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Free 4th grade social studies unit plans
Parts of a Map Geography Map Skills Freebie Sample
Try out two free sample pages from my Geography Map Skills Unit & Lapbook with informational text, test, & more!}! This freebie has one page of informational text about the parts of a map. It also includes a one page foldable piece for students to use in their interactive social studies notebook.
These two samples are part of my Geography Map Skills Unit & Lapbook with informational text, test, & more!} for teaching about basic map skills. Over 70 pages in the whole unit!
The
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3rd - 5th
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Women's History Month FREEBIE | Print and Digital
Looking for a way to incorporate Women's History month into your classroom? This freebie contains a reading comprehension activity for Rosa Parks. It's a great way to add some Reading and Language Arts into your Social Studies block. This is a sample of the complete unit that contains 24 great women in history. INote: This now contains a link that allows you to make a copy for Google Classroom. This can be used in the classroom AND online - ideal for distance learning!!!The interactive unit cont
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: Women's History Month BUNDLE | Print and Digital
Communities Change Over Time: A Past and Present Unit Free
The local community serves as the focal point for third grade as students begin to understand how their communities have changed over time and to make comparisons with communities in other places. The study of local history comes alive through the use of artifacts and documents.If you liked these free activities, please check out the entire Communities Change Over Time: Past and Present Unit.In this free resource you will find:• Then and Now Interview Assignment: Students will interview an adult
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2nd - 4th
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Google Maps FREEBIE Lesson Plan | Unit Preview | Technology Lesson | Tech Lesson
FREE Google Maps Technology Lesson! Student tutorials provided! (Grades 3-12) In this lesson, you and your students will explore the Earth using Google Maps, Street View, Time-Travel, and go on an Address Hunt using specific addresses, coordinates, and landmarks! You will even find a school that is in the shape of the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars! This lesson is made for use with:PCMacChromebookAll resources are organized for assigning through Google Classroom! (Although Google Classroom is
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Middle and High School STEM and Technology Curriculum
Causes of the American Revolution FREEBIE | Articles and Guided Notes
ENGAGE your students as you introduce the Causes of the American Revolutionary War as you guide them through the most important events that led to tensions between Britain and the colonists! With informational articles, guided notes that are differentiated, and vocabulary, students will get a feel for what led to tensions with Britain and all out war!Teaching students with a variety of needs? This resource is perfect if you are teaching a classroom of students with a variety of needs. Higher-lev
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4th - 6th
The World Where I Live...
This is a jam-packed, 40 page unit full of multi-sensory and multi-grade-level activities all centering on the relationships between the following concepts: city/town/village, county, state, country, continent, and community helpers. The following mathematical concepts are also explored: range, median, mode, and average (mathematical mean).
The following activities are included in this unit: Key vocabulary exercise, coloring Venn diagram activity, "Greater Than, Less Than" activity page, "My
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K - 8th
United States Regions Activity Stations | FREEBIE!
This download is a free preview of 5 of 45 station activities in this US Regions Bundle. Each individual product showcases one of dozens of activities that engage your students through interactive, discussion and cooperation encouraging activities.In the complete unit bundle, each regional unit includes NINE stations that feature a variety of activities including analyzing maps, reading passages, listening to audio clips, sorting informative cards, matching pictures to explanations, discussing q
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3rd - 6th
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Our Solar System Unit Study
This book is suitable for elementary school learners. I have used sections of it with each of my children, then 6, 11 and 13. The activities can be adapted to suit either older or younger learners.
The unit contains:
1 Introduction to our Solar System
2 Space Exploration
3 Our Solar System
4 Sun
5 Mercury
6 Venus
7 Earth
8 Moon
9 Mars
10 Asteroid Belt
11 Jupiter
12 Saturn
13 Did you know? Days of the Week
14 Uranus 99
15 Neptune
16 Pluto
17 Comets
18 Kuiper Belt
19 Oort Cloud
2
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K - 6th
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FREE Long Ago and Today: Part 2 Transportation
This unit explores how transportation was long ago compared to now. It includes 2 picture sorts, multiple picture cards of items long ago, as well as an assessment.
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K - 5th
France Elementary Unit Study
Elementary unit study on the country of France. Geography, history, flag, french revolution, holidays, celebrations, food, culture, worksheets, grades 1-5, crossword puzzle, activities, kulture klassroom, printables, coloring, reading comprehension, fill in the blanks, matching activity, word search, jumble, religion, soccer, train, animals, rooster, french language, riddles lesson plan, idia lesson plan
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1st - 5th
Free Fire Safety Unit Study and Lesson Plans
This book has been compiled using research from various public domain sources, US Department of Education and Federal Agency Websites.
Links have been left within the content of the workbook to enable the educator to download additional materials, which have not been incorporated into this book, but which form an integral part of the lesson plans.
This book is suitable for very young learners but can be adapted to older students, around Gr 5.
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PreK - 5th
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Rights and Responsibilities - Government and Citizenship INB FREE Sample
This Rights and Responsibilities Interactive Notebook page is one notebook template included in my fullGovernment and Citizenship Interactive Notebook Unit.
See the full Government and Citizenship Interactive Notebook Unit here. The full unit includes 13 student notebook templates, full teacher directions with photos of all templates, grading rubrics, a final unit project and a final unit test!
