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High school social studies assessments
TED Talk: Persuasive Writing Unit & Assignment
Our most popular item, now with an updated TED Talks To View list!This TED Talk presentation assignment begins with viewing and analyzing TED Talks based on different Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking techniques. Students then create their own. Perfect for either in-class or independent work! This Package Includes: Overview of TED Talks Assignment Sheet Persuasive Techniques HandoutRecommended TED Talks to study Note Taking Template for active viewing Research Notes Template Ideas Templ
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
Hidden Figures Movie Guide Questions (Multiple Choice Worksheet)
35 multiple choice questions to accompany the 2016 movie, Hidden Figures, directed by Theodore Melfi. Great to use with any science, math or history class. Teacher info included.
Questions are in order as they occur in the movie. Can be used with clickers or CPS systems.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
50 States and Capitals: Maps, Tests, Activities, Google Classroom & Google Forms
Help your students know all 50 states and capitals of the United States with this huge, MEGA-Pack of resources! This product is available in printable PDF, Google Classroom, and Google Forms. A crossword puzzle, word search, test blanks, word banks, and so many more options are also included in this MEGA-Pack! You will even get a mini-research project template for students to research their favorite state, as well as a creative writing template. Whether it be for a civics unit, history class, cl
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4th - 12th
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Country Research Project: Google
Need a fun project for researching a country ? Need a creative Distance learning activity?Country Research Project is designed for success in middle school or high school. This activity includes a wide range of topics for students to research such as, government, economy, traditional dance, population, traditional clothing, cuisine, current event, and more! These comprehensive activities provide rigorous instruction allowing students to research and understand the country of their or the teacher
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4th - 12th
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The Holocaust Introductory Presentation & Notes - Print & Digital
This Google Slides presentation introducing the Holocaust is accompanied by a set of fill-in-the-blank notes for students and a review activity. Topics covered: pre-war, anti-Semitism, the Weimar Republic, Germany’s totalitarian state, persecution, US and worldwide response, World War II, the Final Solution, and the aftermath. This lesson can be printed, used digitally, or a combination of the two. All resources are Google Drive resources (Docs, Slides, Forms, etc.). This lesson includes support
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Holocaust Resource Bundle for ELA, History - Print & Digital
Full Year of AP® European History Curriculum - AP® Euro Digital Resources
Teach content and skills simultaneously for your AP® European History class. Save time planning with these comprehensive bundles for the entire YEAR! (Over 100 activities) Cover the material in a fun, comprehensive and rigorous way that is directly aligned with the College Board®'s key concepts. This tried and true curriculum has helped my students consistently achieve a 90+% pass rate on the Exam. Detailed teacher guides (over 40 pages total) is included, but you can always email with questions
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9th - 12th
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Spanish 1 Sub Plans Project Spanish End of the Year Activities Final Assessment
Do you need a Spanish class final project? This is an editable Google Spanish class culture project. This basic Spanish class final project has students investigating and then presenting a cultural aspect of the Spanish-speaking world. It would make a great sub plan, exploratory middle school Spanish culture class final, Spanish 1 final, or Spanish 2 final project, or Hispanic Heritage Month project for Spanish class. Actividades para fin de año.This Spanish class final project includes✅ 5 Edita
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8th - 11th
Create a Civilization Project for Google Drive and PDF
This Create a Civilization Project will be a hit with your students and help them understand the components that make up a civilization. In this engaging activity, students will create a civilization and prepare a Google Slideshow to highlight different aspects of their civilization. This resource includes four different versions of the assignment to help you find the perfect for your students!This resource includes the following:Teacher Guide (PDF)Civilizations Highlights Project (quick version
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6th - 9th
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Part 2 U.S. History Curriculum Middle School GROWING BUNDLE
