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4th grade social studies resources for Microsoft Word $5-10
Stock Market Unit Plan
Two week unit!
Day 1-
Have a discussion on how people can make their money grow. Introduce vocab for unit. Hand out Stock Market passage and answer questions about reading.
Day 2- 3
Vocab matching sheet quiz. Discuss dangers of investing in stocks. Hand out Danger in Stocks handout and answer questions.
Discuss stock symbols. Have students search symbols for 4 teacher chosen stocks and check progress of the stocks together across the week. Tell students they have $1000 to invest. They will
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3rd - 10th
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SHARK TANK Economics Pitches Prototypes PROJECT BASED PBL GATE
Welcome to the shark tank project-based learning unit. Let’s begin our entrepreneurial careers today!
Build critical thinking skills, public speaking success, and bring creativity, language arts, and economics into your classroom in a purposeful and authentic way.
Students will work in collaborative teams to solve a complex, ongoing, inquiry-based problem with a physical product for an authentic audience:
• Brainstorm a product, citing a need that will be fulfilled.
• Construct a prototyp
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
The Branches of Government Webquest Collection
These 4 great webquests go over the 3 branches of government and the Executive Cabinet. Save money and buy the collection! The four webquests can be viewed and purchased individually below:The Executive Branch WebquestThe Executive Cabinet WebquestThe Legislative Branch WebquestThe Judicial Branch WebquestAll of my government lesson plans are in the following collection:Government and Civics CollectionIndividual Government Lesson Plans:Government WebquestsThe Legislative Branch WebquestJudicial
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4th - 10th
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"We Love You, California" Fourth Grade History Play
A fourth grade history play written to include our school's entire fourth grade (94 students). You can adjust the groups (miners, railroad workers, etc.) to fit your student population.Four children need to work on a final California history exam. A time traveler "Zeit Reisander" appears to take them back through time to learn about the amazing history of CA. Songs, humor, and history all rolled into one! European explorers, missions, miners, railroad workers, 1904 San Francisco Earthquake, Ros
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4th
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Road Trip Adventure PROJECT BASED LEARNING for GATE and 3rd - 8th Grades
Come along on a fun project-based adventure as students practice different forms of writing, geography skills, computer and internet technology skills, engineering and design skills, math skills, public speaking, creativity, and art.
Here is your Gold Medal Standard project based learning unit ready to go. Because this project-based unit relies heavily on student creativity and invention, the key knowledge, understanding, and success skills can be scaffolded across many grade levels. This un
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in:Â SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
Carnival Game Economics PBL Project-Based Learning GATE
Smaller tasks add up to big, big learning with this gold medal standard project-based learning activity! What a sneaky cool way to learn math, economics, and functional design! (Insert evil teacher laugh.) It’s a hands-on approach to Common Core Standards.
In Carnival Game Economics, students design a carnival skill game and gather data as junior market researchers during the test phase. They’ll use this data to help make decisions. After making calculations for probability, students will
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
The Civil War "Baseball Cards" Project
Watch your students eagerly research important figures of the Civil War Era in order to create historical "Baseball" cards for each figure. As in real baseball cards, each figure will have a picture and facts of the role he/she played leading up to or during the Civil War. This Civil War project is teacher tested with a great success rate at any level of U.S. History. This project can easily be used in other disciplines (in English - authors, science - scientists, etc.).
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4th - 11th
Speech Therapy Template - SLDT:E - Social Language Development Test Elementary
This template is for The Social Language Development Test -Elementary: (SLDT-E:). This test evaluates social language skills.  The test is comprised of four subtests, each focusing on different skills. The subtests focus on taking someone else’s perspective, making correct inferences, negotiating conflicts with peers, being flexible in interpreting situations and supporting friends. It is designed to be used with children ages 6- 11 years, 11 months years.The template can be inserted into the
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K - 6th
Iqbal by Franceso D'Adamo Workbook
This is an 18 page workbook to use while reading Iqbal by Francesco D'Adamo. The book includes reading comprehension questions that range in difficulty, higher order thinking questions on issues of child labor and social justice, suggestions for ways to get involved in the issue of child labor and a related reading list.
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4th - 9th
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STEAMy GATE 4th 5th 6th PYRAMIDS Unit
Very STEAMy with reading and writing, too! This unit is loaded with higher order thinking tasks, variety across the curriculum, creative responses, and hands-on learning through building and design. It’s the same sort of stuff you’re used to seeing here, and your kids will love it!
• Level—4th through 6th grade GATE
• Time—about 15 hours
• Materials—start saving cardboard!
Craft sticks and tape or low temp hot glue. Otherwise, common classroom materials.
You’ll get explanations, teacher
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4th - 7th
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Bound for Oregon Novel Unit Questions
Reading Bound for Oregon as a class or in a literature circle? Here is an editable packet of comprehension questions you can use to assess student learning. Make them your own to match your teaching style and to meet your students' needs.
