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Free elementary social studies professional documents
Course Outline Curriculum: Ancient Greece and Rome FREE!
So, you are teaching about the Greeks and Romans and have no idea WHAT you should teach? This is a useful course outline I have used for many years as a guide to plan lessons and activities around. It tells you what to consider including in your planning, and the units of study developed from it can range from a week to half the school year.
There are links at the end of the document to a variety of products in my store that can help you teach the lessons/activities in this outline. Enjoy!
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Grades:
5th - 12th
World Cultures and Geography Curriculum Calendar Planning Guide | Google
This World Cultures & Geography curriculum calendar helps you plan or enrich your current content with digital, interactive Google resources. The concept maps show each unit’s focus, big idea questions, and key learning concepts. I have listed links to lessons & bundles sold in my TPT store that I recommend for each unit. Every resource suggested includes a “Teacher Reference Guide” with detailed instructions about the lesson. It is a great resource for new teachers looking for an overvi
Grades:
5th - 10th
Curriculum Map Social Studies Grade 5
Use this template for an easy curriculum map using 5th grade California Social Science Standards (United States History)! Standards and essential questions are already included and grouped by unit. You just add key terms, activities, and assessments. Great for teachers to plan curriculum scope and sequence, for unit planning, or for schools now working on curriculum mapping. File created as a Word document for easy editing and adjusting column widths.
1st Grade Social Studies Curriculum Calendar - Map - Plan | Digital Notebook
This is a free digital planner for the first grade Social Studies curriculum that I follow for the state of Georgia, but if your school does not have a strict curriculum, this product would be great for you as well! This would work great to use on the GoodNotes5 or Notability iPad apps.Included in this product is a curriculum guide that will help you plan out when to cover Social Studies units included in my 1st Grade Year Long Social Studies Curriculum Worksheet Bundle.How does the curriculum m
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: 1st Grade GA Social Studies MEGA BUNDLE
Lesson Plan Template - Weekly Overview - Marzano Aligned - Simple and Clear!
Includes sections for:
-Lesson Goals
-Essential Questions
Five days on ONE page makes this very easy for documentation and/or displaying in the classroom.
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
A MLK-Martin Luther King Jr Clip Art Freebie {Messare Clips and Design}
Please enjoy this free sample! This Martin Luther King Jr. & Civil Rights Movement freebie is part of a much larger clipart set which contains 39 images.
Click here to see the full MLK Jr. & Civil Rights Set.
Also, Click here to see the other Civil Rights set that includes Malcolm X, MLK Jr., the Selma March, the Greensboro Sit-Ins, Freedom Summer, Brown vs Board of Education images and many more!
1) MLK Jr. In a Birmingham, AL Jail
2) Demonstration Poster - "We Shall Overcome po
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Curriculum Map Social Studies Grade 4 California
Use this template for an easy curriculum map using 4th grade California Social Science Standards! Standards and essential questions are already included and grouped by unit. You just add key terms, activities, and assessments. Great for teachers to plan curriculum scope and sequence, for unit planning, or for schools now working on curriculum mapping. File created as a Word document for easy editing and adjusting column widths.
Question Stems "Idea Ring" for Social Studies
This is a teacher tool to help you generate question stems for formative assessment for your class! As a creature of habit, I tend to ask the same type of questions over and over. This tool has helped me add variety and rigor to the questions I ask. The question stems are general and apply to all social studies classes. They can be used at all grade levels. Each card of question stems increases the level of rigor. They are titled:RememberingUnderstandingApplyingAnalyzingEvaluating or Creat
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Reading and Social Studies Lesson Plans 4th Grade Texas
Do you teach 4th grade Reading and Social Studies in Texas? Then this freebie is for you. This product is a full six weeks lesson plans and includes complete TEK coverage for Reading and Social Studies, student objectives, language objectives for ELLs, R-time and Kagan activities, relationship-building activities, blank format area to insert any re-teaching / RTI activities based on your data, and after school program lessons (I'm using Motivation Reading). I can't insert any of the actual mater
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4th
Florida K-5 Science and Social Studies Comparison
If you are a teacher in Florida then you must ask yourself this question: Do you truly know what the Science and Social Studies Standards are for your grade level? We thought that we did until a grade level planning session sparked a whole new conversation and realization. We discovered that as we worked to combine our science and social studies standards with the ELA Common Core Standards that there was a great deal of crossing over between grade levels. In other words, as we worked to stretch
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Ancient Greece Curriculum and Content Map FREE!
I teach a fifteen-week unit on the ancient Greeks to middle school students. This detailed professional document (1500 words) is what I was asked to produce for administrators and parents on my course as part of the "curriculum mapping process." My pain is your gain and it's free.
It contains:
1) a list of sixteen "essential guiding questions"
2) a list of twelve "content areas"
3) a list of forty-five "behavioral objectives/skills"
4) a list of twelve "vital lessons"
5) a list of eight "audiov
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5th - 9th
Standards Based Grading Explanation Letter to Parents
This is a general letter I put together to explain what Standards Based Grading and Reporting would look like in my classroom. Parents have already been taught about the SBGR procedures in my district, and this letter is just to explain a little further what it looks like in my classroom.
