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Economics Unit PBL - Market Day, Needs and Wants, Goods and Services Activities
Looking for an authentic learning experience for teaching economics to your primary students? This bundle includes engaging activities for goods and services along with needs and wants. This bundle also includes a large product that includes everything needed for a Market Day PBL. A Market Day project is a wonderful way to end the economics unit in your classroom! Check out my video ALL about Market Day! Click Here.Save 20% with this Bundle!Products Included:Related Products► Market Day PBL - ED
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1st - 3rd
Build a City Community Development Social Studies Project Based Learning
BUILD A CITY! Box Town is an exciting Social Studies Urban Planning and Community Development PBL Unit that can be done as a collaborative activity with your Second, Third, or Fourth Graders. What better way to build ‘classroom community’ than by building a community in your very own classroom!WHY I CREATED THIS RESOURCE:Elementary students LOVE to explore and build. They are curious about cities, towns, maps, and geography. I have found that creating a 3D city is the perfect opportunity to nur
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2nd - 5th
Personal Timeline Project Editable
This is an editable personal timeline project. Students create a timeline all about their life past to present. They can include pictures or draw pictures of themselves along with all the information about special events in their life. I like to hang these in my classroom or in the hall to showcase our students!**This is a PowerPoint file so you will need PowerPoint in order to edit the file.**Included in this resource:- 2 letters to parents (a prewritten one where you can sign your name and
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2nd - 4th
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Economics Unit and Mini-Society Resources!
This Economics Unit and Mini-Society packet covers Georgia Performance Standards:
SS3E1 The student will describe the four types of productive resources: a. Natural (land), b. Human (labor), c. Capital (capital goods), d. Entrepreneurship (used to create goods and services)
SS3E2 The student will explain that governments provide certain types of goods and services in a market economy and pay for these through taxes and will describe services such as schools, libraries, roads, police/fire pro
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2nd - 5th
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A Biography Study of Famous Americans
Get ready to dive into the world of biographies! This 42-page packet consists of tons of goodies for studying Famous Americans - biography style!
The following pages are included in this great resource:
-Title Page
-Table of Contents
-General Overview on how to make the most of this unit
-Parent Letter
-2-page list of Famous Americans
-Top Choice sheet for narrowing down which person the student chooses to focus on
-Class List of Famous Americans to help you keep track of who has who
-Website
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1st - 6th
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When I Grow Up I Want to be | Writing Activities | Prompts | Game for 1st Grade
I love to hear the answers to this simple question that I asked my first graders every year. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Recently I asked my granddaughter what she wanted to be when she grew up and she answered immediately, “ I want to be a nail salon technician!” Their answers can be so innocent and honest at 5 or 6 years old! I have had firemen, vets, doctors, policemen, race car drivers, fashion models, singers, hairdressers and more. What is even better is the presentation w
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1st - 2nd
Living Wax Museum Parent Letter
This living wax museum project is by far one of my favorite things about teaching 3rd grade. Truth be told this wax museum project can be used from 2nd grade all the way until 6th grade. Students take on the role of someone else, they dress up like an important historical figure and then they put on a show for their families and entire school It is a memory that is worth creating for your students! This is just one piece of the project (the letter to send to parents), but you can grab the bundle
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Living Wax Museum Project
Culture Presentation + Google Research! (Grades 2-3)
Is your Social Studies curriculum tough to jazz up? Do you wish you had something comprehensive and low-prep to present to your students? Do you want it to be interactive and exciting? My Culture Presentation is exatly what your students are craving!This cross-curricular file comes with:✩The history of immigration in the United States, and why we are called a melting pot.✩Background on the values of American culture, and waht has attracted people to our culture✩Interactive slides on 6 different
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2nd - 3rd
Wax Museum Project- Everything You Need!
Wax Museum Biography Project!This product comes with everything you need to create a smooth running, wax museum project in your classroom. Students choose a biography/person to research and put on their own living wax museum. This product comes with...*Letter home to parents*Invitation to Wax Museum *Student Assignment List Page*2 Student Research Pages *Portrait Template*Timeline Template*Speech Rough Draft Template*Speech Final Draft Template*Rubric for grading
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2nd - 5th
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Community Helper Research Project
This community helper research book is a great opportunity for your students to connect with members of their community by interviewing community helpers or reading about and researching a career of interest in the helping professions. If you wish to assign this as a take-home project, a parent letter is included. I’ve also included a graphic organizer to aid students in organizing their research and a booklet which students can fill out as a means of summarizing what they have learned. The boo
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1st - 3rd
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Black History Month Project Letter and Rubric
For project-based learning, we used this during the month of February to help our students come up with some amazing projects to display at our school. This is editable with Microsoft Word and includes a letter to parents (including an example) and the rubric by which projects may be graded. Rubric may be printed on the reverse side of the hand out so that students and parents know what is expected. The PDF version is newly available and looks much nicer; include your due date before copying and
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1st - 3rd
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All About Me Flip Flap® Lapbook
All About Me activity. Your students will LOVE creating this All About Me Flip Flap® Lapbook during the first few weeks of school!This All About Me Flip Flap® Lapbook is a complete project that will have your students' heads and hands busy having fun and learning at the same time. This unit is PERFECT for your Back to School Night displays on your bulletin board or at your students' desks for your parents to peruse.Included in this All About Me Unit is:* 6 Different Interactive Flip Flap Books
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K - 3rd
Biography PowerPoint Project: Digital Learning
This product includes; 1. 70 pages of pre-made PowerPoint Templates (7 of 10 slides each) 2. 63 pages of completely editable PowerPoint slides (7 of 9 slides each) 3. 15 pages of directions, graphic organizers, and grading rubrics***This product HAS been tested in Google Slides. It transfers easily and can be manipulated for your classroom needs!
