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3rd grade Autumn social studies games

Preview of End of the Year Break Activities - Digital Resource Mystery Game - Team Building

End of the Year Break Activities - Digital Resource Mystery Game - Team Building

Are you ready to watch reading comprehension skills skyrocket before the end of the year break?! Great for team building! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about l
Preview of Holidays Around the World Escape Room Game Google Forms | Distance Learning

Holidays Around the World Escape Room Game Google Forms | Distance Learning

Created by
Teresa Kwant
Now updated with a digital option! The digital option is a Google Form.Will your class escape in time? Try this escape room game with your students today! Your class has been locked in an ice castle by Jack Frost! Students will be learning about different winter holiday traditions that are celebrated all over the world. This game is intended for 3rd-5th grade students. Students will be practicing reading comprehension skills, as well as social studies skills. This is an interactive game where th
Preview of Addition FALL Math Color by Number Worksheets ADD UP TO 20

Addition FALL Math Color by Number Worksheets ADD UP TO 20

Color by Number FALL Worksheets ADD UP TO 20 Your students will love coloring these fun Fall Color-by-Code addition worksheets and getting that essential practice to improve their math fact fluency with addition facts! Each page focuses on a different mental math strategy, which makes differentiation a snap!Click here to save 20% with the Color by Code Seasons Bundle for the Year.Perfect for:• Independent Practice Seatwork• Math Centers• Review• Homework• Morning Work• RTI pull outINCLUDED RESO
Preview of States and Capitals Bingo, I Have Who Has Game (50 States & Capitals Activities)

States and Capitals Bingo, I Have Who Has Game (50 States & Capitals Activities)

This resource is intended to help students learn the states, capitals and abbreviations and to help spark student interest United States Social Studies. Download Preview FilePlease view the preview file prior to purchasing. Please ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purchasing.This social studies resource includes:1. Social Studies State Study Cards2. Social Studies State Study Sheets3. States and Capitals I Have, Who has? Game4. States and Abbreviations I Have, Who
Preview of First Day Jitters Book Activities {Back to School Read Aloud, Worksheets, Games}

First Day Jitters Book Activities {Back to School Read Aloud, Worksheets, Games}

***UPDATED to ALSO INCLUDE a 62 slide PowerPoint Show to use with the book First Day Jitters and all the printables!*** This back to school pack is PERFECT for the first couple weeks of school! This unit is centered around the mentor text First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg. After reading this story aloud to your students, have fun with the games, printables, activities and a PowerPoint show included in this download. Everything is ready to go!You'll find pre-reading activities, vocabulary, sto
Preview of Virtual Field Trip *Growing* Bundle! National Parks, Space & More!

Virtual Field Trip *Growing* Bundle! National Parks, Space & More!

Created by
Teach or Travel
ULTIMATE Virtual Field Trip *Growing* Bundle!12 trips and GROWING! This product will include all my future elementary field trips! Grab it now at the lowest price!! Bundle price will increase when new trips are added.⭐️NEW⭐️ MEMPHIS, TN Dr. MLK Jr. added 1/28/2024⭐️NEW⭐️ THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA added 5/22/2022 - Redownload to access!! Virtual Field Trips are an engaging activity for in person learning or online meetings. No matter the format of instruction, your students will be engaged! Use the
Preview of Halloween STEM Escape Room  Upper Elementary | Class Activity

Halloween STEM Escape Room Upper Elementary | Class Activity

Created by
Teresa Kwant
#UESPOOK60 Will your class escape in time? Try this escape room style game with your students today! This is a fun game that is perfect for the month of October and the Halloween season. The focus on this game is pumpkins, with the final STEM challenge being to build a bridge that can hold 1-2 pumpkins. This game is unique from my other escape rooms, because it focuses on STEM. Students will be learning about pumpkins, and then building a bridge with toothpicks and candy pumpkins that can hold a
Preview of Oregon Trail: Simulation Game

Oregon Trail: Simulation Game

Created by
VintageValdez
Super engaging slideshow game to get students thinking about what life on the Oregon Trail was like. You lead the class with 13 scenarios, and students make decisions and keep track of survival points. A great way to introduce the Oregon Trail to students. It includes 42 slides, directions, and a student handout to record survival points. I use this activity with my 8 graders a few details might need to be edited if used with younger grade levels.Takes about 1 hour.
Preview of Place Value Math Review Test Prep Game Show 2nd Grade Number Sense Assessment

Place Value Math Review Test Prep Game Show 2nd Grade Number Sense Assessment

This NO PREP Place Value Game Interactive PowerPoint Game Show is a fun, engaging, and exciting way to have 2nd and 3rd graders practice and review place value skills. The math review questions begin at the lowest level and advance to higher levels. Played like Jeopardy, the questions in this Place Value Game cover place value models, expanded form, digit value, converting, regrouping, and guessing the secret number. This game show is perfect for 2nd grade math review of Place Value as well as f
Preview of Fall Bingo | Thanksgiving Bingo (30 different cards & calling cards included!)

