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5th grade social studies resources for SMART Notebook under $5
Intro to Branches of Government (Smart Notebook)
A Smart Notebook presentation that I made for my 3rd grade class. It walks through the 3 branches of government with the kids. It also has opportunities to click on attached links to visit various government sites. I also tried to include some matching games for definitions, pictures of important government buildings, charts showing how government power "flows", and some fill in the blanks. It would be a good review (if you had already taught the 3 branches) or a good introduction.
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3rd - 5th
Medieval Times - Smartboard Whiteboard File Middle Ages 84 Slides
This Smartboard is a very visual presentation of Medieval concepts and ideas for the visual learners in your classroom. Medieval Times Unit includes 84 colourful pages/ slides.
Included are:
A)The Feudal System Pyramid (One Blank, One Completed),
B) Daily Life of Medieval Times Chart,
C) Comparison Chart - Today's Society Compared to Medieval Society
D) Circle Chart Showing Farming Crop Rotation
E) How A Boy Becomes A Knight
F) Outline to Fill in Today's Concerns and Medieval Concerns regard
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Medieval Times - Middle Ages Bundle - PPT, PDF, Smartboard Files.
US States and Capitals SMARTboard Activities
This SMARTboard unit contains 18 slides. Each of the five US regions has 3 slides: It begins with an introduction page with a US Map and movable states of that region. Next is a scrambled state slide where students arrange the states of that region. The last slide is a click and reveal to practice the capitals.
This unit is great for social studies class and to use in small groups or individually to help students learn their US state and capital.
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3rd - 5th
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Texas Heroes - Stephen F. Austin - For Smartboard
Included in this Stephen F. Austin Smartboard Pack you will receive:
* KWL chart
* Texas Pledge Slide
* Biography (2 pages of facts and history for you to have right at your fingertips),
* Blank Austin Bubble Map
* Fill in the Blank interactive slide
* Glow in the Dark (slide and reveal) page
* Venn Diagram to compare/contrast a variety of political figures (Austin, Houston, Navarro, Lincoln, Washington)
*Writing Prompt Page for students to describe a reason why they like Stephen F. A
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PreK - 5th
Longitude and Latitude SMART Notebook Activity
Students complete a SMARTboard activity using lines of longitude and latitude. I used this after showing students a clip about what longitude and latitude are in a station. These questions prompt students to use longitude and latitude to find states and continents. Students will need to use maps from an atlas to complete this activity.If you like this activity, check out my Acids and Bases Litmus Lab.Acids and Bases Lab♦ Interested in more of my RuthAnn Lane resources and products?Check out my w
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3rd - 6th
Northeast Region Map and Smartboard Activities
These Smartboard slides were created to help students who are studying the regions of the United States to learn the states, capitals and abbreviations. Students can label the maps. Also, the last slide focuses on key terms of the history, culture, geography, climate, agriculture, and manufactoring of this region.
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: REGIONS OF UNITED STATES SMART BOARD SLIDES *BUNDLE/ EDITABLE
Elements on a map
This Smart Notebook focuses on the elements of a map. MUST HAVE SMART NOTEBOOK APPLICATION TO USE THIS PRODUCT. There are 8 key terms, including title, scale, compass rose, cardinal directions, intermediate directions, contiguous, inset map and legend. It is 4 slides long with visuals for each vocab word as well as a formal definition. It is followed by two pages of interactive practice for students.
Grades:
3rd - 7th
All Around Town Map Skills Lesson SMARTBOARD
This interactive smartboard lesson provides practice is cardinal directions and reading a map. A little red car can be moved around the board to make the lesson more concrete and easier to understand. Skills begin easy by asking what street buildings are on to get students accustomed to reading the map. As you move through the lesson, questions become more difficult and higher level thinking skills are needed. Students practice east, north, south, west, cardinal directions, locations on map,
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2nd - 5th
Citizenship & Human Rights - Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms
Citizenship & Human-Rights-Smartboard Lesson-The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms-a tricky concept to teach elementary students, this interactive whiteboard lesson makes it colourful, interesting, and gives visual stimulation-lesson goes with my "Citizenship & Human Rights Student Booklet", along with several other Smartboard Lessons -great for teaching concepts prior to complet
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2nd - 6th
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Learn Directions & The Compass Rose SMART Notebook Lesson
With this Smart Notebook lesson, your students will learn where the Cardinal and Intermediate directions are located on a Compass Rose.
This flipchart is highly interactive with containers, interactive games and activities, plus an assessment using your response voters.
Your students will love learning directions with this Smartboard lesson. Enjoy!
YOU MUST HAVE SMART NOTEBOOK SOFTWARE ON YOUR COMPUTER IN ORDER TO USE THIS FILE! Enjoy!
Grades:
1st - 5th
Black History Month Famous African Americans Current times
Students will learn about 10 very famous black americans of today. Recognizable people will catch their attention, brief description of their accomplishments will help them remember. Two interactive slides, then photo page to print out. Students can write about one or two people they were most interested in.
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K - 5th
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Urban, Rural and Suburban Jeopardy Game
This Jeopardy Game features 5 questions for each of its 4 catoegories- Urban Communities, Rural Communities, Suburban Communities and Communities in general.
