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Maps & Globes Continents Oceans Map Skills Worksheet World Map Activity Landform
Interactive Notebooks are a wonderful tool for providing hands-on experiences for learners. This Maps, Continents, and Landforms Interactive Notebook is no exception! The packet is easy to use for both student and teacher. ✅ Click HERE to SAVE 20% on this resource with the Maps, Continents, and Landforms unit and poster bundle!✅ Click HERE to SAVE even more by buying ALL 15 Social Studies Interactive Notebooks and Mini Units in one Year-Long Bundle.Click on the PREVIEW button above to see all t
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3rd - 5th
National Parks Research Road Trip PBL Project Based Learning Writing Math
Do you love our National Parks and want to find a way to integrate reading, writing, math, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills in a fun, real-life context into your lessons? Consider using project-based learning in your classroom! In this PBL unit, students can plan a road trip to the national parks with their families, while also creating a realistic budget for their vacation.One of the benefits of this project-based learning unit is that it allows for student choice and personalizati
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3rd - 6th
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Map Skills Unit - Maps & Globes Activities - Types of Maps
This no-prep map skills unit includes both vocabulary reference posters and activity pages on many different topics. These activities are an engaging way for students to develop their skills and practice reading maps. *UPDATE* You can now share this with your students digitally!This resource was created using Google Slides. You must have a Google email for use. Each section can be assigned in Google Classrooms. It is ideal for distance learning. I also include the print file so you can have a
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2nd - 4th
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Country Study Report & Country Research Projects Countries Around the World
Are you working on a country study in your classroom? Completing a country research project for one of the many amazing countries around the world can be such a great way to open your students eyes to the diversity of countries, peoples, and cultures around the world. This fun, fresh and engaging country report resource is the perfect DIFFERENTIATED way to meet each student where they are and guide them as they present their research on countries around the world. Complete with 32 countries from
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2nd - 5th
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Biography Research Project Writing Biography Report Template Graphic Organizer
These fun Biography Research Report Template Banners come with over 300 amazing people of influence for your students to research! Perfect biography graphic organizers for displaying their learning about important people throughout history! Tired of the same old way to present your Biography Reports? Great to use any time of the year, these pennants are a great way to supplement your Social Studies instruction as well as help your students organize their research. Save time by integrating your
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3rd - 6th
Landforms & Map Skills Unit BUNDLE
Make learning about geography come to life with this landforms and map skills bundle unit for young learners! Your students will have the opportunity to explore the landforms that shape our Earth, as well as beginning map skills. This bundle contains a variety of printables, projects, crafts, and much more. Also available in...Landforms and Map Skills DIGITAL BundleLandforms and Map Skills PRINT & DIGITAL Mega BundleLANDFORMS pack includes:Recommended book list Landforms posters (landform, b
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1st - 3rd
Greek Gods, Greek Mythology Body Biography for Print and Digital Learning Bundle
This Greek Mythology Body Biography Bundle is filled with all you need to teach and promote amazing Greek Gods and Goddesses and their myths. Your students will find plenty of opportunity for creativity. For the first time you'll experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, Greek mythology, research, and the body biography project! ***Now it includes the digital learning version.***This project can be used any time of the year. The project bundle includes 22 Greek Gods and God
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4th - 12th
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5 Regions of the United States LINKtivity® (Geography, Climate, Landforms, MORE)
Take your students on an exciting virtual road trip through the five regions of the United States with our digital LINKtivity® Interactive Learning guide! Our interactive guide offers a fun and engaging way for students to explore each region's climate, landforms, bodies of water, and popular tourist destinations.Designed for upper elementary classrooms, our easy-to-navigate digital guide requires minimal teacher prep and is entirely student-controlled, allowing for self-paced learning. With a v
Memorial Day Activity | Patriotic Soldier Classroom Collaborative Poster
Don's miss out on this popular Patriotic Soldier Classroom Collaboration Poster from Art with Jenny K.!! Your kids won’t soon forget this project! This activity is so much fun because, in the end, you will have a very large (approx. 28” x 35”) poster to display in your classroom, hallway, or front entryway, to honor our soldiers on Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day, and/or Veterans Day. Along the way, students will work together as a group to create this beautiful tribute.The size of the poster var
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1st - 8th
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Patriotic Agamographs | Original, Unique Memorial Day Activity
Patriotic Agamographs for America and Canada. My original, very popular patriotic agamographs are fun and unique activities to easily integrate art into your classroom. They are often copied but never equalled! This resource included a complete set of instructions, handouts, and teaching videos for the American and Canadian versions.I have priced this resource assuming you will be using the American designs OR the Canadian—not both (but of course, you are free to use them all). So in other words
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3rd - 8th
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Map Skills Worksheets, Books, Lap Book - Cardinal Directions, Compass Rose
Are you looking for an engaging first grade map skills resource to add to your social studies curriculum? This engaging resource is what you need to teach mapping skills like cardinal directions, compass rose, and map skills. Students will love the map skills books and the hands-on build a town map. Finally, students can demonstrate their learning with the final map skills lapbook. Use this resource for:first gradesecond gradewhole class instructionsmall group instructionpartner workStudents wi
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: First Grade Social Studies BUNDLE
Economics Unit Goods & Services Producers & Consumers Supply & Demand Activities
Say goodbye to lesson planning stress with this short introductory unit that makes teaching AND learning economics a breeze! This engaging resource is designed to make teaching economics easy, fun, and incredibly effective! Your students will learn about the basic economic concepts of money, wants and needs, goods and services, producers and consumers, and supply and demand.FIVE days of engaging lesson plans with possible extension activities are included. All text and activities are included,
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Economics BUNDLE Supply and Demand Worksheets Goods and Services Sort
Project Based Learning Activity: Island Survival (PBL) Now for Google Classroom
Project Based Learning Activity: Island SurvivalThis project based learning (PBL) activity integrates elements of science, ELA, and social studies into a student-centered adventure that combines imagination, creativity, and problem solving skills as they try and survive mysteriously arriving on an island.There are 16 activities (1 page for almost each one) for students to complete. Each page involves a problem or idea they must solve, recreate, or answer. Pages can vary from writing, map skil
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2nd - 6th
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Revolutionary War Causes ESCAPE ROOM Activity: American Revolution
The Causes of the Revolutionary War Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom, reading comprehension passages, and answering questions! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the American Revolution, Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, French and Indian War, Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, 13 Colonies and Intolerable Acts. The Revolutionary War Causes Escape Room is a great reading comprehension activity with a twist of deciphering codes.