Fall Bingo | Thanksgiving Bingo (30 different cards & calling cards included!)

Created by
Simply First
Students always love a good game of bingo! Use this Simply First Fall Bingo | Thanksgiving Bingo to play in your classroom with your students to celebrate Fall and/or the Thanksgiving holiday or just the months of Fall :)*30 DIFFERENT playing cards included as well as calling cards!Check out my other Bingo games!*Fall Bingo*Halloween Bingo*Christmas Bingo*Winter Bingo*Valentine Bingo*St. Patrick's Day Bingo*Spring Bingo*Easter Bingo*Character Bingo*Summer BingoWant them all? A bundle is availabl
Preview of Christmas / Holiday Game Answer Battle Trivia Family Powerpoint Mac PC iPad

Christmas / Holiday Game Answer Battle Trivia Family Powerpoint Mac PC iPad

Created by
Think Games
✅ You can use this for your Virtual Party! Check out this video showing you how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq2WIMvocYo ✅ This Christmas Answer Battle Trivia Powerpoint game is sure to be a big hit at your Christmas party, classroom, office party, or church.✅ It has 13 rounds like:- "Places parents hide presents," - "Name Santa's Reindeer," - "Birds Listed In The 12 Days Of Christmas," - "Common Christmas Cookie Shapes," - "Christmas Movies," etc. ✅ Each round has up to 10 answers (other
Preview of Fall Bingo Riddles Game Speech Therapy Fall Activities

Fall Bingo Riddles Game Speech Therapy Fall Activities

Created by
Speech Sprouts
Guess the rhyming fall-themed riddles! A fall speech therapy activity with both digital and print versions included. You'll have fun while targeting inference, critical thinking, and vocabulary too... A huge hit for fall harvest celebrations, this fall-themed bingo game has autumn vocabulary, but no holiday references, making it perfect to use all-season.Not your ordinary Bingo game! The rhyming riddles kick it up a couple of notches and make it fun to work on listening comprehension, rhyme, and
Preview of Geography & Map Skills - Reading a Map & Globe Activities & Worksheets

Geography & Map Skills - Reading a Map & Globe Activities & Worksheets

Make teaching mapping skills fun with this map skills mini unit! It covers geography and map navigation basics, including foundational vocabulary; using a compass rose, map key, and simple grid to navigate and read maps and globes; locating continents, oceans, poles, and the equator; and more.Here's what's included:Map Skills Anchor Charts and Vocabulary Cards (map, globe, equator, prime meridian, North Pole, South Pole, latitude, longitude, coordinate, compass rose, key, scale, physical feature
Preview of Fall Bundle Watch, Think, Color Games - Mystery Pictures

Fall Bundle Watch, Think, Color Games - Mystery Pictures

Watch, Think, Color! Students watch the board, think about the clues to figure out the number, and color the spot indicated. When they are finished, they have made a picture.This bundle includes designs inspired by Autumn. There is a Scarecrow, Fall Leaf, Squirrel, Pumpkin, and Owl. This expanding bundle currently includes:Hundreds Chart Fun (Numbers 1-120) - ALL 5 DESIGNSPlace Value - ALL 5 DESIGNSExpanded Notation - ALL 5 DESIGNSReading Number Words - ALL 5 DESIGNSCounting Coins - ALL 5 DES
Preview of Unlock the Pumpkin Patch | Fall Challenges | Math Game

Unlock the Pumpkin Patch | Fall Challenges | Math Game

Are you looking to transform your math content into a fun and engaging learning experience? Look no further! Unlock the Pumpkin Patch is the perfect game to build motivation and perseverance in your students, while reviewing grade level math skills. With multiple ways to play, you can choose the format that works best for you. Want to transform your classroom? Just print the colorful game board and game pieces. Looking for a digital option? No problem! Unlock the Pumpkin Patch can be played on G
Preview of Back to School BINGO Game | Back to School Vocabulary | School Vocabulary ESL

Back to School BINGO Game | Back to School Vocabulary | School Vocabulary ESL

Back to School BINGO is the perfect game for elementary students of all ages! Engage in exciting rounds of BINGO while practicing listening skills and mastering school-specific vocabulary. With 30 unique boards included, the fun never ends! This resource offers several options for BINGO boards, whether you want to print in color or black & white, or would like to play with or without words, you'll have just what you need! Back to School BINGO can be played with the whole class or in small gr
Preview of Bartering Activity with an Interactive Economics Game: Barter, Trade, Create!

Bartering Activity with an Interactive Economics Game: Barter, Trade, Create!

