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6th grade social studies teacher manuals for Microsoft Word and for Montessori
Civilization GRAPES Independent Study Project
This project can be used to examine any civilization using the organizer GRAPES (geography, religion, achievements, politics, economics, social structure.)
Students research each area and then have a choice of creative follow-up tasks for each one (lots of art, creative writing, etc. To culminate their work, students will create a slideshow presentation about each area of GRAPES.
File includes overviews of GRAPES, project description/planner, follow-up choices, rubric, and note taking sheets.
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Grades:
5th - 9th
6.1 Present Day Eastern Hemisphere Geography and Culture Unit Guide
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Present Day Eastern Hemisphere Geography and Culture Unit Guide
This document is a full unit plan for introducing Present Day Eastern Hemisphere Geography and Culture, and is designed to meet Common Core and NYS SS Framework guidelines, while incorporating CC ELA skills. Embedded in my unit plan is also an Inquiry Design Model that was inspired by C3 (College, Career, and Civic Li
Grades:
5th - 10th
Maria Montessori Three/Four Part Cards and BIO Bundle
This PDF includes Four Part Cards to teach students about Maria Montessori and the Montessori Method. Four part cards include a picture card, a word card, a control card (picture and word), and an information card. Cards included are: Maria Montessori, Casa dei Bambini, materials, practical life, observation, environment, respect, and multiage groups. There is also a brief biography of Montessori's life, and an additional set of Three Part Cards, depicting some of the basic Montessori Materials.
Grades:
PreK - 6th
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5.1 Early Peoples of the Americas Inquiry Design Model
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The Early People of the Americas Unit Guide
This document is a full unit plan for introducing the Early People of the Americas, and is designed to meet Common Core and NYS SS Framework guidelines, while incorporating CC ELA skills. Embedded in my unit plan is also an Inquiry Design Model that was inspired by C3 (College, Career, and Civic Life) Teachers. NYS SS Framework Key Idea
Grades:
4th - 7th
5.2 Complex Societies and Civilizations Inquiry Design Model
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The Complex Societies and Civilizations Unit Guide
This document is a full unit plan for introducing Complex Societies and Civilizations and is designed to meet Common Core and NYS SS Framework guidelines, while incorporating CC ELA skills. Embedded in my unit plan is also an Inquiry Design Model that was inspired by C3 (College, Career, and Civic Life) Teachers. NYS SS Framework
Grades:
4th - 10th
Leader In Me Sayings Chart
Do you ever need a quick companion chart to use to quickly redirect your class to give feedback for the 7 Habits Implementation? This chart can be your reference for sayings to encourage your class to strengthen the leader inside each of them.
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PreK - 8th
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Biography Notes of Authors in English Literature
This resource provides notes on authors from English literature over the last 300+ years, including the Enlightenment, Romantic, Realist, Transcendental, Victorian, Existentialist, Naturalist, and Modernist eras, as well as the Bloomsbury Group and the Beat Generation. Notes are helpful for students to preview many historical figures and make a choice on who they will write a biography about. Students who select different people can teach their peers when writing is shared.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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6th Grade ELA CCSS Alignment/Curriculum Map + Social Studies Standards Tie-In!
6th Grade ELA CCSS aligned in a simple 4 Quarter document. I clustered these standards personally. Plus, I have summarized the Social Studies Standards and aligned them for easy integration!
NO lessons, simply organizational.
However, mini-lessons would need to be utilized for the Language Standards or could be incorporated easily into the writing.
Editable as always!
Thanks!!! Hope your day buzzes by amazzzzzingly!
