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2nd grade social studies interactive whiteboards for ESL-EFL-ELL

Preview of CVC Rhyming Words PowerPoint Game

CVC Rhyming Words PowerPoint Game

Created by
Lindy du Plessis
Your students will love this interactive CVC rhyming words game; it's bright, engaging, self-correcting, and it promotes active learning. This activity is perfect for kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, or ESL students. Use it as a whole class phonological awareness activity (add whiteboards for whole class participation), or for independent practice during literacy centers. This is a fun and easy way to explore rhyming words and CVC word families. This pack contains two versions: - Version one
Preview of Year One HASS Bundle | History and Geography | Australian Curriculum Aligned |

Year One HASS Bundle | History and Geography | Australian Curriculum Aligned |

| FREE review/update to V9 Australian Curriculum, landing first half of '24. Buy in now to beat the price increase and get the updates free |This bundle includes all of your HASS planning for the entire year! It has four units that explore personal histories, past and present, features of landscapes, geographical skills and more. Featuring detailed lesson plans, PowerPoint slides, activity sheets and assessment; it has everything you need!Want free cover pages? Find them here: Free HASS Cover Pa
Preview of Counting Syllables PowerPoint Game

Counting Syllables PowerPoint Game

Created by
Lindy du Plessis
Your students will love this interactive counting syllables PPT game; it's bright, engaging, self-correcting, and it promotes active learning. This activity is perfect for kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, or ESL students. Use it as a whole class phonological awareness activity (add whiteboards for whole class participation), or for independent practice during literacy centers. This is a fun and easy way to practice syllabification. This pack contains two versions: - Version one has words and
Preview of Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month | Google Slides + PDF

Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month | Google Slides + PDF

Created by
Fishes In First
Are you wanting to teach your students about Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month? Here is a perfect resource for you! This is an e-book and activities, including a map activity, a learning activity with videos, and a true & false activity! A .pdf version of the activities is included as well. You can feel free to add audio to the slides if you are using for distance/remote learning or this resource is perfect for use in the classroom. Happy AAPI Learning!Slides Included
Preview of Personal Pronouns He She They Boom Cards™ Speech Therapy Syntax Grammar Activity

Personal Pronouns He She They Boom Cards™ Speech Therapy Syntax Grammar Activity

Students will practice using personal pronouns (he, she, they) as they describe the actions in these pictures. You could also target action words/verbs, answering "what doing" questions, auxiliary verbs (is/are), and present progressive -ing. This activity is self-correcting and students will receive immediate feedback. There is no sound so students who are not yet reading will need an adult to help them read the cards. Each card features bright photographs that students will relate to. This in
Preview of Paperless Journal Writing Prompts K-2 Distance Learning + Google Slides™

Paperless Journal Writing Prompts K-2 Distance Learning + Google Slides™

These ready to go paperless journal prompts will save you time and stress in the classroom! Great for distance learning and parents teaching kids at home. Comes in a PDF and a version for Google Slides™ so you can easily assign in Google Classroom™. (Check the PDF for the link.)Simply show one of the prompts on the computer or whiteboard (able to display PDF) and the students will respond in their writing notebooks. The "Think, Draw, Write" format allows beginning writers to express their thou
Preview of CVC Word Families PowerPoint Games Onset and Rime Bundle

CVC Word Families PowerPoint Games Onset and Rime Bundle

Created by
Lindy du Plessis
There are 6 CVC word families PowerPoint games in this bundle - one for each short vowel sound and a bonus game that includes all the vowel sounds. Your students will love the games; they're bright, engaging, self-correcting, and promote active learning. The activities are perfect for kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, or ESL students. Use the PPT games as whole class phonological awareness or phonetic activities (add whiteboards for whole class participation), or for independent practice durin
Preview of Auxiliary Verbs Am Is Are Boom Cards™ Speech Therapy Grammar Syntax Activity

Auxiliary Verbs Am Is Are Boom Cards™ Speech Therapy Grammar Syntax Activity

Are you looking for digital resources to target auxiliary verbs (am, is, and are) and syntactic awareness? Students will practice using the correct auxiliary verbs (am, is, are) as they describe the actions in these pictures. You could also target action words/verbs, answering "what doing" questions, personal pronouns (he, she, they), and present progressive -ing. This interactive digital activity is perfect for distance learning, teletherapy, ESL groups, or in-person speech therapy sessions. Wh
Preview of Indigenous Peoples' Day | Digital Google Slides + PDF

Indigenous Peoples' Day | Digital Google Slides + PDF

Created by
Fishes In First
Wanting to teach your students about Indigenous Peoples' Day? This elementary-age appropriate Google Slides e-book also includes a true/false activity and a "history of the land I am on" activity. A .pdf of the activities is also included in case you want a printable version. If you are using this for Distance Learning, you can feel free to add audio so students can listen to you read the text as well!Pages included:-What is Indigenous Peoples' Day?-History of Indigenous Peoples' Day-When is Ind
Preview of CVC Word Families Digital Bundle A E I O U - Google Slides™