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
Myth of Echo and Narcissus, Ancient Greek Theater
“Myth of Echo and Narcissus” is a short play from Greek Plays for Young Actors, a collection of nine short plays based on the stories of Greek mythology and Aesop's fables. The plays are ideal for readers theater, youth community theater groups and classroom theater performances. Following the traditions of ancient Greek theater, each of the nine short plays is performed by two or three actors accompanied by a small chorus that can vary in size. Life lessons of kindness, sharing, humility and re
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4th - 8th
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FREE Hawaii State Unit Study | Capital, Bird, Flower, Flag, Animal
A 1-day unit study of the Hawaii state capital. This LOW PREP resource includes a lesson plan, videos, worksheets and activities, interactive notebook pieces, and more.It makes a great addition to your Hawaii or U.S. states unit study; writing lessons or centers; social studies or history class; or just for fun. Perfect for second grade, third grade, and fourth classrooms, homeschool families, and cooperatives.Try before you buy! This is a free, abridged version of day 1 of my Hawaii State Unit
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: U.S. States Unit Studies BUNDLE | Capital, Bird, Flower, Flag, Animal
US Regions | Southeast Region | FREEBIE!
In this free preview of a COMPLETE UNIT, your students will learn about the Southeast Region of the United States as they make their way through two station-based activities. This COMPLETE UNIT DOWNLOAD includes NINE stations featuring a variety of activities (analyzing maps, reading passages, listening to audio clips, sorting informative cards, matching pictures to explanations, organizing events on a timeline and more!) to engage your students as they learn about the following topics in refere
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3rd - 6th
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American Heroes (Biography) FREEBIE - Abraham Lincoln
American Heroes FREEBIE: This freebie contains a timeline activity for Abraham Lincoln. This is just a sample of the complete American Heroes No-Prep Unit
Heroes included in the complete unit are:
- Susan B. Anthony
- Neil Armstrong
- John Chapman
- Amelia Earhart
- Benjamin Franklin
- Helen Keller
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Abraham Lincoln
- Barack Obama
- Rosa Parks
- Paul Revere
- Sally Ride
- Jackie Robinson
- Betsy Ross
- Harriet Tubman
- George Washington
The complete unit contains t
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: American Heroes (Biographies) BUNDLE
American Symbols Printable Book
This printable book can be used during your unit on American Symbols. The students will learn about 5 important American Symbols, and will get to fill out the book to show what they have learned. Each symbol studied includes a Marzano Learning Strategy.
Grades:
PreK - 5th
FREE Long Ago and Today: Part 1 School
This unit explores how school was long ago compared to now. It includes a picture sort, multiple picture cards of items long ago, as well as an assessment.
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Grades:
K - 5th
FREEBIE Holiday Passport
This will be a great companion to a unit on holidays around the world. This freebie includes passport pages for 27 different countries. Print the countries that you will "visit" with your students, and enjoy!
This passport will go perfectly with these holiday close reads!
Save 20% when you buy the Holidays Around the World: December Close Read Bundle!
The two packs in this bundle are also available separately here:
Holidays Around the World: Asia Edition Close Reads
Holidays Around the World:
Grades:
K - 5th
Immigration in America Unit
This is an interdisciplinary unit on immigration in America that spans the course of two weeks. Students begin looking at the past and later, do a culminating project on their own family's immigrant past. Below are more details:
Unit Rationale
Besides Native Americans, everyone here in the United States has an ancestor to thank for the reason they are here. This unit gives students an understanding of our immigrant past, and helps bring awareness of the multiple backgrounds and immigrants in o
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4th - 6th
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Mystery Island Project Instructions - Landforms
Imagine you discovered a new island no one ever explored before. It does not exist on any map! You can name this island whatever you want and make its first official map or model.
Use These set of Instructions for a Project Assignment with your LANDFORM Unit. I used this for my second grade class. It requires them to create an island that they discovered. They must name it according to its shape. They can get very creative with this. I have made an example of a final project: "Shark Island" in
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K - 5th
3rd Grade Michigan Social Studies Lesson FREEBIE
This is an example of lessons that are available in my 3rd Grade Michigan Social Studies lesson series. To check out units and bundles, follow the links below!3rd Grade Michigan Social Studies YEAR LONG BundleUnit One - Michigan GeographyUnit Two - Michigan EconomicsUnit Three - Michigan HistoryUnit Four - Michigan GrowthUnit Five - Michigan Government
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2nd - 4th
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US Regions | Northeast Region | FREEBIE!
In this free preview of a COMPLETE UNIT, your students will learn about the Northeast Region of the United States as they make their way through two station-based activities.The complete download includes NINE stations featuring a variety of activities (analyzing maps, reading passages, listening to audio clips, sorting informative cards, matching pictures to explanations, and more!) to engage your students as they learn about the following topics in reference to the Northeast:States (ME, NH, VT
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3rd - 6th
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U.S. Regions | Southwest Region | FREEBIE!
In this free preview of a COMPLETE UNIT, your students will learn about the Southwest Region of the United States as they make their way through two station-based activities.The complete download includes NINE stations featuring a variety of activities (analyzing maps, reading passages, listening to audio clips, sorting informative cards, matching pictures to explanations, and more!) to engage your students as they learn about the following topics in reference to the Southwest:States (AZ, NM, TX
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3rd - 6th
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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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