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3rd grade social studies resources for GATE $10 and up
PASSION PROJECT Genius Hour Independent Project NO PREP
This easy-to-follow, NO PREP resource gives you everything you need to have your students do Passion Projects/Genius Hour/Independent Projects and presentations! It includes 3 Interest Inventories, a 15-page student packet, 5 Pages of Teacher Lesson Plans, 6 Research Options, 2 Rubric Options, and a 22 slide PowerPoint to show students with directions for each day. This resource is entirely editable. You can print the PDFs, or adjust the Word and PowerPoint files to your liking. Simply print out
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Inventors and Inventions Bundle of Research Projects Templates
Do you know where to start with biographical research? This activity walks students through the research process. It is laid out in an age-appropriate and accessible way that encourages independent pursuit of knowledge. They will research a notable scientist, inventor, or invention. Then, you can take it to the next level by having students create their own invention! TL;DR: Easy for you, appropriate for them!See the previews above for what is included in this bundle, or read about the contents
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3rd - 6th
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Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Save 20% with this ancient civilizations bundle, which includes an Ancient Greece PBL, Ancient Egypt PBL, Ancient China PBL, and Ancient Rome PBL. These PBLS are a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a research and making real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. These PBLs are self-differentiating, meaning that students have the ability to work at their own pace and
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3rd - 5th
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Six California Explorers : Informational Texts Cabrillo Drake de Anza & More
Keep your students learning with these engaging, standards-based text and activities. Great for distance learning, school breaks or home schools.Learn about California explorers in these student friendly articles that give the early years, goals, success and failures and legacies of these legendary explorers of California. Buy the bundle and save! Bonus file included.This series includes:Juan Rodriguez CabrilloSir Francis DrakeSebastian CermenoSebastian VizcainoJuan Bautista de AnzaGaspar de Por
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Fairy Tales on Trial
Students discover a unique way to determine the fine line between “doing wrong” and “crime.” They “study” character education by “doing” - using fairy tales and simulating investigation and trials. The activities challenge students as they use all language arts skills: critical reading, analytical thinking and writing, speaking and drama.
Use with the entire class, choosing an appropriate case by its complexity and appropriate level of challenge. The class creates all elements of a case and pres
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3rd - 9th
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GT Enrichment BUNDLE! - All my enrichment resources aligned with TPSP
Grab this bundle that includes all of the enrichment resources I've created to align with and compliment primary and intermediate Texas Performance Standards Projects tasks. This bundle is great for pull-out enrichment teachers, or for use in the regular classroom to meet the needs of your gifted learners.Check out each individual product page for more details and an in-depth preview of each resource.Learn more about TPSP at https://www.texaspsp.org/_________Looking for other GT Enrichment activ
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1st - 5th
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PBL Social Studies for Google Classroom
Save 20% with this Google Drive & Google Classroom ancient civilizations bundle, which includes a digital Ancient Greece PBL, digital Ancient Egypt PBL, digital Ancient China PBL, and digital Ancient Rome PBL. These online activities and online resources will give your students a deeper understanding of these four ancient civilizations. They are 100% online and can be used on Google Classroom and Google Drive. These PBLS are a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results
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3rd - 5th
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Famous Scientists and Inventors Bundle
Meet these scientists and inventors in an interactive create-a-book format! These resources are print and go self-contained resources that help students learn about important scientists and inventors. Students fill in the blanks of the story from a word bank and add in provided illustrations to complete the mini book. Students can then color in the illustrations, add their own, and re-read the story. Follow up reading response pages are included.How to UsePrint and go! Scissors and glue are need
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3rd - 5th
Geography Lessons and Activities | Critical and Creative Thinking BUNDLE
If you're looking for fabulous lesson plans about many aspects of geography, this bundle is for you! They're the perfect way to build geography skills, critical thinking skills, and creativity skills, all at once! You'll love the super high quality graphics, original articles, and the super clear teacher instructions for every single lesson.Ten different lessons/activities are included, and all of them align with National Geography Standards. Every resource has more than one activity, so this is
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Grades:
2nd - 9th
Social Studies Bundle Collection ~ 12 STEM Engineering Packs ~ 62 Challenges!
