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Kindergarten social studies interactive whiteboards
Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month | Google Slides + PDF
Are you wanting to teach your students about Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month? Here is a perfect resource for you! This is an e-book and activities, including a map activity, a learning activity with videos, and a true & false activity! A .pdf version of the activities is included as well. You can feel free to add audio to the slides if you are using for distance/remote learning or this resource is perfect for use in the classroom. Happy AAPI Learning!Slides Included
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K - 2nd
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Indigenous Peoples' Day | Digital Google Slides + PDF
Wanting to teach your students about Indigenous Peoples' Day? This elementary-age appropriate Google Slides e-book also includes a true/false activity and a "history of the land I am on" activity. A .pdf of the activities is also included in case you want a printable version. If you are using this for Distance Learning, you can feel free to add audio so students can listen to you read the text as well!Pages included:-What is Indigenous Peoples' Day?-History of Indigenous Peoples' Day-When is Ind
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K - 3rd
Also included in:Â Holidays YEAR LONG GROWING Bundle
BACK TO SCHOOL BOOM CARDS ACTIVITY KINDERGARTEN GAME GOOD & BAD CHOICES SORT
GOOD CHOICES VS BAD CHOICES BOOM CARDS GAME (BACK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES K-2)This fun digital game is perfect for back to school and is specifically aimed to help kids identify good and bad choices. It contains 34 playable cards and could also be used throughout the year to reinforce good and bad choices. Kids have to look at each picture, determine if the action depicted is a good or bad choice and click the corresponding answer (thumbs up for good choice and thumbs down for bad choice). This
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PreK - 3rd
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Kindergarten CKLA ALIGNED Knowledge #6 Native Americans Supplemental Slideshows
PLEASE NOTE:**These materials are not designed to replace lessons or materials provided within Amplify/Core Knowledge (CKLA); they are meant to supplement the existing materials provided by Amplify Education Inc. and The Core Knowledge® Foundation.These interactive PowerPoints are aligned to Amplify Core Knowledge's (CKLA) Kindergarten Listening & Learning Strand, Domain 6, Native Americans. These slideshows are very colorful, interactive, and stay true to the curriculum. Over 800 slides!!!T
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K
Kindergarten CKLA ALIGNED Knowledge Colonial Towns Supplemental Slideshows
PLEASE NOTE:**These materials are not designed to replace lessons or materials provided within Amplify/Core Knowledge (CKLA); they are meant to supplement the existing materials provided by Amplify Education Inc. and The Core Knowledge® Foundation.These interactive PowerPoints are aligned to Amplify Core Knowledge's (CKLA) Kindergarten Listening & Learning Strand, Colonial Towns & Townspeople. These slideshows are very colorful, interactive, and stay true to the curriculum. Over 900 slid
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K
Christmas Around the World Unit Holidays Google Slides Classroom Powerpoint
Christmas Around the World is made simple with this teaching digital resource for you! Included are Christmas Around the World Google Slides and PowerPoint Presentations with voice-over so that you can have your students listen to each slide and follow directions. This Holidays Around the World Google Slides research is perfect for students to use independently! Included for Each Country:-PowerPoint Presentations with voice over-Google Slides NOW with voice over-Instructions for how to access th
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K - 2nd
Christopher Columbus PowerPoint Lesson for Columbus Day K-3 w/worksheets
Let’s Learn About Christopher Columbus: A Lesson for Columbus Day will help you present age-appropriate content to your students in kindergarten, first grade, or second grade. The animated PowerPoint with illustrations will keep young children engaged as the text is read and discussed. It is perfect for use with a Smart Board or other interactive whiteboard; however it can be used without this technology as long as you have a computer and PowerPoint software. A choice of four follow-up works
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K - 3rd
Black History Month | Digital Google Slides + PDF
If you are wanting a digital resource to use to teach about extraordinary leaders in history for Black History Month, this resource is for you! Use in the classroom or use for distance learning (feel free to add your own audio files!). Included for each person is an e-book and activities. There is also a .pdf of all of the activities in case you want to do paper/pencil. And...a research project is included so students can learn about a person of interest! Here's what's included:-What is Black Hi
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K - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Science and Social Studies YEAR LONG GROWING Bundle
Community Helpers {Google Slides™/Classroom™}