CVC Word Families Digital Bundle A E I O U - Google Slides™

This bundle includes word families for CVC a, e, i, o and u (31 word families). Each resource will give your students practice with CVC words and CVC word families. Students will read, build, spell, type, match, and find words. Word Families Included in this Bundle:Short A: -ab, -ad, -ag, -am, -an, -ap, -atShort E: -ed, -eg, -en, -etShort I: - ib, -id, -ig, -im, -in, -ip, -it, -ixShort O: -ob, -od, -og, -op, -ot, -oxShort U: -ub, -ud, -ug, -um, -un. -utThere are 8 different tasks in each word
Preview of Adjectives and Adverbs PowerPoint Game

Adjectives and Adverbs PowerPoint Game

Created by
Lindy du Plessis
Adjectives and Adverbs PowerPoint Game Do your students need extra practice with the identification of adjectives and adverbs? This game is perfect to review adjectives and adverbs! Your students will love the bright colors, animation and sound effects. DIRECTIONS: This PowerPoint must be in Slide Show view or the animation won’t work. STUDENTS: Read the word on the car and the sentence below the car. Is the word on the car an adjective or an adverb? Click on the correct button to answer. I
Preview of Complete and Incomplete Sentences PowerPoint Game

Complete and Incomplete Sentences PowerPoint Game

Created by
Lindy du Plessis
Complete and incomplete sentences are easy to review when you play this interactive PowerPoint game.This grammar activity will help your students with the identification of complete and incomplete sentences. Read each sentence and choose the answer by clicking the correct button. The slides (21 questions) are self-correcting, and the illustrations are bright and beautiful! Please watch the video preview. Always view the PPT in slide show mode, or the interactive buttons won't work.Created by Lin
Preview of Martin Luther King Jr. PowerPoint Lesson for Martin Luther King Day Grades 1 2 3

Martin Luther King Jr. PowerPoint Lesson for Martin Luther King Day Grades 1 2 3

Created by
Laura's Lessons
Let’s Learn About Martin Luther King PowerPoint Lesson will help you present age-appropriate content to your students in first grade, second grade, or third grade. The animated PowerPoint with illustrations will keep young learners engaged as the text is read and discussed. It is perfect for use with a Smart Board or other interactive whiteboard; however it can be used without this technology as long as you have a computer and PowerPoint software. The final page of the PowerPoint includes li
Preview of Spring Speech Therapy Picture Scene Boom Cards for Inferences, WH Questions

Spring Speech Therapy Picture Scene Boom Cards for Inferences, WH Questions

This Speech Therapy Boom Cards activity include 18 colorful scenes with WH questions that are used for vocabulary, verbs, WH questions, expanding sentences, making inferences, making predictions, following directions, and prepositions. Kids will be able to manipulate GIF cat, dog and turtle on each page. You could give directions for draggable animals or have the student tell you where to put the animal. Also, the images could be used as conversation starters for students working on carry over
Preview of Nouns and Verbs PowerPoint Game

Nouns and Verbs PowerPoint Game

Created by
Lindy du Plessis
Nouns and Verbs PowerPoint Sorting Game Do your students need extra practice with the identification of nouns and verbs? This game is perfect to review nouns and verbs! DIRECTIONS: This PowerPoint must be in Slide Show view or the animation won’t work. STUDENTS: Read the word on the hot air balloon. Is it a noun or a verb? Click on the correct button to answer. If you are incorrect, click BACK and try again. If you are correct, click NEXT and go to the next slide. TIP: Use individual whi
Preview of Subject Verb Agreement PowerPoint Game

Subject Verb Agreement PowerPoint Game

Created by
Lindy du Plessis
Are you looking for a fun grammar game? Subject Verb Agreement is easy to review when you play this interactive PowerPoint Game!Help the cool kids complete twenty sentences by clicking the correct verb to ensure subject verb agreement. The slides are self correcting and the illustrations are bright and beautiful! Please view the PowerPoint in slide show mode.More:Subject Verb Agreement PowerPoint & WorksheetsSubject Verb Agreement Task CardsLindy du Plessis 2015.
Preview of BACK TO SCHOOL BOOM CARDS ACTIVITY KINDERGARTEN GAME GOOD & BAD CHOICES SORT

BACK TO SCHOOL BOOM CARDS ACTIVITY KINDERGARTEN GAME GOOD & BAD CHOICES SORT

Created by
FREE YOUR HEART
GOOD CHOICES VS BAD CHOICES BOOM CARDS GAME (BACK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES K-2)This fun digital game is perfect for back to school and is specifically aimed to help kids identify good and bad choices. It contains 34 playable cards and could also be used throughout the year to reinforce good and bad choices. Kids have to look at each picture, determine if the action depicted is a good or bad choice and click the corresponding answer (thumbs up for good choice and thumbs down for bad choice). This
Preview of Christmas Jeopardy!  Christmas Trivia for Elementary!