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: 4 U.S. History ESCAPE ROOMS BUNDLE - Constitution, Revolutionary War
Black History Month Activity Collaborative African American Biographical "Quilt"
My Famous Faces® of African-American History "Quilt" project is the perfect whole-class activity to do during Black History Month or any time of the year! It connects the individual with the group using hexagons that will tessellate to create a large “quilt” collaboration poster featuring 40 influential African Americans and their biographies. The final poster has a ton of “wow factor” when complete, and I hope it will make a large impact on your students as they learn about these 40 influential
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1st - 8th
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Also included in: Tessellation Bundle | Use one every month!
US Geography Map Skills | Maps and Globes, Continents, Oceans, Me on the Map
Do your students struggle with general map skills, their location on a map or globe, or naming our continents and oceans? This popular U.S. geography and map skills packet will help your students master these mapping skills and more with ease. Fun for students and super helpful for teachers!This United States geography and map skills resource provides an easy and fun way for students to develop a better understanding of where they live in the world, as well as key geography skills and concepts.
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3rd - 5th
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Community Helpers Preschool | Community Helpers Kindergarten Unit | Worksheets
Community Helpers Preschool and Kindergarten! Community Helpers Worksheets and PowerPoint! This community helpers unit contains a 29 page PowerPoint and GOOGLE SLIDES with beautiful photos and clickable links. This pack also contains a class display with word/picture reference cards, hands-on community helper worksheets, and writing pages! Teacher Instruction Sheet included!Click on PREVIEW for a glimpse at all of the pages.New! More community helpers have been added for a total of 24 community
Grades:
PreK - K
Also included in: Preschool Back to School
Titanic Activities Bundle | Passenger Research | Comprehension | Titanic Math
HUGE Titanic bundle of Titanic reading comprehension resources, activities, PowerPoint, and SO much more! Your students will love the Titanic even more after diving into their study of the ship using these resources! Cover the basics and the more unique aspects of the Titanic with these literacy, math, and social studies connections.These Titanic activities cover everything from the construction of the Titanic to the discovery of the ship on the bottom of the Atlantic. Unique aspects, such as
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4th - 8th
World War II (World War 2) Map & Geography Activity for Europe & the Pacific
These World War II in Europe and World War 2 in the Pacific maps will help students become more familiar with the nations of Europe and those in the Pacific during World War II by identifying which countries belonged to the Allies, which ones joined the Axis, which ones were controlled by the Axis Powers, and which ones remained neutral. On the World War II in Europe map, students will also label the Maginot Line, the Battle of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battl
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6th - 11th
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collaborative Poster | Black History Month Activity
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collaborative Classroom Poster. This is a great, inclusive, community-building Martin Luther King Day activity. Appropriate accompaniment for your Black History Month studies or any unit/lesson on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights, social justice, etc. This poster of Dr. King is a great way to start a unit or to finish one. My collaboration posters are easy for teachers and fun for kids and make a lasting impression—on students, parents, and your entire school
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2nd - 8th
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Map Skills Unit with PowerPoint – Me on the Map – Maps and Globes - with Digital
This map skills unit for K-2 has all you need to teach your students about maps and globes. With an informational map skills PowerPoint slideshow (also included in video form), vocabulary resources, printable activities and books, and digital activities for Seesaw and Google Slides, this set will get your little geographers making, reading, and talking all about maps! Perfect to use alongside the read-aloud Me on the Map, this maps unit includes an easy-to-assemble “My Home” booklet with version
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Grades:
K - 1st
National Parks Research Activities End of Year Project Includes Yellowstone
This Visit a National Park research project will have your students so engaged, they won't want the activity to end! In this unit, students have the opportunity to plan a trip to a National Park, create a road map, write a research article, and so much more! What better way to have students use real-life math, reading, and writing skills than with this fun U.S. National Parks Activity? Now includes nonfiction reading passages and other bonus reading activities!Click HERE to SAVE 25% with the PB
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3rd - 6th
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Community Helpers Activity Craft
Community Helpers Build a community for your social studies community helpers unit with these cute and easy to cut templates. Students will have fun with this 3D building activity and creating a class book on community helpers. Students will enjoy adding their own details to these templates.Included16 Different community buildings craft28 Community HelpersWeb worksheet about community helpersWriting PromptsClass book coverReview printables See Preview!!!Great for Art Center & Writing Cen
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K - 2nd
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World War I Map Activity Lesson (1914 & 1918 Europe Maps)Print &Digital Resource
These 1914 and 1918 Europe Map worksheets will help students understand the effects of World War I on the European map. They will also help students become more familiar with the nations of Europe during World War 1 by identifying which European countries belonged to the Allies, which ones joined the Central Powers, and which ones remained neutral. Additionally, students will be able to identify the new nations that were created after World War I and which nations lost territory after the war.Wh
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6th - 10th
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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
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