Citizenship | First Weeks of Back to School
Are you looking for a more engaging way to teach community and citizenship, fairness, community helpers, rules and laws, diversity, and more? Or maybe you want a new way to kick off your school year?Does your district have a social studies curriculum from the late 90s? Or none at all? Do you have to integrate social studies units into your ELA block and never have the time to ensure that this happens in a way that does justice to both subjects?Let ETTC make planning for social studies a breeze w
Grades:
K - 3rd
Long Ago And Today Thematic Unit | 100th Day Of School | Then And Now
Are you comparing life long ago and today with your K-2 students? This hands-on unit is perfect for your 100th day of school celebration or when learning about the past and present with engaging then and now activities students will love!Students will step back in time as you combine your social studies and writing standards with this complete unit that includes non-fiction Google slides, pre and post-assessments, no prep worksheets, a mini book, graphic organizers, writing templates, and crafts
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Sociology: Culture & Family Traditions Social Studies Unit with Holidays
Are you looking for a more engaging way to teach culture and family traditions, winter holidays, and more? Does your district have a social studies curriculum from the late 90s? Or none at all? Do you have to integrate social studies units into your ELA block and never have the time to ensure that this happens in a way that does justice to both subjects? Let ETTC make planning for social studies a breeze with comprehensive, done-for-you units. In Unit 4 in the series, the December Unit - Sociol
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K - 3rd
Primary Economics Unit: Wants, Needs, Goods and Services (Lessons & Activities)
It is never too early for students to begin learning about economics. This primary economics unit guides students through topics such as the difference between wants & needs, goods & services, producers & consumers, choice, cost & benefit, and saving & budgeting. This resource has been updated to include both print and digital options to save you time and prep! Find everything you need in one place.Please click the preview button for more details!What's Included::: Wants &
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1st - 3rd
Folktales Around the World (Fairytales, Fables & More) ELA & Social Studies Unit
Are you looking for a more engaging way to teach folktales - fairytales, tall tales, fables, legends, myths, and more? Do you want to help your students study folktales through a lens of culture and geography?Does your district have a social studies curriculum from the late 90s? Or none at all?Do you have to integrate social studies units into your ELA block and never have the time to ensure that this happens in a way that does justice to both subjects?Let ETTC make planning for social studies a
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K - 3rd
SEESAW Preloaded Digital American Symbols Unit of Study
American Symbols Nonfiction Unit of Study. Learn all about the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, the Bald Eagle, and the American Flag with these fun, interactive activities. Lessons from this unitVocabularyResponding to the textClose reading Includes4 original informational videos American Symbols4 sets of student response slides (9-10 pages each)Audio directionsRecorded videos in case you need to build your own Google Slides activity (see note below)Google Slides friendly PowerPoint in ca
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K - 2nd
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French Digital Community Helpers BUNDLE | Social Studies | Les Métiers
Whether you're looking for digital resources to support your Grade 1 Social Studies Local Community & Community Helpers unit (les membres de la communauté) or whether you are simply looking for digital French field trips and inquiry lessons, this bundle is calling your name! Focusing on 5 different community helpers, this French bundle provides students with the opportunity to dive deeper into each profession, while having fun and staying engaged! The bundle includes separate Google Slides p
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K - 2nd
Dinosaurs in Google Slides
Make learning all about dinosaurs fun and engaging in your classroom or in a virtual setting this summer!You will receive a folder in Google slides with the following:1. Dinosaurs fun facts and a choice board (11 slides)2. Drag and drop activities in Google slides - Build a dinosaur (8 slides)3. Body parts of a dinosaur (2 slides)*** Each of the dinosaurs below includes fun facts6 Dinosaurs includes:Tyrannosaurus RexStegosaurusBrachiosaurusIguanodonTriceratopsDiplodocusDrag and drop activities i
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Social Studies: Economics | Needs & Wants | Goods & Services | Money
Are you looking for a more engaging way to teach economics, wants and needs, goods and services, and more? Does your district have a social studies curriculum from the late 90s? Or none at all? Do you have to integrate social studies units into your ELA block and never have the time to ensure that this happens in a way that does justice to both subjects? Let ETTC make planning for social studies a breeze with comprehensive, done-for-you units. In Unit 2 in the series, the October Unit - Economi
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Digital All About Me Book for Google Slides
