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4th grade social studies homeschool curricula for Google Apps $5-10
United States Geography Unit: Informational Texts, Maps, & Activities US Regions
U.S. Geography Integrated Unit for Upper ElementaryThis integrated unit of study focuses on United States geography and related skills. It includes 8 lessons and activities, including informational texts and a summative test. These reading passages can be used for close reading and reading comprehension, as well as social studies content.Everything needed to teach the material is included - just add pencils and crayons! Lessons included are:1. Latitude & Longitude2. Relative & Absolute
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4th - 6th
Colonial America & the 13 Colonies Unit: Informational Texts, Maps, & Activities
Colonial America Integrated Unit for Upper ElementaryThis integrated unit of study focuses on Colonial America, including Colonial Regions. The unit includes a reading skill lesson (Main Idea), as well as a timeline activity. It includes 8 lessons and activities, including informational texts. A summative test is also included. Everything needed to teach the material is included - just add pencils and crayons! Lessons included are:1. Main Idea2. Timeline3. Early European Colonies in North A
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4th - 6th
U.S. Government & Civics Unit Informational Texts, Activities, & Assessment
U.S. Government & Civics Integrated Unit for Upper ElementaryThis integrated unit of study focuses on the United States Government and Civics. The unit includes a reading skill lesson (Summarizing.) It includes 8 lessons and activities, including informational texts. A summative test is also included in the unit. Everything needed to teach the material is included - just add pencils! Lessons included are:1. Summarizing2. Civic Duties & Responsibilities3. Articles of Confederation4. C
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4th - 6th
American Revolution & Revolutionary War Unit: Informational Texts & Activities
American Revolution Integrated Unit for Upper ElementaryThis integrated unit of study focuses on the American Revolution (Author's Purpose), as well as a timeline activity. It includes 8 lessons and activities, including informational texts. A summative test is also included in the unit. Everything needed to teach the material is included - just add pencils! Lessons included are:1. Author’s Purpose2. Timeline3. French & Indian War4. Britain Taxes the Colonies5. The Revolution Begins6. Eff
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4th - 6th
Native Americans Unit: Informational Texts, Maps, & Activities
Native Americans Integrated Unit for Upper ElementaryThis integrated unit of study focuses on Native American culture regions. The unit includes a reading skill lesson (Compare and Contrast), as well as a timeline activity. It includes 8 lessons and activities, including informational texts. The unit also includes a summative test. Everything needed to teach the material is included - just add pencils and crayons! Lessons included are:1. Compare & Contrast2. Timeline3. The First North Ame
Grades:
4th - 6th
Age of Exploration & Explorers Unit: Informational Texts, Maps, & Activities
Explorers & Exploration Integrated Unit for Upper ElementaryThis integrated unit of study focuses on the European Exploration of the Americas. The unit includes a reading skill lesson (Cause and Effect), as well as a timeline activity. It includes 8 lessons and activities, including informational texts. The unit also includes a summative test. Everything needed to teach the material is included - just add pencils and crayons! Lessons included are:1. Cause & Effect2. Timeline3. Trade w
Grades:
4th - 6th
Westward Expansion: Informational Texts, Maps, & Activities Pioneer Trails++
Westward Expansion Integrated Unit for Upper ElementaryThis integrated unit of study focuses on Westward Expansion, including the Louisiana Purchase and Industrial Revolution. The unit includes a reading skill lesson (Inferencing), as well as a timeline activity. It includes 8 lessons and activities, including informational texts. A summative test is also included. Everything needed to teach the material is included - just add pencils and crayons! Lessons included are:1. Inferencing2. Timel
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4th - 6th
Texas Conquistadors Activity with Doodle Notes and Google Slides™
Explore the Conquistadors and Explorers of Texas with this fun activity. Students will be given a clue - they then have to decipher the symbols to find the explorer the clue represents. Students will then take notes on their Doodle Notes and wrap up the activity with a tree map analyzing the impact of the explorers on the Americas. With this resource, you will receive,-Directions for how to conduct the activity. - Content readings and clues on the major explorers of Texas including: Pineda, C
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: SPANISH TEXAS ACTIVITY BUNDLE including ELL for Texas History 7th Grade
Grade 4 2023 Ontario Social Studies Early Societies to 1500 CE