This popularly requested resource is here! This is a GROWING BUNDLE for resources related to the 2nd half of U.S. History. Any resources I create for the 2nd half of U.S. History will be added to this bundle. Eventually, you will have full access to a Word Wall, at least 11 full units of study, planning guides, and much more! If you've purchased some of my resources in the past, you'll have a good idea of the types of resources I plan to include. IMPORTANT NOTE: I want to be clear that I am not
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7th - 10th
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City Collaborative™ Business Education Project - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
My signature resource, the City Collaborative™ Business Education Project-Based (PBL) learning project is a way to ENGAGE your students and join me in revolutionizing Business Education!The City Collaborative™ is a perfect activity for Entrepreneurship, Introduction to Business (Business Essentials) or Marketing class. I also recommend this for a Business Law class with some add-on lessons or for those who purchased my Business Law bundle.This STEP-BY-STEP project file has so many lessons for:B
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9th - 12th
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AP Government & Politics: Curriculum Resources BUNDLE! (Editable and Google 1:1)
This AP GoPo Bundle provides you with TWENTY+ resources that span the length of the course and will save you a lot of time and energy. All resources can be adjusted and edited to reflect your needs and style, and most have Google Classroom compatibility. **See the BONUS FILE for a suggested Pacing Guide. While these resources will provide you with a great deal of material for teaching the course, it should be used in conjunction with whole-class discussions, activities, and other assignments p
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10th - 12th
Economy Types Tutorial Command, Market, Mixed, Traditional, Worksheets, Chart
This product provides an overview of each of the four main types of economies: command, market, mixed, and traditional. It includes an informational sheet describing each type of economy. Students then must cut out different descriptions and place them in the correct column to make a chart describing each type of economy. Students answer 8 multiple choice questions using the chart. 31 questions ask students to investigate the advantages and disadvantages to each type of economy. A 26 questi
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: MEGA Social Studies Bundle Custom Bundle for Buyer
13 Colonies Activity Escape Room Social Studies: Colonial America
This breakout escape room is a great way for students to test their knowledge of the 13 colonies. Full "Letter" sized cards as well as smaller sized cards are provided.Important: (How to Make Completely Digital)This product normally requires the printing of the questions to accompany a digital form for students to input answers. But if you follow a couple simple steps, this can be made entirely digital! Just use the following tool:https://smallpdf.com/split-pdf(choose "extract pages")to extra
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5th - 9th
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Create-Your-Own Civilization Project | NO PREP | Digital | Student-Paced | Fun
Looking for a civilization project idea?This is a Social Studies or History unit project that involves each student (or student pairs) creating their own civilization using their knowledge of the parts of an organized civilization. It is totally creative, student-paced, fun and at the same time rigorous.WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT IT? Best part? It requires no prep! This file provides an outline-style packet that allows students to be as creative as they want to be, but all the while using their knowle
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3rd - 12th
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Unit Test Bundle (Multiple Choice/FRQ) | AP Psychology *Editable
The unit tests in my AP Psychology course are as similar to the AP exam as possible. The format of the AP exam is 100 multiple-choice questions and 2 FRQ questions. My unit tests are half, 50 multiple choice questions & 1 FRQ, to help the students become familiar with the pacing and formatting. I currently teach on a block schedule so I have 80-minute class periods. 35 minutes for multiple choice and 25 minutes for one FRQ. When I previously taught in 50-minute class periods I would spread i
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9th - 12th
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The Civil War Full Unit Bundle Engaging Student Centered Activities
The Civil War - 7 separate lessons including a simulation that takes students through the full Civil War, a fun escape room, full Unit review, and critical thinking assessment! ☆☆☆Engaging, student-centered, and make for the middle school mind!☆☆☆Lessons Included: ★ Civil War Word Wall - Help your students build and retain key vocabulary terms with a visually appealing word wall. This resource includes 38 word wall terms related to the Civil War and a review puzzle to support your students' lear
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6th - 9th
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YOU Be the Judge: Analyzing Supreme Court Decisions