Christmas Jeopardy! Christmas Trivia for Elementary!

Created by
JB Creations
Christmas Trivia Jeopardy! Kids will answer 25 Christmas trivia questions in this engaging, no prep Jeopardy game that is a perfect holiday party activity! Christmas trivia topics covered include Christmas songs, movies, traditions, foods, and the 12 days of Christmas! 25 questions reviewing thought-provoking facts are arranged in a colorful game board to give students a competitive game-like atmosphere ! Topics and point values are linked to corresponding questions and answers in an interacti
Preview of Alliteration PowerPoint Game Phonological Awareness

Alliteration PowerPoint Game Phonological Awareness

Created by
Lindy du Plessis
Your students will love this alliteration PowerPoint game; it's bright, engaging, self-correcting, and it promotes active learning. This activity is perfect for kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, or ESL students. Use it as a whole class phonological awareness activity (add whiteboards for whole class participation), or for independent practice during literacy centers. This is a fun and easy way to practice alliteration.Please watch the video preview.This pack contains two versions:- Version one
Preview of MAP SKILLS US Geography GOOGLE SLIDES & BOOM CARDS 2nd & 3rd Grade Bundle

MAP SKILLS US Geography GOOGLE SLIDES & BOOM CARDS 2nd & 3rd Grade Bundle

Are you a 2nd or 3rd grade teacher looking for an exciting way to teach and review map skills & geography? This interactive bundle includes both Google Slides and Boom Cards, so there are plenty of activities to keep them entertained. They’ll learn all about landforms, the equator, the prime meridian, hemispheres, latitude and longitude, continents, U.S. regions, world oceans, the compass rose, cardinal directions - all with lots of vocabulary thrown into the mix. If you want to excite your
Preview of December 1st Grade + 2nd Grade Morning Work - 1st + 2nd Grade Writing Prompts

December 1st Grade + 2nd Grade Morning Work - 1st + 2nd Grade Writing Prompts

Created by
Erin Waters
This December morning work product will save your mornings, your sanity, your time--you name it! Mess-less, stress-less, and (almost) paperless! A month's worth of morning journal prompts will engage your students, make them think creatively, and have fun! Also—each prompt has the option to play classical music to calm your students as they focus and write!Prompts are organized to cut down on teacher direction-giving time during the busy morning time. The electronic nature of the prompts creates
Preview of Feed the Monster Category Game Boom Cards™ Speech Therapy Categories Activity

Feed the Monster Category Game Boom Cards™ Speech Therapy Categories Activity

You students will practice receptive language skills (listening, understanding categories, vocabulary, following directions) with this no print digital activity. Each monster will make a specific request (e.g,. "Feed me 3 insects") and the student will drag/drop items into his mouth. Students can complete this activity independently because it is self correcting. They will receive feedback when they submit their answers. It includes spoken directions, GIF animation, and fun sounds. This activi
Preview of Summer Speech Therapy Real Photo Scenes, WH Questions Visuals, ESL, Autism

Summer Speech Therapy Real Photo Scenes, WH Questions Visuals, ESL, Autism

Looking for a fun and interactive way to help your child with their speech therapy goals? Check out these engaging Boom Cards for Speech Therapy! This activity features 20 real photo scenes with WH questions and animated GIF moveable pieces. Kids will learn vocabulary, pronouns, verbs, WH questions, expanding sentences, prepositions, and following directions.Three stacked circles that match the visuals on each page could be used to cover the WH question visuals as each sentence structure is expr
Preview of Winter Boom Cards Speech Therapy, Real Photos WH Questions, Increase MLU

Winter Boom Cards Speech Therapy, Real Photos WH Questions, Increase MLU

Looking for a fun and interactive way to help your child with their speech therapy goals? This engaging winter Boom Card activity features 21 real photo scenes with WH-question visuals and moveable images. It's designed to teach vocabulary, pronouns, verbs, WH questions, expanding sentences, prepositions, and following directions. #byebyeWhen you use real photos in your therapy sessions, you are bringing the best of current learning research and intuitive learning resources to your students, wha
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Find Social Studies - History resources | TPT

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.

Teaching with social studies resources

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.

Discover printable and digital social studies resources

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.

Frequently asked questions about teaching social studies

What types of social studies lessons are available on TPT?

There are many different types of history resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular social studies lessons include U.S. history, world history, ancient history, geography, civics, and government.

How do I find social studies lessons on TPT?

Educators can save time preparing history lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for social studies resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of social studies lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.