Are your students learning about bartering? This game will have students practice their bartering skills!The object of the game is to get a home, clothing, and food (meat/fish/eggs, bread, AND vegetables). You may barter goods or combine cards to make what you need. A video is now included with instructions for both basic and advanced game play. It is always a bit challenging to learn how to play a new game by reading instructions, so I have created a video overview so that you can familiarize y
Preview of Science and Social Studies Adapted Activities for Special Education BUNDLE

Science and Social Studies Adapted Activities for Special Education BUNDLE

Are you struggling to differentiate science and social studies topics for your students with special needs? Look no further, I've got you covered!Science and Social Studies materials are hard to come by for a self-contained special education setting. This bundle contains many different adapted and differentiated activities to use while teaching your students with special needs about various Science & Social Studies topics!What you will find inside this bundle:Adapted BooksCount It Out Adapte
Preview of Girl Scout Brownies - "First Aid" Activity Pack Bundle - All 5 Steps!

Girl Scout Brownies - "First Aid" Activity Pack Bundle - All 5 Steps!

Brownies learn how to get help in an emergency and treat minor injuries with this printable paper activity pack bundle designed to help fulfill all five steps of the First Aid badge.This scouting helper bundle includes:Calling for Help... - Girl Scout Brownies - "First Aid" Activity Pack (Step 1)Help Is on the Way! - Girl Scout Brownies - "First Aid" Activity Pack (Step 2)Prevent & Treat - Girl Scout Brownies - "First Aid" Activity Pack (Steps 3-5)Remember to "use resources wisely" by leavin
Preview of Missouri History BUNDLE Interactive Notebooks and Enrichment Activities

Missouri History BUNDLE Interactive Notebooks and Enrichment Activities

Are you a teacher in Missouri struggling to find engaging resources to teach Missouri History to your third graders? This TIME-SAVING bundle includes the Missouri History Resources you need to cover the standards!UPDATED 9/05/2023: I have added Famous Missourians Reading Passages and Comprehension Activities (11 passages). In this year long bundle you will find... interactive notebooks (in PRINT and DIGITAL)a bulletin board set a timeline to display in your classroomgamesa Harry S. Truman lapboo
Preview of Earth Day Breakout: Digital Escape Room

Earth Day Breakout: Digital Escape Room

Created by
Katie Surly
Who will be the first to reach the Earth Day 2024 Celebration? If you are familiar with Breakout EDU, this Earth Day digital escape room is completely PAPERLESS! CHECK OUT THE VIDEO PREVIEW ON MY INSTAGRAM @KATIESURLYELA content covered: VocabularyContext CluesParts of SpeechAntonymsInformational TextsABC OrderAND SO MUCH MOREThis content is covered through high-quality non-fiction digital text and comprehension questions within the form.5 things to love about this Earth Day Escape Room:1. NO-P
Preview of Fall Themed Mad Libs - Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives

Fall Themed Mad Libs - Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives

Created by
Katie Minor
Fall is in the air, and your students will love this refreshing parts of speech activity! Use this fun fall-themed Mad Libs activity to help your students learn or review nouns, verbs, and adjectives. You could use it as a fun activity, as morning work, as center work, or as a special treat! Any way you use it, your students will be sure to be giggling - AND practicing their parts of speech! This product contains two “mad lib” style activities with a fall theme. The two stories do not mention
Preview of Earth Day Digital Escape Room: Informational, Fun, and Engaging Activities

Earth Day Digital Escape Room: Informational, Fun, and Engaging Activities

This UPDATED Earth Day Digital Escape Room is a fun and engaging way to introduce students to Earth Day and learn about ways we can all help. Each topic covered has an informational paragraph, a video, a game to play to find the clue for the escape room, and a 'just for fun' game for early finishers. Can they crack the code? Try this FREE Honeybees Escape to check it out.The topics covered are:The history of Earth DayThe importance of plantsWater pollution and how we can helpEndangered animalsRe
Preview of Halloween Counseling Activity Candy Corn Feelings Puzzles

Halloween Counseling Activity Candy Corn Feelings Puzzles

Created by
Counselor Keri
These Halloween candy corn feelings matching puzzles are perfect for emotion identification in early elementary school! Contains 9 emotion puzzles in color and black and white, as well as blank candy corn puzzle templates for students to create their own puzzles! These are great for individual counseling, small group counseling, or centers in whole group classroom guidance lessons. Suggested use: Print and cut individual sections of each puzzle. Give student or small group of students 2-3 puzzle
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Find Social Studies - History resources | TPT

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.

Teaching with social studies resources

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.

Discover printable and digital social studies resources

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.

Frequently asked questions about teaching social studies

What types of social studies lessons are available on TPT?

There are many different types of history resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular social studies lessons include U.S. history, world history, ancient history, geography, civics, and government.

How do I find social studies lessons on TPT?

Educators can save time preparing history lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for social studies resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of social studies lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.