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Social studies Common Core L.5.5c resources
American Revolution Mentor Sentences & Interactive Activities Mini-Unit (4-6)
Mentor sentences are the perfect way to teach grammar and author's craft through examples of excellent sentences from your favorite read-aloud books! This unit will be a great way to integrate Social Studies in with your mentor sentences during your American Revolution Unit! It does not include explicit directions of how to implement mentor sentences in your room- these directions are in the Volume 1, FIRST Ten Weeks: Mentor Sentence Unit, Volume 2, FIRST Ten Weeks: Mentor Sentence Unit, or Volu
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4th - 6th
Katie's Trunk Mentor Text Unit
Katie's Trunk American Revolution Mentor Text
This unit was created to go with the book, Katie's Trunk by Ann Turner. It's about a Tory girl and her family right before the American Revolution- giving a different perspective than often taught. The unit includes activities for: inferring, synonyms (context clues), similes, character traits, writing using senses and imagery, and plotting the story.
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4th - 5th
Westward Expansion Mentor Sentences & Interactive Activities Mini-Unit (4-6)
Mentor sentences are the perfect way to teach grammar and author's craft through examples of excellent sentences from your favorite read-aloud books! This unit will be a great way to integrate Social Studies in with your mentor sentences during your Westward Expansion Unit! It does not include explicit directions of how to implement mentor sentences in your room- these directions are in the Volume 1, FIRST Ten Weeks: Mentor Sentence Unit, Volume 2, FIRST Ten Weeks: Mentor Sentence Unit, or Volum
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4th - 6th
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The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg Unit Plan Super Bundle
This is a unit based upon the novel "The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg" by Rodman Philbrick. It has been chosen as an exemplar text and has been aligned to the new common core standards. You will be receiving everything you need to teach this unit! You are receiving 3 weeks of lesson plans that are ready to print out and paste into your plan book. You will also be receiving a list of vocabulary words for each of the 3 weeks you are teaching the novel as well as vocabulary organizers, p
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4th - 6th
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Ruby Lee & Me by Shannon Hitchcock Novel Study
Comments from buyers: “This was a great resource for after reading. I love the quizzes and the final exam. It breaks down vocabulary, figurative language, and discussion. I will use this for years to come.” “Wonderful resource, was challenging and engaging. Discussion questions are great.” “Worked perfectly for small reading groups. Put these into binders and the kids were thrilled.”This is a 100+ page, Common Core aligned, no prep novel study for Ruby Lee & Me by Shannon Hitchcock. This N
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3rd - 5th
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5th Grade Morning Work - Set 1 - Daily Review of ELA, Math, Science & SS
Looking for 5th Grade Morning Work you can use as an assessment tool to guide instruction? This quarter 1 set gives daily review in ELA, math, science, and social studies. The assessments provide a spiral review giving students information needed to find or learn the answer while teachers carry out important morning tasks. Answer keys are provided to assist with grading. Each subject has an end-of-quarter review quiz for students to demonstrate what they have learned. This 5th Grade Morning Wo
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Also included in: 5th Grade Morning Work Bundle
Indigenous People's Day Lesson | Social Studies | Local Land Exploration
This editable lesson is designed to introduce students to Indigenous People's Day and provide information about its history and ongoing adoption process in the United States. Students will also use a map database to learn of local Indigenous lands.✏️ Lesson organization:Background knowledge: What have you heard? What do you know?Information about the term "Indigenous" versus "Indian"Information about Columbus Day and colonizationHistory on the name change from Columbus Day to Indigenous People's
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4th - 9th
HINK PINK et al. PUZZLES Election Word Riddles Task Cards Vocabulary GATE
HINK PINKS, HINKY PINKIES, HINKITY PINKITIES, and HITINKITY PITINKITIES are riddles that help children learn to problem solve while exercising vocabulary skills (definitions, synonyms, parts of speech, rimes, ...). These Election themed, printable task cards prompt your students to interpret data, make inferences, draw conclusions, and analyze new information. Hink Pinks, et al. riddles are terrific for centers, enrichment, differentiation, bell ringers, sponge activities, and GATE. You can even
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4th - 8th
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Thinking Like a Historian: BILINGUAL VERSION for 5th-7th Grade Social Studies!
