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Preschool Back to School social studies unit plans
Little Social Studies Thinkers CURRICULUM {Kindergarten Social Studies}
Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete curriculum specifically for Kindergarten. It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends. It is cross-referenced and aligned to the main topics of Kindergarten Social Studies Standards. __________________________________________________Click here for the full FIRST GRADE Little Social Studies Thinkers Curriculum___________________________________________________This full year-long curriculum contains lessons
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Little Social Studies Thinkers UNIT 4: My Community /Kindergarten Social Studies
Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete curriculum specifically for Kindergarten. It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends. It is cross-referenced and aligned to the main topics of Kindergarten Social Studies Standards. -------------------GET THE FULL YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM HERE--------------------Little Social Studies Thinkers FULL YEAR CURRICULUM for KINDERGARTENUNIT 4: My Community teaches students about different types of communities and p
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Little Social Studies Thinkers CURRICULUM {Kindergarten Social Studies}
Little SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers UNIT 1: Citizenship {Kindergarten Social Studies}
Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete curriculum specifically for Kindergarten. It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends. It is cross-referenced and aligned to the main topics of Kindergarten Social Studies Standards. -------------------GET THE FULL YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM HERE--------------------Little Social Studies Thinkers FULL YEAR CURRICULUM for KINDERGARTENHere are the components of Unit 1: CITIZENSHIP---A complete Teacher Guide-12 Ste
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Little Social Studies Thinkers CURRICULUM {Kindergarten Social Studies}
Little Social Studies Thinkers UNIT 5: Our World {Kindergarten Social Studies}
Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete curriculum specifically for Kindergarten. It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends. It is cross-referenced and aligned to the main topics of Kindergarten Social Studies Standards. -------------------GET THE FULL YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM HERE--------------------Little Social Studies Thinkers FULL YEAR CURRICULUM for KINDERGARTENUNIT 5: Our World teaches students about basic world geography and where their pl
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Little Social Studies Thinkers CURRICULUM {Kindergarten Social Studies}
Little Social Studies Thinkers UNIT 3: Holidays Around the World (Kindergarten)
This is a complete Holidays Around the World / Christmas Around the World Unit!Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete curriculum specifically for Kindergarten. It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends. It is cross-referenced and aligned to the main topics of Kindergarten Social Studies Standards. -------------------GET THE FULL YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM HERE--------------------Little Social Studies Thinkers FULL YEAR CURRICULUM for KINDERGARTEN--
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Little Social Studies Thinkers CURRICULUM {Kindergarten Social Studies}
ESL Newcomer Activities Curriculum Vocabulary Lesson Plans Back to School
ESL Vocabulary for Newcomers 1st 5 Units! Do you need help when a new student enters your classroom that does not know English? This English Language Learner's Bundle will help make your ELL's transition into the classroom easier! It includes the first FIVE units any ELL needs to increase ESL VOCABULARY quickly!⭐Take a look at the VIDEO PREVIEW to see how this will benefit your English Language Learners⭐WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING::❤️❤️❤️"My students began to open up using the step by step engaging
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PreK - 5th
Wants and Needs Wants & Needs Kindergarten and First Grade Social Studies
Wants and Needs Wants & Needs Kindergarten and First Grade Social Studies⭐Do you WANT it? Do you NEED it? Covering the topic of WANTS AND NEEDS with your Kinders or First Graders has never been easier. This engaging and ready-to-use WANTS AND NEEDS file is going to be a HUGE time saver for you. Snag this 30-page pack to get charts, pocket chart activities, writing prompts, and printables all about wants & needs.⭐This unit is a week's worth of wants and needs learning activities that cove
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Social Studies Bundle for Kindergarten and First Grade Printables
Curriculum Planning Yearly Calendar Long Range Editable Curriculum Map Template
Create a yearly curriculum plan that is organized and well thought out! This easy-to-use yearly pacing curriculum guide helps you to organize all of your subject matter teaching areas in one convenient spot. You can easily align your teaching materials in a cross-curricular fashion when you use this month-at-a-glance format. Here's what you'll get:PowerPoint version of the curriculum mapGoogle Drive version of the curriculum map Both versions are editable and updated yearly! This long-range plan
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PreK - 6th