This is a bundle of 12 of my STEM Engineering Packs related to Social Studies and Building Themes! There are 62 total engineering challenges in this bundle! The STEM Engineering Packs in this Bundle:Greek MythologyAncient EgyptNative American HomesOregon TrailTall TalesTitanic DisasterPiratesGnome Sweet GnomeMinecraftEngineering ElephantsSuperheroesMonsters Under BridgesThere are more than enough challenges in this bundle to keep your students engaged and excited!Get Engineering!
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3rd - 6th
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California History Game Board Bundle
Games Include: California Native Americans, Explorers, Missions, Gold Rush, and Transcontinental Railroad Kids love games! Our board games are perfect for centers or for small groups. Each game reinforces unit concepts in a lively, fast-paced format. Rules are easy to learn. If your students have ever played Sorry! or Chutes and Ladders, they will be familiar with the layouts. What you get: a digital download of a full-size game board. We "chop" the game board into 4 to 6 printer-friendly piec
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3rd - 8th
Advanced Fairy Tales on Trial
" . . . an age appropriate version of an important element in our society . . ."
Learn it. Remember it. Live it. Right. Wrong. Consequences. Values that make the difference are found in Janis Silverman's second book "Advanced" Fairy Tales. Some of the tales are less familiar; some are more complicated and take a more mature student to untangle the possible misbehaviors to be charged. But the teacher-tested results speak for themselves . . .
". . . What a great way to teacher character education
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3rd - 9th
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50 States Map Skills US Geography Project Bundle United States Activity
Engage your students with this geography project where they research and fill out the maps for the different states in the United States. Great for a state project. They need to use an atlas (or maps online) to find and label the major cities, capital, rivers, lakes, major water features, mountains, or national parks and then tell some facts about each state. They create their own compass rose and legend for the map. They use a check off sheet that is specific to each state and check their work
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3rd - 5th
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HISTORY RESEARCH PROJECT Genius Hour Independent Project Passion Project NO PREP
This easy-to-follow, NO PREP resource gives you everything you need to have your students do a HISTORY RESEARCH PROJECT (Genius Hour/Passion Projects/Independent Projects) and presentations! It includes a 15-page student packet (PDF paper version AND Google Slides version), 3 Interest Inventories/Idea Sheets, 7 Research page options, 2 rubric options, 5 Pages of Teacher Lesson Plans, and a 22-slide PowerPoint to share directions with students each day. The student packet, Lesson Plans, and Power
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Gifted or Goof Off
Part of Nancy Polette's Fact or Fiction Series
Texas Legacy Award Winner 2005
Use one of the collages in the Gallery of Celebrities with your students as a motivator to guess which famous people you’ll be reading about. Get a glimpse of the early life of well-known people in different professions. What do the experiences of these people tell us about persistence, perseverance, resolve, determination, achievement, accomplishment, victory and success? Enjoy the humor of Steele’s caricatures – writ
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K - 12th
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Holiday/Monthly Bundle Collection ~ 8 Holiday Packs ~ 18 Monthly Challenges!