This lesson will place students in the role of a Supreme Court judge! Students will analyze eight fictitious scenarios based upon actual Supreme Court cases. Drawing upon a judicial mindset-- students are to predict which Constitutional Amendments apply to each case, and then debate the central question of each case. See examples below; Scenario #2: What protection(s)/Amendment(s) are involved? Should the students at the high school football game be able to have a public prayer at the games? Exp
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9th - 12th
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Cold War Unit Bundle SS5H5 Lessons, Test, Activities
Cold War Unit BundleSave yourself HOURS of work! This product has your entire Cold War unit lessons planned for the month!Need engaging digital lessons that will anchor your students understanding of the Cold War standards? This product is filled with no prep, photo-filled digital lessons with notes companions your students will love! Perfect for ESOL Learners! This product contains:7 Digital Lessons with printable notes companions for each lesson1 set of task cards 1 unit test (printable and di
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4th - 12th
Group Evaluation Forms | Group Work Self Reflection and Peer Evaluation Rubric
If you are looking for some digital or printable group evaluation forms or peer evaluation forms, you are in the right place! This Group Evaluation Form for Google Forms, Google Docs, and PDF will help you know what actually happens during a group project in your class. With this resource, students evaluate themselves and each group member on the tasks they completed, their overall attitude and work ethic, and how on-task they were during class time. The Google Form included in this resource is
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6th - 10th
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How did the Arms Race and Space Race drive the US and the Soviet Union apart?
*This package contains a handout (in four formats: Apple Pages, Word, PDF, and Google Doc) and a PowerPoint (also available as an Apple Keynote). *You may edit the Word Doc to meet your students’ needs.*You may copy+paste and/or adapt the following information into your lesson plans.THE COLD WARLESSON 8AIM: How did the Arms Race and Space Race drive the US and USSR apart?✅ ACTIVITY 1: DO NOW/GRAPH ANALYSISStudents will analyze a graph showing the nuclear stockpiles of the US and USSR between 194
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: The Cold War: Bundled Resource
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Forensic Science: Investigative Processes Classroom Escape [Print & Digital]
Students will have a blast with this Investigative Processes Classroom Escape Challenge! Students will use their knowledge of the Crime Scene Investigation to make their classroom escape! Students are required to answer station cards and use a decoder to get the code that will break them out of the digital room. There are 5 stations with 4 questions per station (20 total review questions). The digital lockboxes mean you do not have to purchase locks/boxes AND ⚞NO GRADING⚟! The digital lock grade
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8th - 12th
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Project: The Bill of Rights (distance learning option included)
This project has everything your students need to know about the freedoms contained in the Bill of Rights!The resource includes a PowerPoint that presents each amendment in the Bill of Rights in student-friendly terms. After explaining both the structure and the purposes of the Bill of Rights, the presentation leads students through all ten amendments, allowing multiple opportunities for teachers to provide real-life examples. Each slides includes teacher notes.The PowerPoint is paired with a
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundled Unit: Everything You Need to Know About the Constitution!
Mock Crime Scene - A Student-Directed Forensics Performance Assessment
Want to host a mock crime scene in your forensics class, but don't know where to start? I've got you covered! My student-directed mock crime scene is a performance assessment that tests your students' knowledge of crime scene investigation. Get the faculty and staff at your school involved in an event that your students will be talking about long after they leave your class! I've included everything that you need to plan, stage, execute, and grade a successful mock crime scene. The included st
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: FORENSICS CURRICULUM- ENTIRE YEAR COURSE BUNDLE (FORENSIC SCIENCE)
EDITABLE Multiple-Choice Tests / MCQ - APUSH / AP US History - All Units
EDITABLE stimulus-based multiple-choice / MCQ test for each of the four periods for the APUSH / AP US History curriculum. All questions are original, and modeled after the College Board format and difficulty. These are the tests I use on students to achieve pass rates of over 90%! Bundle ContentsFour editable stimulus-based multiple-choice tests for each Period of AP US History (20 questions each; 80 total)Designed to progressively expose students to stimulus-based multiple-choice practice acros
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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.
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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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