This BILINGUAL Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit comes 100% completely ready to use for both English and Spanish learners in 5th-7th grade! ALL resources not only come in English and Spanish, they're also ready to use for both in-person classroom and online digital learning (via Google Apps)!The amazing resources included with this bilingual version of Thinking Like a Historian lesson plan unit have been used with GREAT SUCCESS with THOUSANDS of students and can easily be used with any
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5th - 7th
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Student Worksheet Packet: What Do We Know About Atlantis? (Print + DIGITAL)
This is a 30-page, Common Core aligned student workbook for the nonfiction text, What Do We Know About Atlantis? by Emma Carlson Berne. Also includes vocabulary list and vocabulary bookmarks. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED.The worksheet packet is divided into 10 sections. Each section includes vocabulary, chapter questions, and discussion questions.IntroductionChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9GO DIGITAL! Choose printed or paperless resources! The stu
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4th - 6th
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Thanksgiving: An Untold Perspective, Social Justice for Young Students
Guide students toward a more accurate and balanced perspective of Thanksgiving and provide information about its history and how our understanding has been shaped with this lesson that draws from Indigenous perspectives.Originally designed for upper elementary, but could be a great introductory lesson for secondary students or a secondary self-contained classroomTeaching notes, guide, and sources included in speaker notes.Full of visuals for maximum student accessibility✏️ Lesson Format:Backgrou
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4th - 9th
Vietnamese English Practice Reading Words Colorful Real Life Photos
Practice reading functional Vietnamese object words while looking at real-life AI-generated photos to entertain you or your students. This will serve as a great introduction to Vietnamese. Try saying the words aloud and see how unique the Vietnamese language is. Great for both English and Vietnamese language learners. It includes handy writing sheets that you can print out.Have fun learning the rhythm of a new language.Thực hành đọc các từ vựng tiếng Việt chức năng trong khi xem các bức ảnh đời
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Synonyms and Antonyms Passage Worksheets Middle School Vocabulary Activities
Based on history and ELA rap songs, these synonyms and antonyms worksheets for middle school will keep your students engaged using song lyrics as reading passages while they practice vocabulary skills. Easily incorporate them into independent activities or complete them together as a class lesson.Students will listen to the songs then use the song lyrics as reading passages to identify synonyms and antonyms using words from the lyrics.These activities are:- no prep to save you time- super simple
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5th - 7th
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Women's Suffrage QR Code Activity
Engage your students with digital learning!This QR Code Scavenger Hunt asks students to solve clues for 10 various people, places, and dates associated with the Women's Suffrage Movement. Students can work independently, in pairs, or as small groups.Codes will lead students to the following answers:Alice PaulMarch 3, 1913Susan B. AnthonyJuly 19-20, 1848SuffrageLucy BurnsNovember 5, 1872Elizabeth Cady StantonNational Woman's PartyAugust 18, 1920This resource is offered in a money saving MEGA BUND
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3rd - 5th
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Emotion Adjectives: Synonyms and Antonyms - Word Wall
Help your students find a precise adjective to describe the range of complex human emotions. Display synonyms and antonyms for visual and spacial learners.