Once students have learned about each of these communities, they can have fun testing their knowledge by answering these questions on this interactive SmartBoard Game. Students can come up to the SmartBoard and click on the question that they would like to answer. Questions get more challenging as you go from $100 to $500.
There are 2
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K - 5th
Early Transportation/Ohio History: SMART board notes and activities
I created this as an alternative to our Ohio History textbook. It has information on early roads, canals, railroads and steamboats. In addition to the background information, there are links to videos for the types of transportation from YouTube, a Venn diagram where you can compare and contrast the types of transportation, great picture visuals, and a time like that the kids can construct by using the SMART board and their notes. It is a basic note-based supplement that is tied specifically
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3rd - 6th
Crossing the Road Safely - Road Safety
This is a SMART notebook file for teaching a lesson about road safety. It was made for the UN World Road Safety Day, but it can be used anytime of the year to teach a lesson about crossing the road safely.
This lesson was designed for a special needs class but easily can be used for most ages and abilities. It is suitable for regular classroom teacher, but would also be great for relief teachers as a one of lesson.
The lesson includes videos, activities and an activity at the end to complete to
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PreK - 9th
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What are Political and Physical Maps? Smartboard Smart Notebook Presentation
This is a Smartboard Presentation that explains what physical and political maps are. There are 10 slides. There are "turn and talk" opportunities for your students. There are several vocabulary words explained. Good resource to begin teaching about the pupose of maps.
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2nd - 5th
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Ancient Egypt Primary
47 page presentation is designed to use over three lessons. This smart board was specifically designed with the younger students in mind. Excellent illustrations along with simplified explanations make this smart board easy to use and engaging to primary grades. Nine links for relevant, short video clips or online activites. It provides many opportunities for student interaction. This presentation provides information on the importance of the Nile River to the Ancient Egyptians, Daily life an
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1st - 5th
Learn the States - state names, capitals, abbreviations (Smartboard activities)
This product allows you to teach the different states within the United States in a FUN way!
Students are able to drag the states' names, capitals, or abbreviations to the appropriate location on the map. Correct answers will respond but incorrect answers will bounce back into the list. (Allows immediate evaluation of the students' knowledge of the material)
The SMARTboard activities teach/reinforce the states within different regions of the continent. By working with only a few states at a
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Central America and The Caribbean - Spanish Lesson
This Notebook file is a great introduction to the countries and capitals of Central America and Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries. Students can move around the labels of the countries and capitals, play a dice game to practice what they know, and enjoy several rap songs. Spanish sentence-starters will help students talk about where the countries are located. Also included are pictures from around Central America and flags.
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5th - 12th
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Thanksgiving Themed Jeopardy Game for Smartboard - SMART Notebook
What a fun way for your students to learn about the Thanksgiving holiday! This Jeopardy game includes 25 categories, with each category having five questions each. The categories are: Pilgrims, Fun Facts, Math, Grammar, and Turkey! A scoreboard for three teams is included on the main page, as well as all buttons and questions needed to play the game. This Smart Notebook file is 28 pages long and features cute graphics in a Jeopardy style game.
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2nd - 7th
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Christmas Around the World - Germany
This SMART notebook file is full of information about Germany and the traditions that we acknowledge that originated in Germany. This is a great resource for a Christmas Around the World unit. This SMART NOTEBOOK file includes the following:-map of Germany-German flag and its meaning-German anthem (link to video with music and words)-fairy tales from Germany (link to video)-famous castles in Germany including Cinderella's (link to video tour)-German dances (link to video to watch dance being p
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K - 5th
Branches of U.S. Government Lesson for SMARTBOARD - Smart Notebook File
This 28 page Smartboard lesson will be sure to engage your children as they learn about the three branches of the United States government. The students will learn about the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch including Congress, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Judicial Branch. This flipchart lesson includes activity builder activities, links to outside videos and games, as well as nine pages of voting for your students.
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3rd - 7th
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Coordinate & Mapping Skills
This is an introductory lesson about coordinate mapping. It begins by demonstrating the X and Y axis and teaching them how to read them in the correct order. Then it moves into asking the children to identify the location of certain items on the map. Lastly, it asks them to write the locations of the items on the lines on the board. Great thing about Smart, is that if a child is absent, print the pages, and send them home for homework, or great for make-up work! This lesson is aligned with the N
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3rd - 5th
Thanksgiving Then and Now Smartboard Activity
Thanksgiving Now and Then SmartBoard Venn diagram activity comparing the food of the first Thanksgiving to Thanksgiving today. Add to your Thanksgiving activities. Using the movable text on a SMART interactive whiteboard, students drag the names of Thanksgiving foods to where they think they should go on the diagram. Then they can check the key to see if they are right on the next page, and link to an interesting informational article to read about the first Thanksgiving! Fun November activity!
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities Bundle Grades 3 - 6
Famous African Americans and Women of the Rev. War- Smartboard Lesson
This 17 slide smartboard lesson introduces the key African Americans and women who played a role during the Revolutionary War including Crispus Attucks, Peter Salem, Molly Pitcher, Martha Washington, and Abigail Adams.
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3rd - 5th
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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.
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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.
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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.
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