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2nd - 5th
Hispanic Heritage Month Craftivity/Project!
For Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrate 14 different and very influential Hispanic Americans with this cute craftivity/project! This resource has two Hispanic Americans (2 flags) per page. There is regular lines and options with primary lines for the little ones. I also included blank flags for you to choose your own questions and get creative yourself! The Hispanic Americans included in this are:Celia CruzSelenaCesar ChavezSonia SotomayorRoberto ClementeEllen OchoaJuan Felipe HerreraDolores Huer
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K - 5th
Flat Stanley Project Start to Finish
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- Letter to Parents explaining project
- Response from the parent to the teacher with information about who the recipient of Flat Stanley will be
- Flat Stanley for students to decorate/cut out/mail
- Letter template from Flat Stanley (student) to the recipient
- Letter template from recipient to student
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K - 3rd
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Create Your Own Invention - Project Based Learning Writing Activity
Snag this easy-prep mini-project for students learning about technological inventions in the past and present, businesses in the community, and economics! This is a great project-based learning activity combines writing with social studies - it allows students to get creative and practice their writing skills! Students will create an invention of their own using teacher-provided materials already on hand - no need to buy extra items! This activity can be done independently or in groups, and is a
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Project and Research Activity Bundle for Grades 3-5
My Culture Project
Before young students can understand cultures around the world, its a great idea to let them explore their own culture! This project includes six different choices for students to explore their own cultures. The choices are: a poster, telling a story, sharing a recipe, interviewing a family member, sharing music or a dance, researching clothing. Each page of the project can be duplicated for students so that they can take the project home to complete it. Each choice includes some writing and ans
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2nd - 5th
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Landforms | Digital Research Project | Distance Learning
Landform Research Project | Digital Research ProjectThis interactive research lesson is perfect for continuing student learning. This lesson will take students through researching a specific landform. Students will research where the landform is located, pictures, facts, and so much more! This product is easy to use through Google Slides and allows students to type directly on the slides with easy-to-access text boxes.Included in TPT purchase:All About Landforms CoverChoose a Landform SlidePictu
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2nd - 9th
Thanksgiving Squanto Lap Book
Learning about Squanto and the Pilgrims is part of Thanksgiving. Make it interesting with this engaging, hands-on lap book activity. This Thanksgiving resource includes 4 activities to complete the lap book, plus two additional activities.Learn the back story about Squanto to explain how he was able to help the Pilgrims survive in the New World.❔ Where was Squanto's family?❔ How did he learn to speak English well enough to communicate with the Pilgrims?❔ Why wasn't he wary of the Pilgrims?Learn
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1st - 3rd
Travel Brochure Digital Writing Template Activity - No-Prep for Microsoft Word
Engage students' curiosity about the world with the Travel Brochure template. They can easily add their research and information to this template, print, and share their information in brochure form! Great addition for a Ontario Grade 2 Social Studies - Global Communities unit.What is included:Microsoft Word editable templateCategory boxes: Climate, Food, Things To Do, LocationAdditional space to include pictures, maps and additional textGet both Microsoft WORD AND Google SLIDES version in this
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1st - 5th
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City Collages - Jacob Lawrence
City Collages - Jacob LawrenceAn art project and presentation about the work of Jacob Lawrence. Students will learn how to create a collage of a busy city using geometric shapes, the layering process and oil pastels. This lesson includes a detailed 25-slide PowerPoint presentation packed with information about Jacob Lawrence and his paintings of Harlem, includes questions to ask your class to promote critical thinking, tips and recommendations for teachers in the slide notes, and visuals with s
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1st - 6th
American Indian Cultural Pole Project
American Indians Cultural PoleThis project / activity instructions includes instructions, grading rubric, gallery walk comparison graphic organizers, and instructions for each tribe. We know southwest American Indians did not create totem poles, but if they had created totem poles based on their culture, what would they look like?You will create a visual representation illustrating your research in the form of a cultural pole. You will present your project to the class in a gallery walk. In grou
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1st - 8th
Blank Timeline
This can be used as a planning sheet for a personal timeline project, or as a graphic organizer for any timeline of events.
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1st - 4th
Totem Pole Power Point
This connects with the writing activity or can stand well alone as a brief summary of totem poles.
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1st - 5th
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- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
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