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Kindergarten Writing Unit 2 - Sentences
If you’ve taught kindergarten or first grade, you know how hard it is to get your students to write in complete sentences and add punctuation in the right places!In this kindergarten sentence-writing unit, you'll teach sentence skills explicitly as you work on a narrative about a shared experience. Each student follows along with their own copy, adding their own sentences and details in some lessons. This unit is very guided, as it focuses on sentence-writing. It makes a great bridge from drawin
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PreK - 1st
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Kindergarten Writing Unit 1 - Drawing and Labeling Back to School
Teaching writing can be hard, especially in kindergarten and 1st grade! My goal is to help guide you through the first 5-6 weeks back to school and launching your writing workshop with ease. I believe that too often, the focus in writing workshop is on text early on and students are rushed into writing words without taking time to learn about storytelling through pictures.That’s why in this first unit, there’s a strong focus on writing through pictures, as well as oral storytelling, which is SO
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PreK - 1st
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Black History Month Activities
Black History Month Activities - These Ruby Bridges, Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks Activities are designed for younger students. Your students will love learning about these figures in Black History and about their impact on the world. The simple reader, write and draw activities, and cut and paste activities will be perfect to teach your young students about Ruby Bridges, Rosa Parks and Jackie Robinson during Black History Month. These Black history Month Activities
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PreK - 2nd
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Classroom Schedule Cards: Editable
Classroom Schedule Cards | Editable Schedule Cards | Daily Schedule | Visual TimetableDiscover the versatility of our Bright Schedule Cards with Matching Editable Templates! This set, comprising 88 vibrant cards, is designed to inject color and organization into your classroom routine. The cards are fully editable using the free version of Adobe Acrobat, allowing you to customize each one with ease. With a clean design and a single line of text per card, readability is prioritized for both teac
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PreK - 6th
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Kindergarten Long Range Plans *New Ontario Curriculum
The new Ontario Kindergarten Program (2016) uses the Four Frame model as the curriculum set-up. These long range plans are organized by the Four Frames and divided into months of the year. All curriculum expectations are included in the long range plans, carefully sequenced to support learning.Each Month Includes:- Specific expectations for each of the Four Frames (colour-coded)- Literacy Program ideas- Math Program ideas- Possible inquiriesThe end of the year is less-structured and open to meet
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PreK - K
Friendship Lesson Plans for Pre-K, Kindergarten, or 1st
Friendship lessons and activities to teach students positive social skills and how to make friends! This unit is great for back to school or Valentine's Day.
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This 4-5 week unit about friendship is designed for children in Pre-K, Kindergarten, or 1st grade. This unit works very well at the beginning of the school year, but can also be used at any time throughout the year when students need to work on getting along with each other.
In this unit, students learn about positive social ski
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PreK - 1st
EDITABLE Preschool Lesson Plan Templates
Have you been using our lesson plans or curriculum maps for our Preschool or Pre-K years and wishing you could change just one or two things to make them fit your classroom even better? You can use these blank {editable} templates to fill them in on your own computer. We would use these with our curriculum maps or any of the lesson plan products. You could also use this template to create your own lesson plans for your school year in an organized and professional way!These lesson plan templates
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PreK
Also included in: ULTIMATE 2 Year Preschool Pre-K BUNDLE
Community Workers Unit for Special Education
Elevate your community workers lessons with this comprehensive unit, specially designed for special education teachers and parents of autistic students. Packed with engaging games, printables, flashcards, and an adapted book, this resource covers a range of learning styles. The set includes 12 flashcards with definitions, a 12-page adapted book, 9 matching worksheets, 8 writing worksheets, 7 creative writing worksheets, 12 coloring/following direction worksheets, an 'I Have, Who Has?' game, and
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PreK - 5th
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Recycling Unit for Special Education
Explore the importance of recycling with this comprehensive unit designed for special education teachers and parents of autistic students. Packed with engaging activities, games, printables, and an adapted book, this resource seamlessly integrates academic and functional themes into the classroom curriculum. The unit covers a range of materials, including flashcards with definitions, an 'Ready to Recycle' adapted book, matching and writing worksheets, creative writing activities, sorting exercis