This is a digital (Google Slides™) pack all about community helpers! There are many fun, interactive activities included. These activities are Google Slides™ resources that can support your students with distance learning classrooms (i.e. Google Classroom™). You can also use them on your Interactive Whiteboard for use in your classroom!This pack has 6 different activities (multiple slides for each) and is suitable for Pre-K, Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2 students.What's Included?anchor ch
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PreK - 2nd
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Patriot Day/September 11th | Digital Google Slides + PDF
Wanting to teach your students about what happened September 11th and how we observe Patriot Day? This elementary-age appropriate Google Slides e-book also includes a true/false activity and a hero brainstorm. A .pdf of the activities is also included. If you are using this for Distance Learning, you can feel free to add audio so students can listen to you read the text as well! Pages included:-What is Patriot Day?-When is Patriot Day?-What happened on September 11th?-Everyday Heroes-What happen
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K - 5th
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Also included in:Â Holidays YEAR LONG GROWING Bundle
INSTANT DIGITAL SOCIAL STUDIES Teaching Slides: The Bundle
** THIS BUNDLE IS PART OF THE DIGITAL VIP BUNDLE HERE **This bundle includes teaching slides to take your social studies instruction not only DIGITAL but also ENGAGING!This packet includes 50 lessons aka covers 50 academic days!The INSTANT Social Studies Digital Teaching Slides are designed for your whole-group social studies core instruction. This bundle includes 5 sets of 10 lessons. The lessons are designed for 15-20 minutes. The lessons can be taught within 1 session or longer if needed. The
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PreK - 1st
Social Studies BUNDLE: Boom Cards™ (distance learning)
Are you looking for a way to reach your special needs students while you are distance learning? These fun, interactive task cards are just what you need to engage your students while they are practicing life skills. It can be used as a whole group activity, as a learning center, as an independent activity, and more!SAVE MONEY ~ you are saving 30% by purchasing the bundle instead of the individual cards! (it's like getting almost 5 BOOM decks for FREE)Included BOOM card decks:Community HelpersTh
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PreK - 3rd, Adult Education
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Kindergarten CKLA ALIGNED Knowledge Columbus/Pilgrims Supplemental Slideshows
PLEASE NOTE:**These materials are not designed to replace lessons or materials provided within Amplify/Core Knowledge (CKLA); they are meant to supplement the existing materials provided by Amplify Education Inc. and The Core Knowledge® Foundation.These interactive PowerPoints are aligned to Amplify Core Knowledge's (CKLA) Kindergarten Listening & Learning Strand, Columbus and the Pilgrims. These slideshows are very colorful, interactive, and stay true to the curriculum. Over 800 slides!!!Th
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K
K-2 Social & Racial Justice Morning Meeting Slides & Standards Posters BUNDLE
Teaching Tolerance’s Social Justice Standards is a road map for anti-bias education at every grade level.These particular slides were developed for K-2 classrooms.The posters include:20 Posters to cover each social justice standard. The standards are written in kid-friendly term appropriate for the K-2 classroomThe purpose of the morning meeting slides is to engage our students in deep and meaningful conversations that go beyond the basic "my favorite color is...". They are meant to elicit dialo
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K - 2nd
Halloween Bitmoji Virtual Classroom (PowerPoint & Google Slides)
There are Halloween themed books, videos, and activities linked. This comes in both PowerPoint and Google slide versions.**Check Links in PRESENT MODE OR Click before the letter in the book bins**Click on the last slide to get the PowerPoint versionThe last slide has a link for the PowerPoint version. You may want to check all the links. If there is an activity you want graded you will have to make a copy of the activity so you get the answers back. Please email me if you have any questions:
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PreK - 5th
Voting: The Cookie Election Digital and Paper Bundle
Make the voting process fun and engaging with this non-political 5 day mini-unit!Have a class election to determine the best cookie: Chocolate chip or Oreo!This product includes Google Slides with:Voter registration cards4 commercials for each cookie that play directly in the Google Slides2 opinion writing options to state an opinion and provide reasons both before and after voting3 different options to create campaign posters: OREO, chocolate chip or both cookiesa graph to show class voting res
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K - 2nd
Winter Bitmoji Epic Virtual Library (Google Slides & PowerPoint)
This is a winter themed library that is linked to Epic Books and other winter themed stories. There is a link on the last slide for the Google Slide version. Everything including the book bins are editable.