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
By exercising the Licensed Rights (defined below), You accept and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License ("Public
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4th - 6th
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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Mayan, Aztec, Inca Sampler Collection (3 Webquests)
This great sampler includes three excellent webquests on the Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas. Save yourself time and money by buying this sampler pack. Each webquest takes about one class period to finish and is perfect for students in grades 5 through 8. An answer sheet is included for the teacher. Click on the links below to learn about each of the webquests included in this sampler.Mayan Daily Life WebquestAztec Daily Life WebquestInca Daily Life WebquestClip art from Illumismart @ Teachers Pay tea
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4th - 8th
Canada, United States, and Mexico Webquest Bundle
This bundle will help you teach the geography and history of Canada, United States, and Mexico through using a bundle of three webquests. These three webquests are sure to improve any geography or history unit related to North America.Click here to view the website.Each webquest contains at least 20 questions and is a great way for students to learn more about the following topics related to Canada, United States, and Mexico:Important and Fun FactsGeographyPeople and CultureNatureGovernment and
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4th - 9th
Financial Literacy Game of Life
Students put their financial literacy skills to use in this game of life. Each group is assigned a job with a salary, fixed and variable expenses, opportunities for investment, gains, and losses. Students track their bank balance throughout and on a daily log. It gives students a realistic insight into managing family resources and they enjoy the game and competition aspect of the activity.
(Note: I suggest you start them with a Day One starting balance of $200).
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3rd - 6th
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Warmup Bellringer templates for Social Studies
Are you tired of coming up with a bellringer or warmup for each day?
Are you tired of grading (and assigning) written response questions?
Looking for ways to incorporate reading and math into your social studies classroom?
Here are three templates complete with instructions and ideas. Use them to help you step outside the box and get your students excited about social studies. Each template includes new activities ready for teachers to plug-n-play the week or unit's key concepts into with only
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4th - 8th
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Australia and New Zealand Geography Webquest Bundle
This collection will help you teach the geography and history of Australia and New Zealand through 3 wequests. This bundle is sure to improve any geography or history unit related to Australia and New Zealand.The webquests contain 16 to 36 questions and are a great way for students to learn more about the following topics related to Australia and New Zealand:Important and Fun FactsGeographyPeople and CultureNatureGovernment and EconomyHistoryAnswer sheets are included for the teacher. QR codes a
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4th - 8th
Canadian Indigenous Visual Art! Turtle Island Shell/ K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Distance
Ready to use resource for K, Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 students.Based on the grade of students, print the appropriate template (as listed in the resource.) *K & Gr. 1 template is ready to add implied texture drawings. *Gr 2 & 3 students start at "Step 3" of the Guided drawing process.*Gr. 4, 5, & 6 start at "Step 2" of the Guided drawing process.*Gr. 6, 7, & 8 start at "Step 1" of the Guided drawing process.
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K - 8th
Also included in:Â BUNDLE! Canadian Indigenous Art! SEVEN Art Projects - PLUS freebie
Spanish Speaking Countries Project - Daily Assignment Packet and Rubric
*** If you use google classroom and prefer to do everything digital - see my slide show version of this!***This is an assignment packet and rubric for a project on a Spanish-Speaking country. The assignment is for students to research a SS country and create a poster for it in the shape of something that is representative of the country (i.e an animal typical of the country, a food, musical instrument, etc.). I personally don't allow them to do the shape of the country or flag - this pushes th
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4th - 12th
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The Mighty Miss Malone reading guide (Common Core aligned)
Overview: In this reading guide, scholars will identify and analyze author’s craft, analyze evidence, use inference skills and make connections to the text. Also, there are writing prompts. Historical context, maps and extension resources are included.
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3rd - 8th
COMMON CORE CLOSE READ - SEPT. 11 BUSH ADDRESS TO THE NATION
George Bush's emotional address to the nation on September 11, 2001 is perfect for a close read. He begins with many literary devices and rhetoric before getting down to business. In this activity, students will identify those devices as well as when he states the true intent of his speech.
This is a shorter speech and it is an 880 Lexile
Common Core Objectives:
6-8.RH.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
6-8.RH.2 Determine the central ideas or
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4th - 11th
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Report Card Comments (3rd/4th gradeor year 4/5)
Third Grade comments for:Social & Emotional - general comment Reader's and Writer's Workshop - Personal Narratives TFUMath WW overview, TFU overview, Math Overview comments In word so that they are editable 20+ comments for each subject area
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3rd - 4th
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Lapbook Template
Need a great project idea for review all in one simple place? I have developed lapbooks for book reviews, social studies era reviews, science processes reviews, etc. They are easy and fun to make and it's easier for students to keep up (in lieu of notes and handouts)!
Start downloading and preparing for those upcoming standardized tests. I'm currently using a lapbook to review the English/Reading standards for my state's standardized test.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Proclamation of 1763 & The Acts of Great Britain Worksheets
It's hard to find student-friendly and developmentally appropriate resources on these colonial topics.
Well look no further!
This is a set of practical and useful WORKSHEETS on the Proclamation of 1763 and The Acts of Great Britain imposed in the 1770's.
Included are 2 maps, 3 pages of short texts, two question sheets, and answer keys.
These resources can be used RIGHT AWAY in your classroom!
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internation
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4th - 8th
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Importance of learning social studies
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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
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