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3rd 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
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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
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K - 3rd
Native Americans, Native American Tribes Unit for Social Studies
This Native Americans unit is filled with vocabulary, history, social studies, reading, and writing activities. This unit will teach your students about different Native American tribes, regions, tools, early homes, and traditions.Start the unit with two sheets on prior knowledge, which will activate their schema and what they're wanting to learn during this Native American unit. Then, you can choose to introduce the vocabulary cards at the beginning of the unit or throughout the unit when you g
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2nd - 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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1st - 5th
Summer Olympics 2024 | Print and Digital
Looking for a way to incorporate the 2024 Olympics into your classroom? This complete no-prep unit contains activities to keep your students engaged while learning about the 2024 Summer Games. This unit is full of foldable activities (great for interactive notebooks and lapbooks) and other hands-on activities. You can easily use the reading passages and activities in your Social Studies and Reading/Language Arts classroom.Note: This contains a link on page 2 of the PDF that allows you to make a
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Also included in: Summer Olympics 2024 BUNDLE | Print and Digital
Black History Month | Civil Rights Leaders & More
THIS PRODUCT NOW INCLUDES BOTH A PRINT & DIGITAL OPTION!DIGITAL OPTION IS IN GOOGLE SLIDES - ASSIGNMENT READY!Both Print & Digital Includes:♥ 1 informational passage for each Civil Rights Leader (& more), with:vocabulary expansion: I have bolded important words in the passages and placed a "definition key" on the right hand sidetimeline 2-3 questions encouraging comprehension and text-to-self relationships♥ Those included: » Richard Allen » Sojourner Truth » Frederick Douglass » H
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2nd - 4th
Current Event Newspaper Assignment I Google Slides and Print
*A DIGITAL OPTION/GOOGLE SLIDES HAS BEEN INCLUDED* Be sure to re-download! There are directions and links inside the zip file :)About this Product:Current Events are a nice way to integrate Social Studies, Reading, and Writing. Additionally, they are a wonderful way to keep your students connected to the community and world around them. This resource addresses the following Common Core State Standards:Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly
Grades:
2nd - 6th
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
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K - 3rd
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
Grades:
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
Ancient Greece and Rome Comprehension Passages Activities Worksheets Maps
Take a step back in time to learn about Ancient Greece and Rome. In this BUNDLE, you'll find reading passages, comprehension and connection activities, character files, vocabulary posters, map activities, and so much more! Your students will love learning about these fascinating ancient civilizations with this creative and hands-on activity pack! Newly Updated to include the digital versions of these units in Google Slides for Google Classroom. ANCIENT GREECE UNITThere are reading passages that
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2nd - 4th
Thanksgiving Then and Now BUNDLE | Print and Digital
Looking for a responsible way to teach your students about the first Thanksgiving? This bundle allows you to teach about the first Thanksgiving while comparing it to the Thanksgiving of today. This BUNDLE contains BOTH the complete unit and the presentation. New hands-on activities and reading comprehension passages have been added. The unit will keep your students engaged while learning about Thanksgiving. The reading passages will easily allow you to use this unit in Reading/Language Arts clas
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2nd - 4th
7 Continents Geography Unit BUNDLE for Upper Elementary
This geography unit is both fun and meaningful for the end of the year! Introduce your students to new cultures with the discussion guide, recording packet, suggested crafts, AND teacher lesson plans. Update April 2021: This product has a brand new look AND is now compatible with Google Slides!Your download gets you:1. A 64-page discussion guide in PPT and Google Slides format. The 7 lessons introduce each of the continents with facts, colorful pictures, graphs, and maps.2. A 10-page student rec
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3rd - 6th
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Thanksgiving Then and Now | Print and Digital
Looking for a responsible way to teach your students about the first Thanksgiving? This unit allows you to teach about the first Thanksgiving while comparing it to the Thanksgiving of today. This complete no-prep unit has been complete revised and updated for the new school year. The hands-on activities will keep your students engaged. The reading passages allow you to use this in your Reading/Language Arts class as well as Social Studies.NOTE: This now contains a link on page 2 of the PDF that
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Then and Now BUNDLE | Print and Digital
Economics Unit Digital Only Distance Learning
Your students will learn about economics in this unit that includes an informational text and a unit test. Now you can take your learning digital using your Google Drive! This unit includes digital options only. It includes a digital version of the student text with the reading questions that the students can complete online using Google Slides. The unit test comes a Google Forms version that is graded automatically.If you would like a printable, paper-based unit that include a lapbook or intera
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3rd - 5th
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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
Grades:
K - 3rd
Travel the World: Let's Visit Schools!
NOW UPDATED FOR GOOGLE APPS!Enhance your study of world geography and culture with this engaging pack. With this pack, your students will travel to 13 different countries and learn all about their school traditions and customs. Using the reading pages and response sheets, students can dive into social studies content while working on reading skills at the same time. Students will visit: China, Japan, India, Russia, Kazakhstan, Australia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Germany, Denmark, Peru, Canada, and the U
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2nd - 3rd
Titanic Math Activities Pack Printable Worksheets and Digital
This is the perfect way to have your students learn more about the Titanic with themed and mostly factual information! Students will be able to practice 4 digit addition and subtraction, repeated addition or multiplication, converting money, measurement, estimation, adding money, solving word problems and more. This unit was made to be geared toward 3rd-5th grade so please check out the preview to see if this is grade-appropriate! This math pack can be used as a print at home pack or used with G
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3rd - 6th
Native Americans DBQ Document-Based Questions
Native AmericansDocument-Based Questions (DBQs) are a great way to expose students to primary sources as well as to make them think about an event in history and respond to it. This unit can be used in a few ways. You can project the full-page images on my board so that we can discuss them, and then the students answer the DBQ in their notebooks. I have also included the DBQs in printable format so that your students can answer on paper and digital Google Forms that you can send electronically.
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3rd - 6th
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Complete Nebraska State Study Unit Bundle
Complete Nebraska State Study Unit Bundle, which works for both print and Google Drive™, is a complete bundle to use for your state study for Nebraska. This unit has everything you need to cover the entire study of Nebraska. It is aligned with the newly adopted 2019 Nebraska State Social Studies Standards for 4th grade.This bundle contains both a printable format as well as a Google Drive™ format and includes the following sections:Section 1: Maps: location within the United States, surrounding
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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)
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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K - 3rd
PBL ELA & History Choose Your Own Story - Adventure Writing
This NO PREP project based learning experience is a great way for students to deeply engage with historical content while working through the writing process. This pbl is an excellent way to introduce and immerse students in multiple subjects right at the beginning of the year! This can be modified for any grade level 4-12. I personally have done this project with 4th graders, blending California history, Earth science and ELA as well as with 7th graders creating interactive adventure novels se
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3rd - 10th
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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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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.
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