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3rd grade social studies task cards
Community Signs Skill Pack Leveled for Special Education - Life Skills
Do your students need a high level of varied practice in order to learn community signs? This community signs skill pack will help your students progress from identifying a sign to understanding what the community signs mean. Being able to identify and understand community signs is a crucial life skill. These activities help students recognize and understand the meaning of the different signs.This life skills and social studies set is already differentiated for you. There are 3 levels included t
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K - 12th
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Map Skills Scavenger Hunt + Free BOOM Cards
This 20-question scavenger hunt (task card activity) reviews and practices map skills, vocabulary, and terms. (2 cards have been added for use by Canadian teachers.)This Product Includes:⢠cover card for organizing and storing scavenger hunt ⢠20 colorful cards providing practice with map skills vocabulary and using maps⢠alternate cards have been added using a map of Canada for cards 13 and 14, instead of a map of the United States.⢠20 b/w cards⢠crossword puzzle (2 formats for differentiation
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in:Â Map Skills Bundle
Titanic Passenger Research Activity
Dig into history and research the passengers aboard the Titanic with this printable and digital reproduction of tickets aboard the Titanic! Use the interactive, Google Slides version to explore and research 36 different Titanic. Each of the 36 different tickets uses the real names of Titanic passengers. **This resource was COMPLETELY updated April 2021**What is included in this Titanic Passenger Tickets Research Activity?This activity comes in three versions (see the 'PREVIEW' for a visual of
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3rd - 8th
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STEM Activities - Student Passport around the World
Complete STEM activities based on a famous landmarks AROUND the WORLD! Students travel through Australia, France, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Egypt and America earning passport stamps as they complete their challenges. This is a fantastic resource for team building activities. Click HERE to SAVE over 20% with our Travel the World STEM Bundle.These task cards allow flexibility with the teacher to either grab and go or build further lessons around each challenge. They lend themselves to Geography, Sci
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2nd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in:Â WORLD CONTINENTS STEM Activities and Challenges Travel Passport
Map Skills and Cardinal Directions Task Cards
Cardinal Directions Task Cards are used to reinforce the skills students need to know for reading maps, using cardinal directions, and learning geography skills. This task card set uses the cardinal directions north, south, east, and west. Students will use the map âBentley Community Mapâ to answer the 20 task cards. There is a recording sheet and an answer key provided. Task Cards are great to use in the classroom for:⢠Independent Practice⢠Scoot⢠Test Prep⢠Collaborative Pairs⢠Whole-Group As
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3rd - 6th
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Georgia Third Grade Social Studies BIG Bundle (Meets New GSE's)
This BIG Bundle contains over 475 pages and meets all the requirements for Georgia's Third Grade Social Studies Standards of Excellence beginning in the 2017-18 school year. These units are bundled together to save you 30%.Units include:Map SkillsEarly American Indian CulturesEuropean Explorers to North AmericaColonial Life in America United States GovernmentEconomicsEach unit includes: Student Tab BookletTeacher Tab Booklet 2-3 Student Foldables 24-40 Task CardsMini-postersMap PostersWord Wall
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3rd
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WORLD CONTINENTS STEM Activities and Challenges Travel Passport
Visit NORTH AMERICAN, SOUTH AMERICA, ASIA, EUROPE, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA and ANTARCTICA. A complete set of over 45 STEM challenge cards based on famous landmarks around the world, including a student passport and fact sheet about each location. Representing at least 45 half hour lessons! DOWNLOAD THE PDF PREVIEW TO RECEIVE A FREE SAMPLE OF THIS RESOURCEThese task cards allow flexibility with the teacher to either grab and go or build further lessons around each challenge. They lend themselves to Ge
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Biography Card Bundle (Daily Routine)
This bundle includes resources to help you incorporate under-represented history into your classroom without having to give up lesson time needed to cover the curriculum. These biography profile cards can be used in 5 minutes a day and will introduce students to 30-42 people a month, not to mention create thoughtful discussion and reflection based on the challenge question cards included.Unfortunately, our curriculum doesn't feature many black and brown faces, or many women. Electing to erase th
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K - 8th
The Three Branches of Government {Reading Passages, Centers, and Mores!}
The Three Branches of GovernmentReading Passages with questions for the Three Branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. Also included are an interactive sort, a three branches foldable, task cards, a board game with questions, a webquest, and venn diagrams. At the end of the unit you will find a study guide and an assessment along with a full answer key. Please check out the preview to see a lot of what is included in this unit. Thank you!
