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Preview of Medieval Times

Medieval Times

Video: https://youtu.be/02WKRbtB_wgThe Medieval Times, Medieval TimesOver 300 years when Feudalism shinedWhere Kings and Lords, ruled the landKeeping all the peasants well in handHoly wars spread far and wideSome sought power and some a better lifeTrade with other countries grew and grew andIt opened the world to different cultures tooTrade Fairs came along and money emergedAn economy based on cash and being servedThis changed the way they lived and what they knewPower and money were in the ha
Preview of States By Region

States By Region

For a video version, go to: https://youtu.be/5Jv5_deSw7cWhere do you call home,where do you rest?The north,south, east or west?We’re all living under the same,same sunWhere do you live, where are you from?Repeat after me: The New England States:(echo)Maine______,New Hampshire________,Vermont______Massachusetts_______,Rhode IslandConnecticut_______ Pennsylvania_____________, New Jersey_________New York_____________Midwest:Illinois,Indiana,WisconsinOhio MichiganMissouri,Iowa,North DakotaSouth Da
Preview of U.S. Symbols

U.S. Symbols

For a video version, go to: https://youtu.be/qT8Ja1axMv0Many, many symbols help us celebrateThey help us feel proud ‘bout these United StatesThey help us remember, they help us recallFilling us with joy, filling us with aweThere’s the mighty Bald Eagle , our national birdAnd the civil war landmarks in GettysburgThe Golden Gate Bridge in San FranciscoThe mission out west called the AlamoThere’s the Statue of LibertyAnd all those monuments in DCAnd In the South Dakota hills’Mount Rushmore, wh
Preview of Scarcity

Scarcity

Video version: https://youtu.be/vEhQiYghnV0When there’s not enough for you and not enough for meWhen we don’t have enough,there’s a scarcityWe have to make choices every,everydaybetween this and that, in our work and our play‘cause when we don’t have enough there’s a scarcityWhen things are scarce, we have to make choices. If the market doesn't have strawberries, you have to decide if you really want strawberries. If you do, then you will have to travel to different markets to try to find some
Preview of Black History: The Reconstruction

Black History: The Reconstruction

Video Version: https://youtu.be/es719h0Wf8EMuch of the Southern United States was destroyed during the Civil war. Farms and plantations were burned down and their crops destroyed. Also, many people had Confederate money which was now worthless and the local governments were in disarray. The South needed to be rebuilt. The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War is called the Reconstruction. The Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877. The purpose of the Reconstruction was to help the South b
Preview of Latino Culture: Latin America

Latino Culture: Latin America

Video version: https://youtu.be/EFo0VKfhj60Latin America is a region made up of Mexico, Central America, and South America. Some of the islands of the West Indies, in the Caribbean Sea, also are included. The area is known as Latin America because most people speak languages that came from Latin (the language of the ancient Romans). These languages include Spanish, Portuguese, and French.Many Latin Americans have a mixture of American Indian, European, and African ancestry. Most people speak Sp
Preview of Cultures

Cultures

Video Version: https://youtu.be/aA4jfvHGGBYThere are many,many cultures,many,many waysTo believe, speak,work, laugh and playMany,many cultures,many,many landsMany,many ways we need to understandThere are 54 countries in AfricaLike Ghana, Egypt and NigeriaChad,Sudan and LibyaAngola,Tanzania and EthiopiaThere are 15 countries in South AmericaLike Brazil,Equador and BoliviaPeru, Venezuela, ColumbiaUruguay,Paraguay, ArgentinaThere are 51 countries in Europe,you seeLike Russia,England,Spain and Germ
Preview of Theodore Roosevelt Profile

Theodore Roosevelt Profile

Video version: https://youtu.be/MhXt1NQokucTheodore Rooseveltwas born in new York city on Oct. 27,1858. His dad was a glass importer and his family lived a comfortable life. He has asthma as a child but still participated in athletics. He graduated from Harvard University. He was considered a moderate Republican.SongHe served as a police commissioner,asst. secretary of the navy and served in the spanish American War. When President McKinley was killed in 1901,Roosevelt became President. He was
Preview of Black History: Harriet Tubman

Black History: Harriet Tubman

Video Version: https://youtu.be/kHxfXlfXUJ8Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement
Preview of Black History: Beginnings of Slavery

Black History: Beginnings of Slavery

Video version: https://youtu.be/XZR7ruZfifMMost groups that immigrate to the United States leave their homeland in search of a better life. African Americans are the only ethnic group whose ancestors were brought her against their will.White colonists bought them as if they were property. Then they transported them to the New World.Whether traded by enemy tribes or kidnapped by European raiders, Africans were herded into slave camps on the West coast of Africa starting in the 1500’s.
Preview of Audio Snippets of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "What's Your Blueprint" Speech

Audio Snippets of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "What's Your Blueprint" Speech

This audio is Dr. King's inspirational, 20-minute speech cut into five and a half minutes of guidance to success in life. MLK's 1967 lecture is clear-cut and specific on how to avoid victimization, take responsibility, and rise up to be an active global citizen. If anything teachers, listen to this in the morning for yourself to ALWAYS KEEP MOVING! :)
Preview of Women In History: Astronauts

Women In History: Astronauts

Video version: https://youtu.be/9U0bPWcddXkOuter space seems so far awayBut these four women were not afraidThey worked so hard to make their dreams come trueExploring space for me and you !Valentina Tereshkova,Sally Ride, Mae Jemison, Eileen Collins
Preview of Explorers

Explorers

For a video version, go to: https://youtu.be/HNuri3QbCOcMany explorers have shown us the wayFor all of us to explore everydayTo wonder and wonder what could beTo dream new dreams that will set us freeChristopher ColumbusNeil ArmstrongLouis and ClarkMarco PoloFerdinand Magellan
Preview of Music to Mastery: Exploring Our World Through Song - The United States!