This free document is editable to suit your needs and is made available to demonstrate a bit of my writing style.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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{Sample} Canadian Indigenous and First Nation Read Aloud's
All of these read aloud's include stories and messages that honour various people from different Indigenous and First Nation communities. Some stories are autobiographies or biography style of children or great-grandchildren telling the story from their family members. The first collection of texts are connected with the 2016 Ontario Kindergarten Program Overall Expectations. These stories have a message that Kindergarten aged children can connect with from their previous experiences or these pa
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PreK - 9th, Staff
NEW 3rd Grade SC Social Studies Standards Guide and Checklist
These 3rd grade standards checklists are aligned to the South Carolina College and Career Reading standards. Included are the checklists for the following content areas:The first couple of pages is just a shortened version of the standards so you can easily see what you need to teach. Each checklist includes the standard indicator, sections for you to date when you taught the standard, a column to date when you assessed the indicator, and a column for you to indicate the percentage of mastery. T
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3rd
Conferencing / Conference Worksheet / Checklist - any subject
This Conferencing Checklist will fit any subject, any grade. Simply write the subject, standard, task... on the blank line. I fill in the names of my students first, make copies, then list the tasks or standards to be worked in the top blanks. There are 30 spaces for student names and 10 blanks for the objectives, tasks, standards, etc... for checking off.
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Educational Evaluation Cover Sheet & Task List
Product Description: Educational Evaluation Cover Sheet and Task Management Checklist for School PsychologistsA comprehensive, printable Educational Evaluation Cover Sheet is a task management checklist – an indispensable tool designed to streamline and organize the process of psychoeducational evaluations, triennials, re-evaluations, and new referrals for dedicated school psychologists. Simplify your workload with a systematic checklist that guides you through the essential steps of each evalua
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Grade 5 Alberta Social Studies: Year At A Glance
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I am routinely asked for support with teaching grade 5 Social Studies. It's such a massive subject with so many specific and intricate concepts that it can feel overwhelming! I decided to share my year at a glance, that shows exactly what I teach when.
This is just a snapshot and obviously more websites, books, assessments are used but I feel this gives a good glimpse into
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5th
Curriculum expectations side by side Grade one and SK (SK/1 ) Ontario Curriculum
Curriculum expectations side by side Grade one and SK Ontario Curriculum (SK/1). A work in progress. All of the FDK expectations (except math) are listed in this document. I didn't list all of the grade one expectations for Social Studies, health, drama or dance because those are my prep subjects. If you would like the complete math document I created, click here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/SK-FDK-and-Grade-One-Curriculum-Map-for-the-Ontario-Math-Curriculum-Spiraled-4815226 For
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K - 1st
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5th Grade SS and Sci NC Essential Standards
NC Standards for Social Studies and Science listing the standard, dates taught, and mastery. Can be used by the teacher to keep track of standards covered and overall class mastery or by students as part of their data notebook.
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5th
Asking and Answering Questions Checklist (CCSS included!)
A quick checklist to use while observing small groups/ partner discussions in any subject area to include ELA, Social Studies, Science, Math, DBQ's and Test Prep! Includes a section to show your follow-up intervention strategy. A great way to show others who aren't in your classroom the interventions you have in place!
**Updated to include visual/text prompts for partner work. Green side for Partner 1 (what "I" can do) and Red side for partner 2 (what "you" can do). ***
Grades:
K - 2nd
Common Core: Reading Informational Texts -Foundations to Analysis (Guidelines)
COMMON CORE BASIS:The Common Core Standards emphasize students working with far more informational texts as they move into the middle and high school grades than has been called for in the past. While students can begin their work on reading informational texts by applying reading strategies and skills they developed while reading fiction, developing the skills needed to read, comprehend, and analyze informational texts will present new challenges.LESSON USE AND PREPARATION: This resource is mo
Grades:
5th - 11th
Michigan Social Studies Standards K-5 Cheat Sheets
One page (except 5th is 2 pages) standards lists for Michigan Social Studies. Easier to reference than the 12 pages from the state website.
Grades:
K - 5th
Culturally Responsive Teaching: Thanksgiving
Here is a bunch of resources all in one place to help teach Thanksgiving from a Culturally Responsive point of view. I complied work from a variety of sources and made an easy to access pdf. NOT MY RESOURCES
Grades:
2nd - 6th
4th Grade Utah History Social Studies Scope & Sequence
If you teach 4th grade Utah social studies then STOP! This free resource will save you so much time and money! It walks you through teaching Utah social studies for the whole year! This scope & sequence guide plans out social studies topics for the entire year (30 weeks) based on having lessons 3 times a week. Fourth graders will understand, comprehend, and come to love their great state by following this scope & sequence.This includes resources with the following:✅ Topics & pace to
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4th
Also included in: 4th Grade Utah History Social Studies Year Long Bundle
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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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