This is a bundle of 8 of my STEM Engineering Packs related to Holiday themes! There are 40 total engineering challenges in this bundle! There are also TWO years of monthly school-wide Challenges (18 total)!The STEM Engineering Packs in this Bundle:Engineering HalloweenEngineering ThanksgivingEngineering ChristmasEngineering WinterPet Rock PlaygroundWinter Games100th Day ChallengesGot Peeps?Monthly School-wide Challenges Set #1:Growing CreaturesCounting PumpkinsPredicting with GourdsBlowing Big
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2nd - 6th
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California History Depth and Complexity Frames Bundle
This resource includes multiple depth and complexity frames about CA History topics using the GATE icons of Sandra Kaplan.1. Missions2. Gold Rush3. Regions of CA4. Transcontinental RailroadSample from Regions of CA Frames:Analyze the 4 major regions of CA & CA's geography using the GATE Icons of Sandra Kaplan. Frames provided for each region and the location of CA.Sample questions:Describe California’s relative location in several ways.How has California’s location in the Pacific Basin affec
Grades:
3rd - 5th
STATE RESEARCH PROJECT U.S.A. Genius Hour Independent Project Passion Project
This easy-to-follow, NO PREP resource gives you everything you need to have your students do a U.S.A. STATES RESEARCH PROJECT (Genius Hour/Passion Projects/Independent Projects) and presentations! It includes a 15-page student packet (PDF paper version AND Google Slides version), 3 Interest Inventories/Idea Sheets, 7 Research page options, 2 rubric options, 5 Pages of Teacher Lesson Plans, and a 22-slide PowerPoint to share directions with students each day. The student packet, Lesson Plans, and
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Gifted and Talented STEAM Unit - Global Studies - Architecture and Culture
This project explores disciplines including architecture, engineering, and design. Throughout this project, students will explore: The basics of house infrastructure and construction in developed and developing countriesThe concept of utopia and imagining the home of their dreamsLife in developing countries through the lens of “home" - including construction, function, and valueFinal products include:Summative presentation templateVisual representation comparing life in these three realms: the r
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: Global STEAM Curriculum Bundle of 4 Units
Gifted Education Super Bundle Engineering and Economics
Gifted Education Lesson Plans Super Bundle Engineering and Economics.
Six Best Selling Gifted Lesson Plans bundled into one package! Approximately one half of the school year can be taught using these lessons! (Approximations are based on meeting once or twice a week with students). Students will read, write, measure, research, present, and simulate engineering and management skills.
Toothpick Bridge Unit;
Geodesic Dome Unit; and
The Hazards of Cell Phone Use Unit
RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3,
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3rd - 6th
What is this Thing?
Part of Nancy Polette's Fact or Fiction Series
Have you ever wandered through a museum, looked at an artifact, and wondered,
“What IS This Thing?”
So did Nancy Polette as she toured the Montgomery County Historical Society in Missouri.
As she wandered through the museum, she imagined a child of the 1800s suddenly appearing in her kitchen, at a mall, or in a classroom. How puzzled that child would be! A microwave, a blender, a cell phone, a computer, an escalator – what strange objects!
Just as a
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K - 12th
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One Pagers Research Bundle
This bundle contains 23 one pager lesson plans. These are NO PREP plans and designed to review previous taught nonfiction skills while practicing research skills. This is an excellent resource to use for science/social studies and ELA skills. You have all the materials needed for this engaging activity in your classroom. It can be used to review a variety of standards and is very flexible to meet your needs. I provide you with a detailed lesson plan, learning target, success criteria, and a gra
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Blunder or Brainstorm
Part of Nancy Polette's Fact or Fiction Series
Fact & Fiction of Famous Inventors and Inventions
4th in the series, Nancy presents not only fact and fiction statements, but also offers an original limerick for each of the inventors. From Archimedes to the Wright Brothers, Alexander Graham Bell to Alfred Nobel. Students learn about the first friction match, the first computer program, the first car, Velcro®, Coca-Cola,® Smith Brothers’® Cough Drops, Colt’s revolver and more. Great for just re
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K - 12th
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Philadelphia, Valley Forge, and Gettysburg
This 169 slide PowerPoint contains photos and information on the Philadelphia, Valley Forge, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania area. It documents the Revolutionary War period, post-war period, the Civil War three day battle of Gettysburg, and interior images of an 1800's steel warship and submarine (Olympia and Becuna) docked at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia.In addition, there are numerous landscape photos of the surrounding hillside in the Gettysburg area.
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Grades:
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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