Music to Mastery: Exploring Our World Through Song - The United States!

Created by
Akiya Maston
Music to Mastery: Exploring Our World Through Song! is a collection of songs to help learn the locations of nearly 200 nations of the world. This United States song is 1 song out of 11 on Music to Mastery: Exploring Our World Through Song! Music CD. This song was written by a Geography teacher to help her students learn the locations of all 50 states in a fun and effective way. Enjoy your musical journey across America! www.musictomastery.com
Preview of Who were the Ancient Egyptians?| Distance Learning | Audio | eBook | Worksheets

Who were the Ancient Egyptians?| Distance Learning | Audio | eBook | Worksheets

Designed for classroom | home | distance learning and aimed at children and young adults who are looking to further their knowledge in all things Ancient History and Science. Episodes are all under 10 minutes, packed full of information that is easy for children of all ages to understand. Typically taking around 30-45 mins to complete. Written and narrated by Cambridge University archaeologist Matthew Brooks.The Audiobook of Unit 1 - Who were the Ancient Egyptians? Students will be able to ask a
Preview of Alexander the Great Profile

Alexander the Great Profile

Video Version: https://youtu.be/TmbuAkrktaEAlexander the GreatBorn to lead, born to leadAlexander the Great was born to lead(Dialogue)
Preview of Geographic Tools

Geographic Tools

Video version: https://youtu.be/ZtF2vWOQ9MwWe use maps and modelsTo help us findThe answers to the questions swimming ‘round in our mindsGraphs and charts and computers too.Geographic tools can help me and you Find the answers to our questions andThe answers to our why’sGeographic tools help us collect and organizeGeographic tools can help us understandWhat we know about our oceansAnd this great landSatellites and photographscan also help us find the answers to the questions that on our mindsC
Preview of Black History: The Harlem Renaissance

Black History: The Harlem Renaissance

Video version: https://youtu.be/lhER1OOpzVIThe Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after The New Negro, a 1925 anthology edited by Alain Locke. The movement also included the new African-American cultural expressions across the urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest United States affected by the Great Migration, of which Harlem was t
Preview of Latino Culture: Panama

Latino Culture: Panama

Video version: https://youtu.be/ptYZAtyCCHkAl tambor, al tambor, al tamborde la a- le -griaYo quiero que tu me llevesAl tambor de la a - le- griaPlay the drum, play the drumPlay the drum from PanamaC’mon let’s play the drumTum, tum, tum, la, la, la, la, laPanama is located in Central America. It is a narrow land bridge, or isthmus, connecting North and South America. Panama is slightly smaller than South Carolina.Their main language is Spanish.The national traditional dress for women is a long,
Preview of Black History: Ida B Wells

Black History: Ida B Wells

Video Version: https://youtu.be/6v2OM7IkWNYIda Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Over the course of a lifetime dedicated to combating prejudice and violence, and the fight for African-American equality, especially that of women, Wells arguably became the most famous black woma
Preview of Song: Edge of India (Male Vocals)

Song: Edge of India (Male Vocals)

Using Lady Gaga's Edge melody, this is a catchy rewrite with the countries of the Middle East & Egypt. Countries included in the song: - Egypt - Israel - Jordan - Saudi Arabia - Yemen - Omen - UAE - Qatar - India - Pakistan - Iraq - Iran - Syria - Lebanon - Kazakhstan - Turkmenistan - Afghanistan - Uzbekistan
Preview of A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids - Episode 1: Footprints

A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids - Episode 1: Footprints

The Children’s Hour has produced a six part podcast and curriculum series on the history of the American Southwest, in partnership with the Center for New Mexico Archaeology, the Native American Community Academy (NACA), NACA Inspired Schools Network, and numerous others.Typically a region of the US that is overlooked in textbooks, the Southwestern United States history begins 23,000 years ago in what is now know as White Sands National Park.  Students will learn how the area was settled, from i
Preview of Diversity

Diversity

Video Version: https://youtu.be/hMIfo09wQsIWe’re living in a world of diversityLiving in a world where we can seeYoung and old rich and poorShort and tall from shore to shoreAnd even though we may be differentWe’re the same in many waysAnd we share the same air,earth and skyEvery,everyday.Ooooo That’s who we areOoooo and Like a shining starOoooo That lights up the nightEach and everyone of us shining so brightWe’ve come from Europe,Asia,AfricaNorth and South AmericaFrom many different countries,
Preview of Black History: James Weldon Johnson

Black History: James Weldon Johnson

Video version: https://youtu.be/F1i_1aQv-bMJames Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American writer and civil rightsactivist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In 1920, he was the first African American to be chosen as executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating officer. He served in that position fro
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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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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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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.