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PreK - 5th
Oceans & Continents Social Studies SmartBoard Lesson Primary Grades
This lesson follows my lesson on THE GLOBE. Your students will learn about the continents and oceans through interactive pages (click and reveal), website links, video link and a printable book for students to color / write in and keep. A teacher's notes page is included describing how to use the lesson. Have fun learning about the world with this fun SmartBoard Lesson! Lisa Rombach(This is a .notebook file and requires Notebook software to open.)Some other social studies smartboard lessons
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K - 2nd
Election Day PowerPoint Lesson w/worksheets & Mock Election Activity
Let’s Learn About Election Day PowerPoint Lesson will help you present age-appropriate content to your students in kindergarten, first grade, or second grade. The animated PowerPoint with illustrations will keep young children engaged as the text is read and discussed. It is perfect for use with a Smart Board or other interactive whiteboard; however it can be used without this technology as long as you have a computer and PowerPoint software. The final page of the PowerPoint includes links t
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K - 2nd
May Virtual Bitmoji Classroom (Google Slides & PowerPoint)
This May themed classroom is full of books, videos, activities, and relaxing winter music. The file comes in both PowerPoint and Google Slides. The link for the PowerPoint version is on the last slide (in hot pink).-Editable-Remove last slide before presenting-I post rooms in a PDF form so the kiddos can't move items.-Can be embedded in a website or uploaded in several forms.***Topics: Memorial Day, Mothers Day, Seasons
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K - 5th
Economics BUNDLE | Boom Cards | Needs & Wants, Producers & Consumers & More!
Economics BUNDLE: These digital task cards on the Boom™ Learning website cover economic resources, needs and wants, goods and services, & producers and consumers. These digital task cards are great for Google Classroom™. They work on a laptop, desktop, Chromebook, tablet, or any other mobile device that can access the internet. They can also be used as a whole group activity using your interactive screens or projectors in class.These cards are self-grading, which gives students instant feedb
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K - 3rd
Christmas Bitmoji Virtual Classroom (Google Slide & PowerPoint)
This Christmas themed room comes with books, videos, and activities in both Google Slides and PowerPoint. The room and links are editable.The link for the PowerPoint version is on the last slide. Control click on the words to open slide version. Make a copy (Under the file tab). You should delete the link slide before you share to students. I share as a PDF-so they can't move things and the links are still active.
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PreK - 5th
Thanksgiving Traditions Kindergarten
Social Studies Unit about Thanksgiving Traditions
This mini-unit includes 5 inquiry-based lessons where students are constructing their own knowledge. (Just added the 5th lesson!)
Day 1: The First Thanksgiving
Day 2: Traveling on the Mayflower vs. traveling today
Day 3: Then and Now: What has changed?
Day 4: Thanksgiving traditions of today
Day 5: What are we thankful for?
Each lesson has a slideshow PACKED with questions to encourage students to think about this national holiday. The slidesh
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K - 1st
Transportation BOOM Cards
These transportation BOOM digital task cards are a fun and interactive way for your children to classify vehicles by determining whether they travel on land, in air, or on water. This BOOM card deck includes 24 transportation task cards. On each card, there is a picture of either a land, air, or water setting and three pictures of vehicles below. The child will click on the vehicle that matches the setting on each card.These BOOM cards work on a laptop, desktop, smartboard, tablet, or any other
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PreK - K
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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.
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.
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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.
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