Includes 400 adjectives in 10 symmetrical - synonym and antonym categories
Liking & Disliking
Happy & Sad
Interested & Bored
Strong & Weak
Surprised & Scared
Classroom posters can be arraigned vertically or horizontally. See Preview
#nonviolentcommunication #nvc #emotionalintelligence #wordwall #antonyms #synony
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5th - 12th
Integrated Social Studies ELA Unit| BUNDLE| Election Day| Veterans Day| Activity
Integrated Social Studies ELA Unit| BUNDLE| Election Day| Veterans Day| Activity will improve middle school literacy while learning about the Election and Veterans Day! Integrated Social Studies ELA Unit| BUNDLE| Election Day| Veterans Day| Activity provides you with 2 of my Integrated Units at a discounted price! Research has proven time and time again, this is the only effective way to improve literacy! *Follow me on IG for more tips and DM me with ANY questions!*www.instagram.com/eyeandearl
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4th - 6th
Ancient Egypt Unit Plan: Great Pyramid of Giza Golden Ratio PowerPoint
NatureGlo's eScience Ancient Egypt Unit Plan: Great Pyramid of Giza Golden Ratio PowerPoint is a mini bundle featuring a unique math in the real world exploration. Few of the world's wonders hold more fascination than the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still mostly intact. The Great Pyramid is shrouded in mysteries. The modern world is still trying to unravel them. There is a continued debate among archaeologists, Egyptologists, and mathematicians regarding
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4th - 10th
Also included in: Math With Art
Black History Month | Civil Rights Leaders| Martin Luther King Jr. Activities
Black History Month | Civil Rights Leaders| Martin Luther King Jr. Activities gives you 3,No PREP, ELA & SS Worksheets. Black History Month | Civil Rights Leaders| Martin Luther King Jr. Activities improves understanding of The Civil Rights Movement and boosts vocabulary. Improve your students' spelling and vocabulary today while they learn about history!WHAT'S INCLUDED:THREE Thought Provoking Worksheets about MLK and the Civil Rights MovementCheck out more like this!Election Integrated Les
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3rd - 5th
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5th Grade Autumn READING Learning League Adventure *GROWING BUNDLE*
The Learning League has mysteries to solve that require the use of your students' reading skills!! These reading problems have been tailored specifically for 5th graders in the fall, so give your classroom explorers a chance to review their knowledge and simultaneously go on an adventure!You get the added bonus of incorporating cross-curricular elements into your class when you purchase these resources! This bundle includes mysteries with SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES themes, but if you want to foc
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5th - 6th
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5th Grade November Reading Adventure- The Native American Tradition Mystery
The Hacker is claiming that his family started a tradition of a Night Chant Ceremony, but the Learning League knows he stole this from a Native American tribe! This cannot stand. But in order to figure out which tribe this ritual belongs to, the League will need your students’ help. By solving reading problems, students will fill in the blanks to their clues and discover the tribe. This Adventure will keep your classroom explorers engaged and working hard on reading skills, while learning some s
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5th - 6th
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Also included in: November Reading Learning League Adventures- 5th Grade *GROWING BUNDLE*
An Integrated Social Studies ELA Unit | Veterans Day Activities
An Integrated Social Studies ELA Unit | Veterans Day Activities makes spelling easy while building Veterans Day vocabulary! Integrated Social Studies ELA Unit |Veterans Day Activities lesson boosts vocabulary and improves spelling in all students through etymology! Research shows using spelling and vocabulary word lists centered on etymological roots improves the spelling performance in middle school students for a lifetime! Improve your students' spelling today while they learn about history!WH
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4th - 6th
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5th Grade September MEGA Bundle- Math & Reading Adventures
The Learning League has mysteries to solve that require the use of your students' math skills!! These math problems have been tailored specifically for 5th graders in the month of September, so give your classroom explorers a chance to review their knowledge and simultaneously go on an adventure!You get the added bonus of incorporating cross-curricular elements into your class when you purchase these resources! Half of these mysteries focus on science, and the other half have a social studies th
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5th - 6th
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5th Grade October MEGA Bundle- Math & Reading Adventures
The Learning League has mysteries to solve that require the use of your students' math skills!! These math problems have been tailored specifically for 5th graders in the month of September, so give your classroom explorers a chance to review their knowledge and simultaneously go on an adventure!You get the added bonus of incorporating cross-curricular elements into your class when you purchase these resources! Half of these mysteries focus on science, and the other half have a social studies th
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5th - 6th
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Vocabulary Homework Template | EDITABLE | Matching, synonyms/antonyms, writing
OPEN THE DOCUMENT ON GOOGLE DOCS! This editable template is perfect for creating vocabulary homework, in class worksheets, or independent work when learning 3 new vocabulary words on a weekly or daily basis. The worksheet is clear with directions and headers so students can understand each section. This worksheet provides students with definitions that they need to identify at the beginning of the page, which will help them fill in the blank within sentences, write their own sentence, and identi
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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.
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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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.
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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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