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3rd grade social studies thematic unit plan interactive whiteboards under $5
The Real First Thanksgiving Digital Activity
Do your kiddos still think that turkey was served at the First Thanksgiving? Do they know why the Pilgrims celebrated with a meal? Do they know the Native Americans were from the Wampanoag Tribe? This product is included in the Thanksgiving Games and Activities Mega BundleThis interactive digital resource includes information about the historically accurate First Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag. This fun and engaging resource goes from the Pilgrims' voyage to the 3 day feast
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities and Games Mega Bundle
Bear Powerpoint! Black, Brown, Grizzly, Polar, Sun, Panda, Koala
I created this PowerPoint to help my students learn about different types of bears. It focuses on each different type of bear (and Koala's) and teaches facts that allow students to compare and contrast the different types of bears (and marsupials)! Students will learn where each of these bears live, what they eat, hibernation techniques, cubs (and joeys), size, and fun facts! There are multiple links for short informational videos about each type of bear that correlate to the material being read
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Grades:
PreK - 5th
Texas Heroes - Stephen F. Austin - For Smartboard
Included in this Stephen F. Austin Smartboard Pack you will receive:
* KWL chart
* Texas Pledge Slide
* Biography (2 pages of facts and history for you to have right at your fingertips),
* Blank Austin Bubble Map
* Fill in the Blank interactive slide
* Glow in the Dark (slide and reveal) page
* Venn Diagram to compare/contrast a variety of political figures (Austin, Houston, Navarro, Lincoln, Washington)
*Writing Prompt Page for students to describe a reason why they like Stephen F. A
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Common Core Reading: The Cherokee Story of "The First Strawberries"
You will need SMART Notebook software to use this file. This SMART Board presentation is a week-long unit (4 days of activities) focusing on the Cherokee legend of the first strawberries. This unit focuses upon Joseph Bruchac's book, "The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story." Common Core Standards addressed in this unit include: RL2.1, RL2.2, RL2.7, RL2.9. Students will also learn about choosing books: by a favorite author or by a purpose for reading. These slides can be printed and copied
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Urban, Rural and Suburban Jeopardy Game
This Jeopardy Game features 5 questions for each of its 4 catoegories- Urban Communities, Rural Communities, Suburban Communities and Communities in general.
Once students have learned about each of these communities, they can have fun testing their knowledge by answering these questions on this interactive SmartBoard Game. Students can come up to the SmartBoard and click on the question that they would like to answer. Questions get more challenging as you go from $100 to $500.
There are 2
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Grades:
K - 5th
Texas Heroes - Jose Antonio Navarro - For Smartboard
Included in this Jose Antonio Navarro Smartboard Pack you will receive:
* KWL chart
* Texas Pledge Slide
* Biography (2 pages of facts and history for you to have right at your fingertips),
* Blank Navarro Bubble Map
* Fill in the Blank interactive slide
* Glow in the Dark (slide and reveal) page
* Venn Diagram to compare/contrast a variety of political figures (Austin, Houston, Navarro, Lincoln, Washington)
*Writing Prompt Page for students to describe a reason why they like Jose Ant
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 4th
Canada Day
CANADA: This fun and interactive slide presentation is all about Canada. It’s a great way to discover this great Country.The pictures in the slide presentation are very colourful and will keep your students engaged.❤️ You may also like:-CANADIAN MONEY-COMMUNITY HELPERS-DINOSAURS-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Don’t forget to leave FEEDBACK on your purchases. This will allow you to receive credits that you can
Grades:
K - 3rd
Thanksgiving Jeopardy
This Thanksgiving-themed Jeopardy reviews questions about Thanksgiving, past and present. Questions range from simple to challenging. This review was made for 1st-2nd graders, but could be used for up to 5th grade. To add to the fun, Daily Double is hidden to raise the stakes!
Thanksgiving Jeopardy Categories:
The Mayflower and the Journey to America
The Pilgrims and the Native Americans
Pilgrim Life
The First Thanksgiving
Miscellaneous
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Desert Habitat PowerPoint
This is an 11 slide PowerPoint with images of the desert landscape and habitat. It includes a map of desert regions and images of cactus, camels, tarantulas, snakes, scorpions and dry landscape and scrub vegetation. This is a great introduction to a unit on deserts of different types of habitats.
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Grades:
K - 3rd
The Micro Marketplace Curriculum
Micro Marketplace provides students with a basic understanding of economics. Students learn about business communities, goods and services, sticking to a budget, and making a profit. They will work in partners or small groups to create a business and design products that they will actually sell at a classroom marketplace. This Project Based Learning unit easily ties into ELA, Math, Art, and Technology. For example, students will write a persuasive sales pitch to entice customers to shop at t
Grades:
1st - 6th
Landforms and Bodies of Water Smart Board Lesson
This file includes definitions and real photographs of landforms and bodies of water to provide visuals and enhance your classroom lessons.
Includes: plain, hill, mountain, valley, peninsula, coast, island, desert, volcano, canyon, cave, river, lake and ocean.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Polar Regions - Antarctica and the Arctic
This SMART notebook files forms 5 complete lessons about Polar Regions:
1. Intro and the difference between Antarctica and the Arctic,
2. Antarctica,
3. The Arctic,
4. Animals of the Polar regions
5. Human Impact on the Polar Regions.
This can be used every day over a week, which would be great for a relief teacher, or as a unit plan over 5 weeks for a class teacher.