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PreK - 5th
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Community Signs Mega Pack for Special Education
Enhance your students' understanding of common community signs with this comprehensive unit designed for special education and parents of autistic students. Packed with engaging games, printables, flashcards, and an adapted book (What Should I Do?), the resource covers a range of activities to reinforce sign recognition skills. The toolkit includes flashcards with definitions, a multiple-choice adapted book, a card game for identifying signs based on clues, file folder activities for matching si
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PreK - 5th
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Economy Unit for Special Education
Explore the basics of the economy with this comprehensive unit tailored for special education teachers and parents of autistic students. Packed with engaging games, printables, flashcards, and an adapted book, this functional social studies theme facilitates academic learning about life skills. Designed for differentiation across diverse learning styles, the unit includes flashcards with definitions, an adapted book ('Why is Money Important?'), matching worksheets, information sheets, writing ex
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PreK - 5th
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All About Me Activities for Preschool & Pre-K - Preschool Lesson Plan
Make the beginning of the year fun with these All About Me Lesson Plans for Preschool. This resource if full of “All about Me” activities that will help you and your preschool & pre-K students get to know themselves, & each other. All done for you with low-prep, developmentally appropriate & fun preschool activities.Your preschool students will love these All About Me activities! Through graphing, counting, EDITABLE name writing activities, drawing, and other activities they will lea
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Preschool Curriculum - Preschool Lesson Plan Bundle - PreK Lesson Plans
Geography Adapted Books for Special Education
Simple Social Studies: Geography Adapted Books for Special EducationThese Adapted Books are designed to directly teach basic Geography Skills to students in Special Education. Each book can be used to help students practice and generalize these important skills! WHAT TOPICS ARE INCLUDED?Our ContinentsLandformsBiomesMap SymbolsHOW DO YOU USE IT IN THE CLASSROOM? Introduce new topicsIndependent WorkReview Mastered TopicsHOW DO STUDENTS USE THEM? Use the matching pictures for non writersUse matchin
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Geography Curriculum Bundle for Special Education
Now & Then | Past & Present | Long Ago and Today | Then & Now
Looking for a simple lesson to teach the concept of NOW AND THEN or THEN and NOW to your Kindergarteners or First Graders? This pack contains printables and playable activities to cover the topic of NOW AND THEN around Thanksgiving with Pilgrims and children today comparisons. NOW it also includes an IDENTICAL unit using the terms PAST and PRESENT as well.THIS PRINT & PLAY PACK INCLUDES:⭐NOW AND THEN | PAST AND PRESENT Charts- 2 different charts; one filled in and one blank⭐Large Sorting Pi
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Social Studies Bundle for Kindergarten and First Grade Printables
Emotions Theme Lesson Plans -Feelings Social Emotional Learning Activities PreK
This EMOTIONS theme pack includes semi-editable lesson plans and hands-on activities for a week full of math, reading, & social skills learning activities. This theme goes along well back to school and getting to know you activities. Within this lesson plan set we help little ones build their vocabulary and awareness of different feelings in themselves and others. We also explore ways to help and/or cope when we are feeling different emotions.All Preschool Teacher 101 Classroom Lesson Plans
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ESL Back to School Newcomer Activities School Vocabulary Lesson Plans
English Language Learners School Vocabulary!This ESL packet is to help our newcomer ELL's transition into our classrooms. It is a classroom/school theme set of vocabulary words that can be used in many waysRead Ways to use this resource here!The school vocabulary words can be used in many ways:⭐Games⭐Memory⭐Vocabulary flash cards⭐Anchor Charts⭐Pocket ChartIncluded✅5 Days of Lesson Plans✅Classroom/School Words✅24 color and 24 b and w ✅Headers for Pocket Chart or Anchor Chart✅4 Sentence frame card
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PreK - 5th
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Find Social Studies - History resources | TPT
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.
Teaching with social studies resources
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.
Discover printable and digital social studies resources
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.
Frequently asked questions about teaching social studies
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.
How do I find social studies lessons on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing history lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for social studies resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of social studies lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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