This All About Me Book is a great way to get to know your students. It works well with an "I'm Special" or "About Me" Social Studies unit of study in a Kindergarten or first grade classroom. There are 27 page options included in this book. You can use as many or as little of them as you like! Pages Included:All About Me cover page (2- 1 with a picture, 1 with a nametag for students to type their nameThis is Me! (4 options)This is My Family (4 options)When I Grow UpMy FriendsMy Name (2 options)S
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: All About Me Book (digital and printable book bundle)
History: Past & Present | Thanksgiving | Social Studies Unit
Are you looking for a more engaging way to teach history, past, present, and future, Thanksgiving, and more? Does your district have a social studies curriculum from the late 90s? Or none at all? Do you have to integrate social studies units into your ELA block and never have the time to ensure that this happens in a way that does justice to both subjects? Let ETTC make planning for social studies a breeze with comprehensive, done-for-you units. In Unit 3 in the series, the November Unit - Hist
Grades:
K - 3rd
Geography: Global Connections Social Studies Unit - Landforms & Bodies of Water
Are you looking for a more engaging way to teach geography, maps and globes, landforms, bodies of water, climate, and more?Does your district have a social studies curriculum from the late 90s? Or none at all?Do you have to integrate social studies units into your ELA block and never have the time to ensure that this happens in a way that does justice to both subjects?Let ETTC make planning for social studies a breeze with comprehensive, done-for-you units. In Unit 5 in the series, the January U
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K - 3rd
Voting: The DIGITAL Learning Cookie Election {distance learning}
Make the voting process fun and engaging with this non-political 5 day mini-unit!Have a class election to determine the best cookie: Chocolate chip or Oreo!This product includes Google Slides with:Voter registration cards4 commercials for each cookie that play directly in the Google Slides2 opinion writing options to state an opinion and provide reasons both before and after voting3 different options to create campaign posters: OREO, chocolate chip or both cookiesa graph to show class voting res
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: Voting: The Cookie Election Digital and Paper Bundle
Government, American Symbols, Presidents, & Elections Social Studies Unit
Are you looking for a more engaging way to teach government and the three branches, democracy, elections, voting, American symbols, presidents, justice, and more? Does your district have a social studies curriculum from the late 90s? Or none at all? Do you have to integrate social studies units into your ELA block and never have the time to ensure that this happens in a way that does justice to both subjects? Let ETTC make planning for social studies a breeze with comprehensive, done-for-you uni
Grades:
K - 3rd
Fire Safety Week Virtual Field Trip
Fire Prevention Week is October 3-9, 2021 and this 3 slide resource is the perfect component for teaching fire safety. With over 30 links to online resources, this resource can be used and revisited over multiple teaching sessions, whole class, or as independent work for students. Page 1: PBS Virtual Firehouse tour, Safe Share tour of fire engine, PBS video about Firefighter training, Slideshow about the job of a Firefighter, interactive about types of Firefighter trucks, and interactive that go
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Martin Luther King Jr | Black History Month
This resource introduces your kids to the life of Martin Luther King Jr. A great time to begin learning about who Martin Luther King is, is after winter break, in the run-up to Martin Luther King day! This wonderful resource would work well in your lessons on Dr. King, as it helps your children celebrate the life of the civil rights leader. It is a handy way to teach your students about the groundbreaking impact Dr. King had on American society in the 1950s and 60s. This resource educates your s
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Virtual Field Trip: Winter Holidays Around the World
Want to teach about the Winter Holidays Around the World? Students will learn about many celebrations, customs, and traditions that take place in December, January, and February from all over the world. In this resource, your students will learn about Hanukkah, Nochebuena, Winter Solstice, Las Posadas, Christmas, Three Kings Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, New Year and Chinese New Year. Students will learn through factual information, photographs, read alouds, and videos.Students will start their virt
Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: Distance Learning Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Slides)
Human Impact & the Environment: Natural & Human Resources Social Studies Unit
Are you looking for a more engaging way to teach about humans and their impact on the environment, natural and human resources, the interconnections of our world systems, conservation, and more?Does your district have a social studies curriculum from the late 90s? Or none at all?Do you have to integrate social studies units into your ELA block and never have the time to ensure that this happens in a way that does justice to both subjects?Let ETTC make planning for social studies a breeze with co
Grades:
K - 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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