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3rd - 5th
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Types of Communities âRural, Urban, & Suburban
This is the perfect bundle to use when teaching your students about the different types of communities (rural, suburban, and urban)! Your students will enjoy these hands on activities and task cards, which are great to use in centers. Posters are also provided for your students to refer to. Included in this bundle:-"What is a Community" Poster-Rural Communities Poster-Urban Communities Poster-Suburban Communities Poster-Rural, Urban, and Suburban Picture Cards (1 page each, 4 images to a page)-R
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K - 6th
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BUNDLED September Unique Learning Systems Task Boxes- Unit 1 Government
**Save 40%** Need extra independent tasks to pair with Unique Learning System (ULS) lessons? Iâve got you covered! These interactive independent task boxes & work stations use Symbolstix images to coordinate with the Unique Learning System (ULS) September Unit 1--Government Rules & Laws. **monthly digital versions coming soon!**This file includes:* addition task cards (1-10) with worksheet* subtraction task cards (1-10) with worksheet * tens frames 1-10* tens frames to 1-20* tens frames
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PreK - 12th
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Declaration of Independence Activities for Third Grade
Need some fun and engaging activities to use while covering the Declaration of Independence!? Included in this pack are;task cards, center cards, organizers, craftivity book, texting activity, and a brochure craftivity! Please note that the craftivity, center cards, and task card products are listed in my store as individual items. However, they are offered at a HUGE discounted price in this bundle. Craftivity- Included in this pack is a mini book which reviews the purpose, sections, and why t
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3rd - 5th
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Spending and Saving Money assessment and task cards
~Spending and Saving Money~ -Aligned with the new TEKS!- This packet includes a worksheet where students have to come up with a budget for Lisa's Lemonade stand.-Free draw worksheet for an item that the student wants and how to save up money to purchase that item.-Spending and saving money story with critical thinking questions that follow. Help Kyle at the farmer's market!-Spending and Saving money scenario questions where students have to decide if the person needs to save or spend their money
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Financial Literacy| Personal Finance Bundle
Task Cards Scoot Activity Weathering, Erosion, Deposition & Earthâs Landforms
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Task Cards and Scoot Activity for Weathering, Erosion, Deposition & Earthâs Landforms!
Two for one low price!
This set of task cards can be used in several ways:
Differentiated Practice (You work with one group, and another group works with the cards)
Scoot Activity
Practice Quiz
Final Test
Center Task Cards
Individual or Small Group Remediation/Acceleration
There are 36 cards for Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition. Each card has 3 answer choi
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3rd - 7th
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European Explorers of North America (Task Cards Included)
Studying European Explorers of North America-Christopher Columbus, Hernando de Soto, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, John Cabot, Henry Hudson, and Jacques Cartier. This bundle is great to use when teaching European Explorers of North America on the elementary level. These materials meet Georgia's third grade Social Studies Standards of Excellence for SS3H2a-c: Describe European exploration in North America and SS3G3b: Explain how early explorers adapted or failed to adapt to various physical environments
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in:Â Georgia Third Grade Social Studies BIG Bundle (Meets New GSE's)
Label Continents and Oceans BOOM⢠Cards | Continents and Oceans Activity
Your students will have a blast with these label the continents and oceans boom cards! This self-checking, engaging continents and oceans activity provides students with immediate feedback. Use cards as a review, in a learning center, as a quiz, or as a reteaching tool. BOOM cards can be used on interactive white boards, desktops, chrome books, laptops, iPads, iPhones, Kindle Fire, and more! BOOM card are perfect for center work, students needing extra practice (RTI groups), students who need mo
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in:Â 7 Continents Printables | 5 Oceans | Ocean and Continent Quiz Boom Cards
Colonial America Unit Bundle: Lessons, Activities, Timeline and Test - SS3H3
Colonial America Unit BundleSave yourself HOURS of work! This product has your entire Colonial America unit lessons planned for the month!Need engaging digital lessons that will anchor your student's understanding of the factors that shaped British Colonial America? 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:5 Digital Lessons with printable notes companions for each lesson1 set
