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4th grade social studies thematic unit plans under $5
Landforms Close Reading
***For a Goggle Classroom version of this product, click here!Close Reading: Landforms- This 66 page product contains 12 landform-themed nonfiction close reading passages with evidence-based questioning sheets to go with each. Each landform has a cover page with a definition, close reading article in color + black/white, and comprehension sheet. Great to use as a whole group lesson or in small group reading. The articles are about the following topics:-plateau-plains-mountain-coast-canyon-valley
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1st - 4th
Day of the Dead Activities & Craft Reading Passages Flip Book Día de los Muertos
These fun activities were created to teach students about Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday celebrated in November each year. This is the perfect resource for teachers looking to engage their students in a fun and educational way. The Day of the Dead is a time to remember and celebrate the lives of loved ones who have passed away, while embracing the joy and beauty of life.What's Inside:Reading PassagesSymbols of the Day of the DeadComprehension QuestionsInformation about
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2nd - 4th
Holidays Around The World | Christmas In Germany | Comprehension, Crafts & More!
We are thrilled to introduce our Germany in Christmas Resource Packet from our best selling "Holidays Around the World" series, designed to bring the magic of Christmas in Germany into your classroom. This no prep holidays printables package is a fantastic opportunity for your students to embark on a cultural journey and learn about holiday traditions from around the world.Understanding and appreciating celebrations from different cultures is not only educational but also incredibly enriching. I
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K - 4th
13 Colonies PowerPoint Slideshow: Colonial Life Geography Resources Tradesmen
Students will learn all about Life in the 13 Colonies with over 90 slides of Information on the 3 different regions:New England ColoniesMid-Atlantic ColoniesSouthern ColoniesThis 13 Colonies PowerPoint presentation is packed full of colorful slides with information about:✔Life in the New England Colonies✔The Puritans✔Life in Mid-Atlantic Colonies✔The Quakers✔Life in Southern Colonies✔Life on the Southern Plantations✔Shipbuilding & Plows✔Natural Resources in the 13 ColoniesThis slideshow has
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3rd - 5th
Road to the American Revolution DBQ Document-Based Questions
American RevolutionDocument-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 electronicall
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4th - 6th
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Early Explorers Powerpoint With Cabot Hudson Cartier Balboa Ponce de Leon
Famous Early European Explorers Powerpoint: The Age of ExplorationYour students will love learning about these 6 famous early explorers with this creative PowerPoint presentation!Students will learn about 6 early explorers with this 70-slide PowerPoint Presentation. The following explorers are highlighted:⭐John Cabot⭐Vasco Nunez de Balboa⭐Juan Ponce de Leon⭐Christopher Columbus⭐Henry Hudson⭐Jacques Cartier⭐Hernando de SotoThis unit is geared for 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th-grade students. It a
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3rd - 5th
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
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2nd - 6th
Winter Holidays in France - Christmas Around the World - Slides + Activities
Joyeux Noel! Learn all about Christmas Around the World in France with a fully narrated, stunning, full-color Powerpoint packed with photographs, facts, and a look into France's most special traditions. The best part?! I talk so you don't have to!This presentation can be played in 2 ways:1. Manual: Click through at your own pace, starting and stopping the narration when needed.2. Automatic: Click the first slide to begin, sit back, and enjoy the show! (8 minutes plus teacher-guided multiple cho
The Real First Thanksgiving Digital Activity
Do your kiddos still think that turkey was served at the First Thanksgiving? Do they know why the Pilgrims celebrated with a meal? Do they know the Native Americans were from the Wampanoag Tribe? This product is included in the Thanksgiving Games and Activities Mega BundleThis interactive digital resource includes information about the historically accurate First Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag. This fun and engaging resource goes from the Pilgrims' voyage to the 3 day feast
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities and Games Mega Bundle
Winter Holidays in Italy - Christmas Around the World - Slides + Activities
Buon Natale! Learn all about Christmas Around the World in Italy with a fully narrated, stunning, full-color Powerpoint packed with photographs, facts, and a look into Italy's most special traditions. The best part?! I talk so you don't have to!This presentation can be played in 2 ways:1. Manual: Click through at your own pace, starting and stopping the narration when needed.2. Automatic: Click the first slide to begin, sit back, and enjoy the show! (10 minutes plus teacher-guided multiple choic
Holidays Around the World
Holidays Around the WorldUse this creative project to build understanding of holiday cultures and traditions from around the world. Each student will be assigned a country to research and prepare a holiday presentation on. Students will learn from their peers about each holiday tradition and make a travel suitcase interactive folder as well in this holidays around the world pack.This packet includes the following:Classroom project description and detailsParent letterProject rubricCountry check l
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1st - 4th
American Government & Citizenship Unit
This unit is perfect for introducing the concept of government and teaching students that we are each contributing citizens in our communities and country! In this unit you will find:-17 Vocabulary Cards: citizen, cooperate, responsibility, government, laws, consequences, government services, tax, volunteer, petition, council, election, vote, mayor, governor, judge, and president-Vocabulary interactive notebook flaps, with cut and paste definitions.-9 Instructional pages covering:What is a Citiz
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: 3rd Grade Social Studies BUNDLE: Map skills and Government
Three Branches of Government Brochure Project & Rubric
This resource is an engaging project for teaching the branches of our government. Students can create a brochure with a cover illustrating how the three branches are rooted to the Constitution and open the fist fold to read The Preamble. Inside the brochure the students will list characteristics of each branch as a trifold. As an extension students can use the illustration to observe and sketch the buildings ( The White House, The Capitol, and The Supreme Court) where each branch is housed. Sco
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2nd - 5th
Colonial America Narrative Writing Project - 3rd 4th & 5th Grades - US History
Looking for a way to make your narrative writing lessons more fun? You and your students will love this Colonial America Narrative Writing Project! If your kids are anything like mine, they love writing from other perspectives. This project asks students to write from the perspective of a Colonial Tradesman or Woman living in the English Colonies. Students are asked to research and fill in multiple graphic organizers and note-catchers to help them eventually write a historically accurate depicti
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3rd - 5th
Wants vs. Needs Economics Sorting Worksheet
Great practice for sorting words (no pictures) into the Wants or Needs category. This can be a great assessment! It can also be used for homework or practice. Great follow-up to my wants vs. needs sorting center. I also have a wants/needs sorting worksheet with pictures! Check them out! :) I have many Economics resources available in my store--natural/human/capital resources, goods/services, producer/consumers, etc.