The lessons include pictures, videos, interactive parts and each lesson has an activity to complete at the end to summarise
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Common Core Reading "The Great Ball Game" CREEK Native American Unit
You will need SMART Notebook software to use this file. This week-long (4-day) Common Core Reading unit is centered around the text, "The Great Ball Game," by Joseph Bruchac. It is a Muskogee, or Creek, Tale. This text is fiction/literature and provides Social Studies connections for Native American units. There are 10 slides that lead you through reading and re-reading the book to gain more knowledge of vocabulary and details in the text. Be sure to check out my other Common Core Reading u
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Agriculture - Plants
This is a Smart Notebook file that forms a unit about Agriculture - Plants. It was originally made for a senior special needs class but can easily be used for a class of nearly any age or ability. It includes 7 lessons that can be taught over a week or a term.
If you do not have SMARTnotebook you can still view and use this lesson, as long as you are connected to the internet:
http://express.smarttech.com/#
Simply go to this webpage and upload the file. Some of the formatting will change, and m
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 10th
Common Core Reading Unit on "Itse Selu" CHEROKEE Harvest Festival
You will need SMART Notebook software to use this file. This week long unit (4 days) is made to be used on your SMART Board. It is based on the book "Itse Selu: Cherokee Harvest Festival," an informational text on the Cherokee Native Americans. Students will learn about the Cherokee, as well as learn about getting to know themselves as a reader: choosing a just right book, the five finger rule, etc. This unit includes 14 slides that you can also print for student responses. Be sure to look
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
AMAZING EXPLORERS
SLIDE 1- COVER PAGE
SLIDE 2- WHY THE EXPLORERS EXPLORED THE WORLD?
SLIDE 3- THE FIRST EXPLORERS (NOMADS FROM EAST AFRICA)
SLIDE 4-QUEEN HATSHEPSUT'S EXPEDITION TO THE LAND OF PUNT
SLIDE 5- THE PHONEICIANS
SLIDES 6,7,8- MARCO POLO
SLIDES 9 TO 12- INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE EXPLORERS -ZHANG QIAN
SLIDE 13- ZHENG HE
SLIDE 14- THE EUROPEANS BEGIN TO EXPLORE
SLIDE 15- LOOKING FOR A ROUTE TO ASIA
SLIDE 16- VASCO DA GAMA
SLIDE 17- DISCOVERING AMERICA- THE VIKINGS
SLIDES18 TO 25- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (HIS L
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Geography Class 2, Argentina
This is class 2 (Argentina) of a series for a Geography Club, or you can use it for a regular geography class. I included a YouTube video that I did not create. I made it safe for children to watch with no access to outside links. You have the ability to change any wording on the PowerPoint presentation. You can also change the video if you prefer not to use the one I included. This lesson also includes maps and pictures downloaded from Google. It includes the use of Google Earth. The Standard u
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Meeting Our Needs Theme and Vocabulary Introduction
If you teach an integrated unit or theme on Meeting Our Needs, this slideshow is the perfect way to introduce it to your class on the Smartboard. Includes opportunity for students to interact with a KWL chart on the topic, simple (K-3) vocabulary definitions, and an enduring understanding that can help frame your instruction throughout your teaching of the theme. *Requires Smart Notebook software to view.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Changes Over Time Theme and Vocabulary Introduction
If you teach an integrated unit or theme on Changes Over Time, this slideshow is the perfect way to introduce it to your class on the Smartboard. Includes opportunity for students to interact with a KWL chart on the topic, simple (K-3) vocabulary definitions, and an enduring understanding that can help frame your instruction throughout your teaching of the theme. *Requires Smart Notebook software to view.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Urban, Rural and Suburban Jeopardy Game
This Jeopardy Game features 5 questions for each of its 4 catoegories- Urban Communities, Rural Communities, Suburban Communities and Communities in general.
Once students have learned about each of these communities, they can have fun testing their knowledge by answering these questions on this interactive SmartBoard Game. Students can come up to the SmartBoard and click on the question that they would like to answer. Questions get more challenging as you go from $100 to $500.
There are 2
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 5th
Observing the World Around Us Theme and Vocabulary Introduction
If you teach an integrated unit or theme on Observing the World Around Us, this slideshow is the perfect way to introduce it to your class on the Smartboard. Includes opportunity for students to interact with a KWL chart on the topic, simple (K-3) vocabulary definitions, and an enduring understanding that can help frame your instruction throughout your teaching of the theme. *Requires Smart Notebook software to view.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Our Living World Theme and Vocabulary Introduction
If you teach an integrated unit or theme on Our Living World, this slideshow is the perfect way to introduce it to your class on the Smartboard. Includes opportunity for students to interact with a KWL chart on the topic, simple (K-3) vocabulary definitions, and an enduring understanding that can help frame your instruction throughout your teaching of the theme. *Requires Smart Notebook software to view.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Celebrating Cultures Theme and Vocabulary Introduction
If you teach an integrated unit or theme on Celebrating Cultures, this slideshow is the perfect way to introduce it to your class on the Smartboard. Includes opportunity for students to interact with a KWL chart on the topic, simple (K-3) vocabulary definitions, and an enduring understanding that can help frame your instruction throughout your teaching of the theme. *Requires Smart Notebook software to view.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Citizenship Theme and Vocabulary Introduction
If you teach an integrated unit or theme on Citizenship, this slideshow is the perfect way to introduce it to your class on the Smartboard. Includes opportunity for students to interact with a KWL chart on the topic, simple (K-3) vocabulary definitions, and an enduring understanding that can help frame your instruction throughout your teaching of the theme. *Requires Smart Notebook software to view.
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Grades:
K - 3rd
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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
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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