Revised 2023! Save time with this unit that's ready to go and covers all of the curriculum expectations! This resource is an inquiry-based unit plan for the Heritage and Identity: Early Societies Strand of the Social Studies Revised Ontario Curriculum. Unit plans and lesson suggestions, assessments, inquiry, answer keys, web quest, and rubric are included. *If you previously purchased this resource, you will find the 2023 revised version under the "my purchases" tab. This resource is a printable
Grades:
4th
Also included in: Grade 4 Ontario Social Studies BUNDLE Strand A & B complete units 2023
⭐DIGITAL⭐ Country Research Project for Google Slides
This DIGITAL resource is perfect for DISTANCE LEARNING! Your students can use Google Slides to share their learning about different countries around the world. What a perfect way to do a virtual field trip!I assigned this to my students as their "just for fun" assignment...meaning optional. Usually, that means not all students end up participating, but I got 100% engaged! They loved doing their own research, and many of them created additional slides with videos and pictures!Follow the direction
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2nd - 6th
Harriet Tubman/Black History/ Bitmoj Virtual Classroom w/activities
Moses is coming! Here is a bitmoji classroom celebrating the life of one of the most famous Americans who helped lead slaves to freedom, Harriet Tubman. This is a perfect lesson for studying your history curriculum or for Black History Month.In this classroom, you will find links to videos, web quests, and readings on Tubman's life and the Underground Railroad. Questions to discuss students' prior knowledge, exit ticket slide, and writing prompt slides are also included.This slide can be edited
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4th - 11th, Staff
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Government & Civics Paired Passages & Writing Prompt - Student Uniforms
School Uniforms & Freedom of Speech: Paired Passages & Opinion Writing - Digital & PDFThis is set of leveled paired passages or texts with reading comprehension tests, short response questions, and extended writing prompts. This unit can be used in reading, writing, or social studies. Teachers can use the passages to answer a more general opinion question (Should your school adopt a uniform policy?) or a civics-focused writing prompt on freedom of speech (Do school uniforms' limit st
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4th - 7th
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Native Americans: Informational Writing & Research Project
Native Americans: Informational Writing & Integrated Research Project (PDF & Google Slides)This unit integrates studying about Native Americans and geography, research, and informational writing. Students select a Native America tribe in North America and research how the physical geography of their location affected their culture. The use their research to create a brochure on the culture their selected tribe.This resource includes mini-lessons that teachers can use or skip, depending
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4th - 6th
Westward Expansion Historical Person Nonfiction Article Research & Writing Unit
Westward Expansion Nonfiction Article Research & Writing Unit (PDF & Google Slides)In this integrated unit, students select a person from the Westward Expansion time period to research. After the research is completed, students plan and write an article about their selected person.The unit meets standards for informational reading, research & informative writing, and westward expansion in social studies.This is a complete unit that includes everything needed for students to organize
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4th - 6th
Also included in: American History Writing Units Bundle: Narrative, Informational, Opinion
Maple Syrup
Maple syrup time signals the beginning of spring! Share the magic of and science behind the creation of maple syrup! This GOOGLE DRIVE - ready resource by Teacher Jane includes everything you'll need to keep your students actively engaged and excited as they learn about maple syrup making! This resource includes: The maple syrup-making processIdentifying sugar maple treesWhat happens in the sugar house?Make your own pancake breakfast!Facts about maple syrupMaple syrup word searchGrading maple sy
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
American History Room Bitmoji Classroom/Back to School/ Patriotic /Agenda slide
America... America.... An adorable American History Bitmoji Classroom featuring the colors of Red, White, and Blue! This is a perfect background for a history teacher who is using Google Classroom or other platforms. Add your own Bitmoji and you are good to go! Completely editable if you want to add in your own images or move things around. Perfect to link up assignments, etc. Please also see my other rooms, The Three Branches of Government, Declaration of Independence. There are NO LINKS i
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2nd - 12th, Staff
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Also included in: American History Rooms Virtual Classroom Template /Morning SLides
Mexico Unit with Informational Text, Digital Version Distance Learning