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K - 5th
Also included in: Economics Bundle - 1st - 3rd Grades - Worksheets and Center Activities
Living Wax Museum - Best Project Ever! {Editable}
Welcome to the most incredible, fun, challenging, and creative project ever where students bring history to life! If you are looking for a project that will "wow" everyone at your school, look no further. This is an incredible opportunity to teach your students about planning, researching, sharing information, and having fun! If you have high expectations and if you want your students to complete a project that they will Never forget (100% guaranteed), give this project a shot!I have students
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4th - 8th
Florida History Unit: St. Augustine Castillo de San Marcos
Whether you're taking your Florida fourth graders on a field trip to St. Augustine or not, this unit on the Castillo de San Marcos is sure to help them become experts on one of St. Augustine's most important historical landmarks! The goal of this unit is that students will be able to identify key parts of the Castillo and what their function was. This unit contains: - an art activity-12 page slide show that shows photos of the key parts of the Castillo and their function- a cut/paste activity
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4th
California Regions and Resources: Interactive Notebook Pages
California Regions are part of both the third and fourth grade Social Studies curriculum in California. This interactive notebook pack works well for either grade.
The interactive pages are sized for either spiral notebooks or composition books. They’ve been used and tested with both, but if by chance they are too large for the notebooks you have, simply reduce slightly on your copier.
The pages include work with a map, vocabulary-matching, flip books for each region, Venn diagrams for compar
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Athens vs Sparta Activity Compare and Contrast Comprehension Passages Worksheet
Your students will love learning about Athens and Sparta with this resource! It includes reading passages and activities to compare and contrast these two ancient Greek city-states!There are 3 informational articles on the following topics:⭐Life in Athens⭐Life in Sparta⭐The Way of Life for Boys and GirlsThis unit includes many interactive activities: ✔Comprehension Questions✔Athens OR Sparta?✔Hidden Word Fact Sort (cut-n-sort activity)✔Venn Diagram✔Writing PromptSEE THE PREVIEW FOR MORE INFORMAT
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2nd - 5th
Everybody Cooks Rice: A Book Companion
This product includes several activities for the book Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley. This book is great for the culturally responsive classroom! It takes a journey through a very diverse neighborhood and takes a look at culture through food. It incorporates lots of thinking maps and integrates several social studies skills.
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- Before Reading Questions: Activating prior knowledge and setting purpose for reading
- Bubble Map: Character traits of Carrie
- Vocabulary: 6 vocabula
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K - 5th
Rules and Laws Interactive Notebook and STEAM Activities Social Studies Unit
Don't let your social studies unit on rules vs. laws become a boring review of school rules. Use these 9 activities to teach your students the basics and push them to the highest level of thinking by allowing them to create a community with rules and laws of their own! These 9 activities in this mini unit on rules and laws have some different options/styles available. What's included: Create a Community with Rules and Laws Style 1Create a Community with Rules and Laws Style 2Create a Community w
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1st - 4th
Veterans Day Activities (Unit for 3rd 4th 5th grades)
This low-prep social studies and literacy unit is designed to teach students about the origins of Veterans Day which is celebrated on November 11 each year. Your kids will love learning about the history behind this holiday with these engaging resources! Resource includes: * The Origins - Non-Fiction Passage and Comprehension Questions (includes answer key)* Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Non-Fiction Passage & Comprehension Questions (includes answer key)* Full color vocabulary posters; armis
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Social Studies Activities for Grades 3, 4, 5
United States Geography Worksheets
Let Your Students Have Fun As They Study The States!Looking for a way to learn more about the different states in America? Then check out these United States Worksheets! This packet has one sheet for each state, with key information like the state motto, nickname, abbreviation, capital, and popular cities. So whether you're looking to brush up on your geography or just want to learn more about America's history and culture, these worksheets are a great resource. Get started learning today!*This
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Bodies of Water Tab-Its® | Distance Learning
This Bodies of Water Tab-Its® booklet is engaging, fun, rigorous and fits beautifully in your Interactive Notebooks! Each page of this Tab-Its® Booklet incorporates writing and the ability to research each body of water.DIGITAL OPTIONS NOW INCLUDED:We have now added Google Slide activities to accompany each unit. You can click on the Google Slides link, make a copy, and now begin using it with your students. You can add the Google Slide links to Google Classroom, via email, Microsoft Teams, and
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Grades:
1st - 4th
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