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3rd grade social studies independent work packets under $5
End of the Year Craft Activity Last Week of School Me on the Map Skills Review
Looking for an End of Year Craft Activity to Review Map Skills? Want a Last Week of School Writing Project? This Me on the Map flip book and summer writing pages are perfect for 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th grade students!This Maps and Globes activities pack has 8600+ POSITIVE REVIEWS and is the original & most highly-rated Me on the Map Project Activity Bundle on TpT. Teach map skills with crafts, printable worksheets, flip books & a nesting circle craftivity for the book by Joan Sweeney.It wil
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1st - 5th
I Survived the American Revolution 1776 Novel Guide
I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 Novel Guide is perfect for teaching American history, about Revolutionary War, social studies, and language arts. Formats: Printable & Nearpod (integrates with Google Classroom) The novel guide includes; Learning ObjectivesPre, during and post reading activitiesChapter by chapter comprehension questionsWord searchWords in contextCause & Effect ActivityNew vocabularyCharacter AnalysisKLW Chart Nearpod Teacher Access is included on the last page of
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: I Survived Series BUNDLE
Black History Month Reading Comprehension Passages Biographies Research Poster
Black History Month Activities made simple! Celebrate Black History Month with biography close reading passages your students will love to read! Grab these close-reading articles to help your students learn about important African Americans while they reflect on their lives with critical thinking reader reflection tasks.These activities are perfect to tie together important history and nonfiction reading.This pack has 4 biographies to help you teach about African Americans and includes critical
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Famous Person Biography Reading Comprehension Passages Scientists
Map Skills | Project Based Learning | Geometry | Printable & Digital | Google
Have your students demonstrate their understanding of many different math concepts while designing a map of their own town! This hands-on math activity is a project that will definitely engage your students.Check out the preview for more details!Objective: To demonstrate an understanding of geometric terms and measurement. Students will be designing and drawing a map that will incorporate many mathematical concepts.The following concepts will be covered through this project-based learning activi
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Project Based Math Activities BUNDLE
Biography Passages Women in History Reading Comprehension Poster Activities
Looking to celebrate Women's History Month with engaging biography reading passages about important women heroes with your 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders? This pack includes 6 biography close reading passages and critical thinking and text-dependent comprehension questions for each. This set includes poster templates for students to create based on any woman they want to research! Use the articles included or student research to complete.Also included are different open-ended activities to use with
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Famous Person Biography Reading Comprehension Passages Scientists
Viking Ship Interactive Distance Learning Geoexplorers Reading Project Vikings
Explore the world with my Geoexplorers projects! This project focuses on the Viking ships of Norway and Scandinavia. Have your students read the included story about Vikings and answer questions related to the text. A second page using the vocabulary will help the students find the meaning of new words. Once the reading lesson is complete, your students get to build their own Viking ship! This lesson can be used independently, or to enrich a unit already being taught. The page of directions can
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3rd - 8th
Greek Myth Reading Passage and Questions: Achilles
Practice deep reading comprehension with this fun Greek myth based on Achilles. Students will read a one page story about Achilles, the brave Greek warrior with a hidden weakness. This passage offers ten text dependent reading comprehension questions.Students will practice important reading comprehension skills such as author's purpose, vocabulary, figurative language, cause and effect, theme, and character traits. Some questions require more than one answer. Some questions have more than one pa
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2nd - 8th
Also included in: Greek Myths Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions
India! Diwali Craft—Watercolor Doodle Rangoli Mandala, No Prep, Symmetry
Students make a fun and easy Indian rangoli craft to celebrate India’s biggest festival of the year, Diwali, the Festival of Lights. INDIA! Watercolor Doodle Rangoli Mandala teaches students about rangoli, an ancient art form that is used to decorate floors and entrances to homes in India. Rangoli is also known as mandala or kolam. Then students practice radial symmetry using watercolors and markers to add color and doodles to their own template. Product includes, all as Adobe files - Introducti
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1st - 8th
USA LANDMARKS Coloring Pages Activity | Bulletin Board Decor Posters
Set of 15 Famous USA Landmarks with Informational Text Coloring Pages or Posters. Makes a great addition to history interactive notebooks, biography projects, or research units. Keep these in your early finisher folder for no-prep fun.CLICK HERE to save 30% on this resource in the American Landmarks Bundle!Famous USA Landmarks Included: The AlamoCloud GateEmpire State BuildingFreedom TowerGateway ArchGolden Gate BridgeThe Grand CanyonHollywood SignHoover DamLas Vegas StripMount RushmoreSpace Nee
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2nd - 5th
Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions: Ancient Greece - Hercules
Introduce students to the most famous hero in ancient Greece with this fun, engaging reading passage. Students will work through a four page story detailing each of the twelve labors of Hercules. 10 text dependent multiple choice questions are included. Students will practice critical reading skills including identifying character traits, determining cause and effect relationships, analyzing figurative language, making inferences, using context clues, identifying theme, summarizing, and drawing
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Greek Myths Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions
7 Continents Country Research Project 3rd Grade Elapsed Time Social Studies Maps
This is a research-based learning project that integrates social studies, math, and writing. To complete this project, students will go on a world tour of six different countries around the world. Through their travels, they will learn the location of these countries along with important facts. To get to each destination, students must use their budgeted money to buy plane tickets. They will:use subtraction with regrouping to calculate how much money is left after each purchase determine the len
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3rd - 4th
Also included in: Travel Project Bundle Country Research PBL STEM Challenges
September 11 Reading Comprehension Passage and Easel Activity
September 11 or Patriot Day activity for upper grades. A kid-friendly informational text reading passage of the events of 9-11 with comprehension questions, and a flag coloring sheet. Includes original photos of the fire department memorial at Ground Zero. Students read the nonfiction story or have it read to them and look at the photos and discuss what happened on 9/11. (Can be projected for the whole class to see.) Then they answer the comprehension questions and write an acrostic poem for Pat
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3rd - 6th
Greek Myth Reading Passage and Questions: Medusa
Practice valuable close reading strategies with this fun Greek myth based on Medusa and Perseus. Students will read a one page story about the adventures of Medusa and Perseus. This passage offers ten text dependent reading comprehension questions.Students will practice important reading comprehension skills such as finding character traits, figurative language, cause and effect relationships, synonyms, identifying genre, text structure, identifying theme, and main idea. Some questions require m
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Greek Myths Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions
LABEL MAP OF THE WORLD: Continents, Oceans, Mountain Ranges! NO PREP!