Your students will learn about Mexico, our neighbor to the south, in this unit that includes an informational text and a unit test. Now you can take your learning digital using your Google Drive! This unit includes digital options only. It includes a digital version of the student text with the reading questions that the students can complete online using Google Slides. The unit test comes a Google Forms version that is graded automatically.If you would like a printable, paper-based unit that in
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Bitmoji Escape Room Thanksgiving Save the Turkey w/editable Google Form
Kids will love helping Bob the Turkey escape from being part of Thanksgiving dinner.In this Escape Room, students will read clues about the history of the Thanksgiving Holiday and other fun facts! The clues are linked to photos, which the students try to find. Some photos are linked to Try Again. Once the students find all five clues, they click on the door lock to answer questions about the clues, The questions are on a Google Form. If students answer the questions correctly, they escape the r
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3rd - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: Holiday Escape Rooms from Halloween to Valentine's Day-Bitmoji Templates
Caribbean Unit with Informational Text, Digital Version Distance Learning
Your students will learn about the Caribbean, our island neighbors, in this unit that includes an informational text and a unit test. Now you can take your learning digital using your Google Drive! This unit includes digital options only. It includes a digital version of the student text with the reading questions that the students can complete online using Google Slides. The unit test comes a Google Forms version that is graded automatically.If you would like a printable, paper-based unit that
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Biome Fantasy World: Inspired by Wings of Fire and Fantasy Mapping
Inspire creative writing, original art, science research, and social studies map skills in a highly engaging unit to create a new world! I place this unit after we have learned about biomes in Life Science and the types of landforms in Social studies. I read The first book in the Wings of Fire series as a read aloud and talk about character development as we read.Students will create biome worlds to inspire characters and stories about the characters and creatures that dwell there.Research and r
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4th - 7th
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MS-LS2-2
, 5-LS2-1
, MS-LS2-1
Also included in: Biome Unit Projects
Google Classroom Chumash CA Native American Tribe Informational Text & More!
Everything your students need to know about the Chumash tribe of California.This resource is one of a series of short expository texts that are lively, student-friendly and aligned with Common Core. Students learn about the location, ancient history, culture, technology, resources, beliefs, government and what makes the Chumash people special and unique among California Native Americans.Use as a guided reading resource, close reading text, or digital resource information. You can use digitally o
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: 5 California Native American Tribes Texts & Activities Bundle
GOOGLE Explorers Bundle Passages Text Dependent Questions and Responses
Google Edition Reading Passages, Text Dependent Questions and Responses.
Perfect for Georgia 4th Grade Social Studies!
Christopher Columbus
Juan Ponce de Leon
Henry Hudson
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Jacques Cartier
John Cabot
Each of the 6 explorer Google links will include:
1 Passage on the topic of the Explorer. The students will annotate their passage while reading using tools in Google Slides. There are step by step directions on how to do this. The set includes text dependant multiple choice
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Landforms Bitmoji Virtual Classroom Template/ w links! & activities!
Jump in a boat, Ski down a mountain! Are you ready for landforms?This awesome and bright room is linked up to various educational sites so students can learn and see the landforms brought to life. There are links included to YouTube videos and reading sites. This slide is editable so you can add, subtract, or move it around.Add your Bitmoji to lead the charge.Included:LakeMountainsRiverHillsMesaPlateau and More! There are three question slides that go with each landform. These slides can be u
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3rd - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: Geography Bitmoji Classroom Bundle w/links & Activities!
MUSIC HISTORY *Grade 4* Middle Ages & Renaissance - UPDATED FILES
You will receive 3 Lesson Plans (approximately 6, 40 minute lessons) complete with Google Slides, Handouts, Assignment & Rubrics.Understanding Music History - the context of music from the past Music of the Middle Ages including Renaissance Music Includes Assessment FOR, AS, OF learning Includes 3-part lesson plans with Minds On, Activity and Consolidation. Included are PDF Slides as well as Google Slides. 10 pages of lesson plans & printables 28 Slide presentations with clickable links
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Grade 4 *MEGA MUSIC* Bundle
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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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