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3rd grade social studies research for Microsoft Word
How To Research Any Topic Online
This packet teaches students how to search effectively online. I walks through why to use special characters when searching as well as how to narrow search results effectively. Students have opportunities to compare results from various search engines. There are tips for effective online research to yield the most relevant results. There are also pages dedicated to the actual research that will help students to identify information that will be needed when creating bibliography/ reference pages.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Editable Titanic Passenger Tickets!
These editable tickets will allow your students to explore what it was like on the titanic in first, second, and third class. This ticket allows you or your students to write in their name, their class, who they are accompanied by, their reason for traveling and any additional comments for their trip. It is perfect for literature and creating fictional characters to write about their journey or your students can research actual passengers from the Titanic and do a mini biography on the real pass
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3rd - 5th
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Countries/Cultures: Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer
Download the preview for a free uneditable version of the base template. The paid product is a .docx editable version which enables you to adjust directions and design elements of the product.
In this lesson students will research various countries and their corresponding cultures. Students will use the graphic organizer to collect information about the customs and people, nature and geography, clothing, and food of the country they are researching.
This product is meant to be paired with Nat
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Winter Holidays Around the World - Project
This is a research report about winter holidays celebrated around the world. I have included the directions to the project, as well as a list of appropriate holidays for your students to research. These directions are very clear and are perfectly suited for 5th grade, but they can easily be adapted for 3rd grade and all the way up to high school. You can choose to make this project homework, or it can be completed in class. I gave my class approximately 4-5 class periods to work on it, and that
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3rd - 12th
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Algonquin Native American Tribes Flip Book
*Students explore the Native American tribes of the "Three Fires"--the Ottawa, Chippewa and Potawatomi
*This flip book refers to the tribes located in Michigan, but students can list any state located in the Great Lake states
*Students will make a flip book to learn about the Three Fires tribes
*Students are given CLOZE passages to complete and learn about the following areas of life for the tribes during the 1760 period
1. Introduction
2. Location
3. Shelter
4. Hunting and Food
5. Clothing
6.
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3rd - 4th
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Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Common Core
This is a unit on the book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. The unit includes reading questions and extensions activities.
Reading Questions:
There are questions for every chapter, as well as the epilogue.
Extension Activities:
1. The life cycle of a mosquito using teacher approved site and creation of a foldable
2. Primary Source Dissection using An American Plague: the True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
3. Research projects, divided up among
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3rd - 12th
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13 Colonies Online Scavenger Hunt (Bundle)
Save $2.25 by getting the bundled scavenger hunts for the New England, Middle, and Southern Colony scavenger hunts. For this fun and interesting Internet based activity students use the clickable links to access web pages in order to answer questions about the 13 colonies. This activity helps students not only understand more about the 13 colonies but allows them to practice their reading/researching skills involving informational text as well as writing skills. I usually have the students acces
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3rd - 6th
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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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Grades:
2nd - 4th
National Parks Brochure
With this travel brochure, we read the book The Camping Trip That Changed America and researched national parks from, https://www.nps.gov/index.htm which opened up discussion for preservaiton of nature, endangered species, landforms, researching, and more.
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1st - 8th
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NGSS:
2-LS4-1
, K-ESS3-2
, K-ESS3-3
Three Branches of Government Project!
Just print and put together! The kids will love this hands on project! They look great displayed in your classroom hanging from the ceiling or on the wall!
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3rd - 6th
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Fourth Grade ELA Common Core Iroquois Longhouse Project
As part of the Common Core State Standards and New York State history, teaching the students about the Iroquois culture is one of our highest priorities!
This project supports both of those curriculum-based goals.
It supports the ELA Common Core curriculum, AND is a creative and artistic way to get students engaged in the culture of the Iroquois.