Your students will love learning about mountain ranges, oceans, and continents with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans or homework packets!Resource Includes: Label Map with Word Bank (Continents, Oceans, and Mountain Ranges)Color Map (Continents, Oceans, and Mountain Ranges)Cut and Paste (C
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K - 4th
Stonehenge Distance Learning Independent paper project ancient history activity
Explore the world with my Geoexplorers projects!Perfect for little hands, this do-it-yourself project will let everyone get involved! The project consists of three pieces of paper, two with Stonehenge blocks, and one of the base. Just print the base out on green paper, and print the two stone sheets on white paper (or even better, some stone-looking paper used for scrap-booking!). Each little stone is printed on both sides, with a number on the bottom. Have your students cut out each stone piece
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K - 4th
Greek Myth Reading Passage and Questions: King Midas
Practice valuable close reading strategies in your classroom with this fun Greek myth based on King Midas. Students will read a one page story about King Midas and his famous golden touch. This passage offers ten text dependent reading comprehension questions. Students will practice important reading comprehension skills such as author's purpose, vocabulary, point of view, character traits, literary devices, finding key words, making inferences, and identifying theme. Some questions require more
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Greek Myths Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions
PLAN A CRUISE Vacation Country Research Project 4th Grade Addition Elapsed Time
This Plan A Cruise learning experience lets students become travel agents and design a fun-filled vacation for their classmates. They will use important skills like research, planning, time management, budgeting, and organization to create their one-of-a-kind trip. Each page in their cruise plan book requires students to use academic skills to plan their trip of a lifetime.To complete this project, students will work through the following activities:WORDS TO KNOWThis page includes important word
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3rd - 4th
Also included in: 4th Grade Math Projects The End of the Year Plan A Cruise & Plan A Party
3 Branches of Government Worksheets | Special Education #SummerWTS
Make learning about the three branches of government engaging and interactive with this comprehensive packet. Designed to help students understand the checks, balances, and duties of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the U.S. government, this packet includes a range of hands-on activities and resources that are sure to keep your students engaged and interested. With this packet, you can help your students learn and retain important information about the U.S. government
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K - 12th, Adult Education
FAMOUS ARTISTS Coloring Pages | Famous Artist Worksheets | Art History Activity
Set of 14 Famous Artists with Informational Text Coloring Pages or Posters. Makes a great addition to history interactive notebooks, biography projects, or research units. Keep these in your early finisher folder for no-prep fun.CLICK HERE to save 25% on this resource in the Famous Artists Bundle!FAMOUS ARTISTS INCLUDED:Vincent Van GoghSalvador DaliRembrandtRaphael SanzioPablo PicassoMichelangeloJackson PollockHenri MatisseGeorgia O'KeeffeFrida KahloClaude MoneyAuguste RenoirAndy WarholMary Cass
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2nd - 5th
The Titanic Activities Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Close Read
Looking for Titanic activities that are high-interest and standards aligned to engage your students? This print-and-go set includes engaging reading passages designed specifically for upper elementary students to tie together history and nonfiction reading.Students will learn and think critically about the sequence of events surrounding the Titanic accident, the causes of the accident, and the stories of different survivors.Plus, engaging and text-dependent reading activities are included to hel
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Passages Nonfiction 3rd 4th 5th Social Studies
I Survived THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC, 1912 - Comprehension (W/Answer Key)
One page per chapter plus answer keyRationale for using Text Evidence and Comprehension packets:This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they respond to what they have read. Citing textual evidence requires students to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim. This skill combined with comprehension questions on DOK Levels 1, 2, & 3 leads students to think deeply about what they have read. (In
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2nd - 4th
Create a Torn World Map Project | Continents Oceans Lines on a Globe | Microsoft
Students LOVE the challenge of creating a “torn” world map using only their hands, 2 sheets of paper & glue. They must tear out the shape of each continent without drawing outlines or using scissors or other tools. Then they must properly label the continents, oceans, and lines on a map. This fun & engaging exercise helps students memorize the world map by really thinking about the shape of each continents & the map’s scale; the goal is NOT to create a perfect replica. A fill-in rubr
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3rd - 8th
I Survived THE NAZI INVASION, 1944 Comp & Text Evidence (Answer Key Included)
One page per chapter plus answer keyRationale for using Text Evidence and Comprehension packets:This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they respond to what they have read. Citing textual evidence requires students to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim. This skill combined with comprehension questions on DOK Levels 1, 2, & 3 leads students to think deeply about what they have read. (In
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2nd - 4th
Reading Comprehension: The Irish Potato Famine and Immigration
This original, historical fiction reading passage was created to introduce immigration to students of all ages. The passage describes the adventure of a young girl, and her family as they leave Ireland and travel to America. The story describes details of the Irish Potato Famine, and gives insight into the immigration process. Fifteen text-dependent comprehension questions are featured after reading. All questions are designed to meet Common Core Standards. An answer key is provided. Key reading
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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.
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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
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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