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Free 2nd grade social studies projects
Free Play Passport | Passports Kids Printables | Around the World | Pretend Play
Now you can travel around the world in style with your lower elementary grade/ kindergarten/ special education learners. These pretend play passport pages have been designed to be used with my any of my Country Studies and Continent Studies. Simply color in each country as you finish exploring it.Exciting Note:All of our Country Studies (CLICK HERE) and Continent Studies (CLICK HERE) have been freshly updated in 2023 to have the most up-to-date information possible. Check them out and see if th
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PreK - 4th
Also included in: Continent Bundle - Spanish AND English Versions
GREEK MYTHOLOGY Activity | Coloring Pages and Research Projects FREE
This FREE set of Zeus and Medusa coloring pages, posters, and research brochure projects is part of the larger GREEK MYTHOLOGY BUNDLE that makes a great introduction for elementary and middle school students. Copyright © Project Based Learning with Elle Madisontags: Achilles, Andromeda, Aphrodite, Apollo, Arachne, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Atlas, Cronus, Demeter, Dionysus, Eros, Gaea, Hades, Hebe, Helen of Troy, Hera, Hercules, Hermes, Hestia, Iris, Medusa, Minotaur, Odysseus, Pan, Pandora, Pegasus
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PreK - 12th
American Symbols FREEBIE U.S. Symbol Quilt or Class Book Printable
Enjoy this American Symbols FREEBIE!! :)
This product includes headers or sentence starters for many U.S. Symbols. You can use these to create a class book or quilt. My students LOVED creating a symbol quilt this year.
Check out the gorgeous American Symbols Quilt that my students created. American Symbols Quilt by Literacy and Laughter
This product also includes a class book cover and sign to hang near your quilt. :)
UPDATED 2/2017 due to requests.
Symbols Included:
Bald Eagle
Statue of L
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PreK - 3rd
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Barefoot Island - Mapping Symbols
Created for student in 2nd-4th grade, Barefoot Island is a fun, engaging project to help reinforce mapping skills. Students create their own legend using 10-15 symbols that are typically found on maps (i.e. Grocery Store, Gas Station, School). They then add those symbols to their map of Barefoot Island. Students become city planners as they place their symbols in appropriate zones. Glue the complete map and legend to construction paper and you have yourself a great social studies project to hang
Thank You Heroes Coloring Sheets / Cards
With all of the heroes working so hard around us, we wanted to find a small way to give back.We created a freebie with 10 options for coloring including Police Officers, Firefighters, Mail Carriers, Sanitation Workers, Grocery Store Workers, Nurses, Doctors, Teachers, and Farmers.These are great for mailing to someone, coloring and holding in a photo, or even for turning into a Thank You Video!Stay healthy & safe!Lisa & ChristinaTwo Creative Co-workers
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PreK - 5th
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Biography Report in Spanish & English * 3000 Follower FREEBIE!!
This product includes all the templates needed to complete a biography report. It includes a student friendly instruction sheet in both Spanish and English. The templates are great for many grade levels!I have included 24 hero covers and one blank cover to add your own hero! The heroes are commonly known people who have made a difference in the United States and around the world. Heroes Included are:-Martin Luther King Jr.-Thomas Edison-Benjamin Franklin-George Washington-Abraham Lincoln-Barack
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K - 5th
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Veterans Day FREEBIE
Veterans Day is celebrated on November 11. This Veterans Day teach students the importance of veterans to our country and why we celebrate Veterans Day through video, reading, and discussion. The unit is culminated with special projects and activities.
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1st - 4th
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State Report - State Lapbook Freebie
This free STATE REPORT resource provides materials for students to create a State Report Lapbook. Designed with third and fourth graders in mind, this resource includes materials for students to use while conducting research about any state, as well as materials for the presentation of their final writing piece, in a State Report Lapbook. To complete this project, students:• use nonfiction text resources to research their chosen/assigned state,• use a graphic organizer as a prewriting tool to
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Free Geography Map Skills | Drawing a Map | Physical & Political Maps | Grid Map
If you're tired of boring map skills worksheets, this is a resource you've been looking for! In the full unit, students will practice important directional skills such as: cardinal directions, reading a map, reading a map key, drawing a map, political maps vs physical maps, reading a grid map and drawing symbols on a grid map all while having fun, staying engaged, and being creative. This is a sample of the full unit found here.This is the PRINTABLE VERSION, the DIGITAL VERSION is available here
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2nd - 4th
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Continents and Oceans Paper Plate Project
This is one of my favorite things we do in 3rd grade social studies...and it's super easy!Included in this resource...how to use the resource/supply list/how-topage of labels with cutting lines (doubled)page of labels and continents with cutting lines
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1st - 6th
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How We Remember and Honor the Victims of the Holocaust: The Butterfly Project
The first year I taught Night by Elie Wiesel, I was struck by the sense of "unfinished-ness" my students felt upon completion of the text. They said they felt like there should be something "more." We talked about it, and realized that what we really wanted was a way to reflect and remember, and we weren't quite sure how to go about doing so.
As it often does during times of uncertainty, poetry presented itself as a fitting option.