Grades:
6th
Historical Thinking Skills
Historical Thinking Skills can be a valuable component of your classroom! Once you introduce the Historic Thinking Skills, you can easily practice and integrate into each unit throughout the year! This will help students look at primary sources critically, and take a deeper dive with content! This set includes the essentials to enhance learning in any classroom:*clearly defined set of Historic Thinking Skills (historical context, cause and effect, point of view, purpose, and 9 more!* "Make i
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Sample teacher resume/CV (editable)
Editable CV/resume for teachers. Includes:Heading/photoPersonal detailsWork experienceEducationReferences
Grades:
PreK - 12th
BIPOC Figures in Historical English Literature
This resource explores Black, Indigenious, People of Color (BIPOC) people who have made on impact on English Literature in the last 300+ years. This resource provides notes on BIPOC historical figures from the Enlightenment, Romantic, Realist, Transcendental, Victorian, Existentialist, Naturalist, and Modernist eras, as well as the Bloomsbury Group and the Beat Generation.The limited access to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) authors in historical English literature can be attribut
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6th - 12th
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Social Studies Pacing Guide for NYS SS Framework
US History Pacing GuideWeek by week, the NYS Framework for 5th Grade Social Studies is chunked into a school-year long pacing guide!Not teaching in NYS? This pacing guide is great for anyone teaching US History to students ages 9 - 11. Key Ideas, Conceptual Understandings (Key Vocabulary), Content Specifications (What students should be able to do), and an outline for weekly instruction is all done for you in a neat chart. A blank monthly calendar follows each unit guide. I use the calendars
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Set of 26 Egyptian fact cards/Match with Safari Egyptian Toob
Please enjoy these Egyptian fact cards with your next Ancient Egyptian unit. The cards match up with the Safari Egyptian Toob as well as give informational facts about each of the figures.26 Crads in all. Print, cut and laminate to use them year after year. Thank you for your purchase and please check out my other items. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. :)
Grades:
1st - 6th
International Baccalaureate Framework
This file includes posters/place mats (1 for each subject group) that are designed for teachers to have a quick IB reference right in front of them! Laminate them and have them on your teaching desk as a place mat! Also, if you print them on bigger paper they are super easy to read! Each poster includes the learner profile, approaches to learning (with clusters), global contexts, key concepts and assessment criterion (for subject area). They are editable, so you are able to put in your own schoo
Grades:
6th - 12th, Staff
Birds of New England Cards
This set of cards showcases 30 of New England's birds. Simply print and laminate. A great addition to your bird lesson plan. Please check out my other products and leave feedback.
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PreK - 6th
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History of Light
These are interesting cards that can be printed on cardstock and laminated. I use them in my classroom and bring in the real materials for the students to understand that light has evolved from fire to the lightbulbs we use today. This is a great set of cards to be used in a lesson or on the shelf as a matching activity.
Grades:
2nd - 6th
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True Story of the Incredible Soccer Team Cave Rescue - City of Ember Enrichment
Students who have read The City of Ember know at the end that the city was all underground. As an enrichment activity, have students read an article, with pictures, about an incredible underground rescue: the rescue of the Thai boys' soccer team from a flooded cave in 2018. Twelve boys and their coach were exploring the cave when an unexpected flood drove them deeper and deeper into the cave. They finally took refuge on a precarious rock edge more than three miles deep within the cave. All t
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: City of Ember Bundle - Test, Quizzes, Enrichment
Montessori Cosmic Tower Pictures
Help your children to understand where we live in the universe. Print the pictures and glue on a set of boxes from a craft store. This is a big hit in the classroom!!
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PreK - 9th
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Step by Step Geocaching Template for Students
I recently wrote and received a grant to purchase Garmin eTex 10 GPS units for my Geography Club at my elementary school. This product is a template that I created with step by step instructions that shows students how to key in and use a GPS device to locate geocaches. Once you have the GPS coordinates of a hidden cache, you can type them into this template. Then your students can begin this global scavenger hunt. I have attached four different sheet with groups A, B, C, and D. You can cre
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Where I Live Book, 1st Montessori Great Lesson Activity
Students can use page prompts to guide their personalized artwork and better conceptualize their place in the Universe in this "Where I Live" book. Beginning with the broad concept of the Universe and breaking down their location in the cosmos to their own home, students will see exactly where s/he or they fit in! The book is editable as a Word document so that you can specialize the pages to fit your students. This activity can be given as single pages over several days or as a complete book. B
Grades:
PreK - 9th
Wonderful Watershed
This worksheet helps students to identify the parts of their local watershed much like they might find their own global address. It also includes a few multiple choice questions, some fill-in-the blanks, and some short answers. Meant to be paired with a lesson on your local watershed.
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2nd - 6th
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Daniel's Story Comprehension Guide/Activities
This unit is an active comprehension unit plan that can be used to teach the novel, Daniel’s Story, to fourth-sixth grade students. In order to create lifelong readers, teachers must enforce strategies to make students become active readers in the classroom. Active readers engage with the text in a number of different ways. They create mental images as they read text, think in sequence and make connections to their own lives and other text they have studied. In my unit plan, there are many diffe
Grades:
4th - 7th
5th Grade Social Studies Syllabus
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Page One = 5th Grade SS Syllabus, Based on NYS Standards
Page Two = My own standards based grading rubric... I call it my "learning rubric" - because learning is more important than numbers. I also make a classroom bulletin board that goes along with this rubric. You'll see references to swimming in the rubric. The bulletin board simply illustrates the levels listed. East stude
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PreK - 12th
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THE MIND MAZE: Historical Scenarios and Situations
THE MIND MAZE:
Historical Scenarios and situations for Middle, High and College Students
Let your students' minds do the walking, as they figure out plans of action through history! This activity includes 102 detailed historical scenarios and situations relevant to middle. I have used this in conjunction with teaching World and U.S. history the first 50 scenarios and situations deal with World History and the remainder focus on U.S. History. They are also appropriate as an introduction to mor
Grades:
5th - 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.
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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.
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