Included in this set is:
-a parent letter explaining the project
-a student overview, including a STEP by STEP checklist
-a Learning RUBRIC, designe
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Viking Scavenger Hunt: Internet Research
Utilizing a highly engaging website students will research the history of the Vikings and Viking life. They will also have an opportunity to creatively express what they've learned in drawings and comic strips. This can be an individual or team assignment; done in a computer lab or for homework if students have access to the internet at home. Question sheet, instructions and answer key included.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
50 States Project
This research activity is great for any class studying the 50 states. This can be use as a class book by having each student complete one page or work together and each student will end up with their very own book.
There is one state per page each page includes a map of the state and a coloring book version of its flag. There is also room for students to collect information on the states abbreviation, nickname, year of statehood, capital state flower, state bird and interesting facts. The infor
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2nd - 6th
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History of Transportation Timeline Activity and Worksheet
This packet includes events from the history of transportation that students can cut out and glue down to create a timeline. To go with the timeline, there is a worksheet with questions and also research extension activities with a writing rubric. This activity goes GREAT with my "History of Transportation" PowerPoint that you can find here on my site!
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3rd
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Elvis Presley Biography Reading and Answer WS
Students will learn a little about Elvis Presley's life through a short biography. There are 10 questions to assess them on what they just read.
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1st - 5th
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My Story: A research project on my heritage and community
Upper elementary, middle school, and high school students embark on a discovery of one's historical identity through the interview and family research process. This guide can be used in social studies classes, English classes, and in electives. Lessons include: family, community, culture, ethnicity, history, and identity. This lesson can be used as a springboard for a lesson on immigration and refugees.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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State Report - Outline, Rubrics and Poster
This structured outline for a research report will support your students in the writing process. It is a detailed, step-by-step guide for each topic area with 5-sentence paragraphs. It also includes a State poster project and rubrics.CCSS: W5.1, W5.2, W5.3, W5.4,W5.5, W5.7, W5.8, W5.9, L5.1
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Winter Holidays of the World Project Based Research
Need a fun way to practice research skills that will keep students engaged and excited to work before the Holiday break? Here it is!
This 1 1/2- 2 week research project gives you the context for your research, supporting materials, planning and reflection sheets, parent letters, student checklist, grading checklist, and a calendar of events.
I have described how I use this project to teach questioning, note-taking and summarizing, paraphrasing, bibliographies, finding reliable websites, and m
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Famous Americans Graphic Organizer
Students can use this carefully formatted graphic organizer to "catch" their research of a Famous American for a project or biography. The graphic organizer highlights important facts to know about a Famous American (past or present).
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
The Story of the Erie Canal: Reader's Theater Play
This is a short classroom play about the Erie Canal. It is very useful for reader's theater, a class activity, or a short class play! It is filled to the brim with his historical information. Feel free to make changes to fit your school's needs.
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3rd - 6th
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Biography Report Questions
Biography report questions divided into three sections for students to create a three paragraph report.
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2nd - 5th
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Autopsy: Totalitarianism State, Part 1
The students will be looking into a specific Totalitarianism State before World War II and will be researching major themes provided. The students will be depicting this through an autopsy project where the students will be drawing a person him/herself or someone from that time period with the themes surrounding the person. Students have autonomy on who they want to draw as long as it adds to the project. This assignment is created to be fun, creative, and most importantly… informative.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Autopsy: Totalitarianism State (1919-1939)
Autopsy: The New World, Part I
The students will be looking into a specific New World Colony and will be researching major themes provided. The students will be depicting this through an autopsy project where the students will be drawing a person him/herself or someone from that time period with the themes surrounding the person. Students have autonomy on who they want to draw as long as it adds to the project. This assignment is created to be fun, creative, and most importantly… informative. The students will be looking int
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Autopsy: The New World
State Regions Brochure Project Rubric
Looking for an engaging Social Studies project that will challenge your students to learn more about a specific region of your state? Look no further, because I've created an extensive brochure project rubric for you to use with your students! The rubric can be changed to focus on any state's regions (it is currently typed up as a North Carolina rubric). The rubric requires students to...
- Find key cities and landmarks in the region
- Note fun activities people can do in the region
- Research
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3rd - 5th
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