In my research, I came across the book I Never Saw Another But
Grades:
1st - 12th
Create a Timeline
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Timelines are a great way to organize data. This is a great extension activity after learning about timelines or it can be used as a beginning of the year get-to-know-you activity.
The direction page has a blank example box so you can draw in your own example! I recommend enlarging the timeline pages to 11x17. It makes it easier for little kiddo
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K - 5th
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. (Just like Martin Luther King, I...)
Here is very creative as well as visually attractive way to display your students’ writing. I am an artist by nature and was a little scared of posting my hand drawings due to the fact that most people currently prefer the neat, precise computer designs. Regardless, I want to bring the old ways back because that is the essence of my work. The fact that you are now taking the time to check out my store fills me up with joy. Please take the time to rate my work and don’t forget to follow me as I a
Grades:
K - 7th
COUNTRY BROCHURE - Research Project
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Country Brochure - Research Project
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2nd - 6th
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Free Georgia O'Keeffe Lesson Plan: Large Flower Art Project | Great Sub Plan!
Georgia O’Keeffe-inspired Large Format Pastel Flowers Art Project: This free lesson includes all the steps you need to complete this art project with your students. Whether you are a classroom teacher, art teacher, or parent, this art project is for you!Objective: I do not doubt that when you think of Georgia O’Keeffe, you think of large flowers. That is why this Georgia O’Keeffe art activity focuses on large-format flowers. Your students will get to draw and color a sizable O’Keeffe-inspired fl
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2nd - 8th
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Project Based Learning Activity: Design A Chicken Coop
Project Based Learning Activity: Design A Chicken Coop
In this PBL activity students will be designing their very own CHICKEN COOP. Many classrooms use spring time as a chance to learn about chickens, their life cycle, and even raise real ones in the classroom.
Chicken coops are basically little houses that chickens live in during the day and night. Think of tiny houses for fowl. They're pretty amazing because there are so many different designs and ways to create them. They are also ve
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2nd - 6th
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Memorial Day and September 11 Quilt Squares & Hero Activities
Have your students design quilt squares for Memorial Day or September 11th to remember the soldiers or heroes that have died. Put the quilt squares together to make a class remembrance "quilt".
Included also are activities for traits of a hero, examples of everyday heroes, and an acrostic poem for what it means to be heroic.
Visit me at ideabackpack.blogspot.com to see pictures of class quilt squares we made to remember 9/11.
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2nd - 8th
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Black History Month Project Choice Board
In honor of February being Black History Month, here is the perfect way to give students a chance to research and share about the topic. This choice board includes the following projects they can choose from:- Poster- Google Slide Presentation- Newspaper Article- Biography in a Bag- Brochure- Timeline Poster
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2nd - 6th
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Passport - Blank Passport Template a Genesis Amaya Travel Companion
You and your students are sure to LOVE this FREE blank passport template. So fun and so simple to use> Just cut, fold, and staple! Grab your free passport template. Then, HAVE FUN collecting your passport stamps as you join Genesis Amaya on her adventures around the world! Join in the adventures of Genesis Amaya, a 5th grade girl who exploring the countries of the world with her family! Each time she visits a new country, Genesis will send you a letter that includes her sketches and tells
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Country Research Project a Genesis Amaya Adventure BUNDLE
Amelia Earhart Biography & Activity Pack
Amelia Earhart was one of the bravest women in history. She has been an inspiration to women around the world throughout history. Not only was Amelia Earhart the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, but she proved without a doubt that with courage and persistence women can do anything!
Are your students researching and learning about one of the most influential women in History? Then this biography unit with graphic organizers, vocabulary posters, and flip book are just
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1st - 4th
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Ecosystem Research Project
Ecosystem Research Project includes:*Parent introduction letter with expectations (2 pages)*Note taking sheet (2 pages)*Grading rubric (1 page)*Photos of student example projects (1 page)This project addresses Tennessee 3rd grade social studies (geography) and science standards. Students research and create a diorama box or poster to represent a specific ecosystem around the world: Ocean- Great Barrier Reef, Grassland- African Savannah, Tundra- Arctic Circle, Temperate Deciduous Forest- Appalach
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2nd - 4th
FREE Hispanic Heritage Month Project -Country Research Brochure Google Classroom
Looking for a simple and easily accessible project for Hispanic Heritage Month? This freebie includes a brochure template to be filled out after completing research on a Hispanic country's traditions. Within the freebie, you will have a rubric that students can use to self assess their project and to make grading easy on you!This can be easily assigned through Google Classroom for students to edit and easily submit! Works great with other learning management systems, too! This freebie is part of
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2nd - 8th
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U.S. State Report
Have students fill out this informational brochure as they research one of the 50 states. Students will have to find the state capital, major cities, bodies of water, industries of the state, states that border, state motto, state bird, state flower, and state tree.
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2nd - 5th
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Cultures, Holidays, and Traditions Project and Graphic Organizer
This is a project for students to complete at home to better learn about each other, our world, and themselves. In class, each child will present about what his/her family does to celebrate a holiday. During the presentation, the students will share about the traditions they partake in- music, food, clothing, etc.Students will also bring in an "artifact" to represent their holiday and tradtions.I have included the graphic organizer for the students to complete at home, as well as the rubrics I w
Grades:
1st - 4th
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- 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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