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2nd - 5th
Kindergarten 1st 2nd Grade MATH SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards⢠Mega BUNDLE
â ď¸Purchase this GROWING BUNDLE and save over 66% off!â ď¸ ď¸These Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade MATH, SCIENCE, and SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards⢠were made to make reviewing concepts engaging and fun for young students. This bundle includes currently includes 29 sets of science Boom Cardsâ˘, 46 sets of math Boom Cards, 25 sets of Social Studies Boom Cards⢠and more! These were made with primary students in mind, but you can adapt it to your lessons to review the skills with third graders. So
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1st - 6th
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NGSS:
K-PS3-1
, K-LS1-1
, K-ESS3-3
, K-PS2-1
Map Skills Geography Task Cards - 2nd & 3rd Grade Continents Oceans & More
Do your students need a fun way to practice with map skills? These geography task cards are versatile and can be used for games, review, and test prep! This resource includes 2 sets of task cards. One set includes the pictures/questions with no QR codes. The other set includes QR codes - when scanned students see the questions/pictures. This is a fun way to use tablets or chromebooks to play scoot! Several versions of recording sheets are included with and without a word bank. Geography loca
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2nd - 4th
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Government and Civics Bundle: Lessons, Activities, Test - SS3CG1 and SS3CG2
Government and Civics Unit BundleSave yourself HOURS of work! This product has your entire Civics and Government unit lessons planned for the month!Need engaging digital lessons that will anchor your students understanding of the rights, responsibilities, and branches of government 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:2 Digital Lessons with printable notes compa
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2nd - 5th
Time to Trade- a game to teach systems of exchange, bartering, money & trading.
This is a trading game that can be played with most primary aged children. It has been designed to teach children about the history of trade, giving children a greater understanding of why money is now the system of exchange used in most societies today. This game also helps children in understanding the concepts of trade, bartering, exchange, needs, goods and services.
This product includes 14 pages of resources which contain the following:
- 24 x game cards
- 12 x sets of 10 (120 in total) g
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1st - 7th
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U.S. Constitution Reading Passage & Comprehension Questions - Constitution Day
Although this low prep resource was originally designed for Constitution Day, it can be used any time you are teaching about the U.S. Constitution. Students read a short reading passage about the Constitution, and then answer comprehension questions about the reading passage using the 24 task cards. All you have to do is make copies and cut out the task cards, and it is ready to go for your third or fourth grade students! This activity includes:a one page reading comprehension passage about t
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3rd - 5th
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United States Geography Bundle with Posters, Map Activities and Task Cards
This social studies product includes two interactive resources designed to engage your learners. Students can have some fun learning about the states, capitals, and regions, with task cards, puzzles, and map tasks. Click HERE to follow my store for more great products and sales. â¤ď¸ U.S. Regions includes:14 colorful fact cards - learn map skills and facts about each region.Physical and political - label physical and political features of the USA3 blank maps5 regional maps - label the states with
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3rd - 5th
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Map Skills Game, Reading Passages with Questions, and Posters
Using this set, students will learn all about map skills including cardinal and intermediate directions, compass rose, lines of latitude and longitude, political and physical maps, map key and scale, and more. Be sure to check out the preview to see all that is included in this set.
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⢠7 posters/anchor charts for classroom display- Include the following map skill vocabulary terms - cardinal directions, intermediate directions, Equator, Prime Meridian, latitude, longitude, politica
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2nd - 5th
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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.
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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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If youâre 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 youâre teaching students about Americaâs democratic process, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., how to read maps, or World War II, weâve got you covered.
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