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Social studies Common Core W.1.1 resources
Meet the Pilgrims and Wampanoag!
This unit was developed to include many of the instructional shifts of the Common Core. I wanted my students reading text closer to their level about Pilgrims and the Wampanoag so they could answer text-based questions. I couldn’t find something at a first/ second grade level so I decided to write my own and created 3 different levels of the same reader. I also wanted my students to be developing their own ideas about Pilgrims and the Wampanoag so I included opportunities for comparisons among t
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. These differentiated passages are perfect for fluency, comprehension, and close reading. I have included a full writing unit to help your students write the "perfect paragraph" including that tricky sense of closure! The darling art will bring this unit to life, delight your learners, and make your classroom beautiful! This is an informational text - Social Studies unit that celebrates Dr. King as Civil Rights Activist! Unfair laws are discussed as his his fight to change
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Winter Literacy - Bundle - Literacy All Year
Literacy All Year Reading / Writing / Art - MEGA Bundle
This MEGA bundle has been purchased by over 700 happy teachers! You receive 44 full weeks of curriculum, intervention, and "Comprehension and Fluency 101". Its over 1,000 pages! Buying the bundle is a choice to save big at a 50% savings!This year-long unit contains:weekly thematic informational readingeasy reading passages with 2-4 comprehension questions on the bottomhigher level text passagesfluency passagesfluency chartscomprehension / quiz pages Dec - Junefull writing units (brainstorming,
Government Leaders: Mayor, Governor, President - 1st & 2nd Social Studies
Government Leaders - "Elementary Insider" is a fun way to present social studies & science topics for 1st - 2nd grade students in a newspaper format. This edition's focus is on government leaders: mayors, governors, & the president. It also includes other topics: Map: State & City, The Current Government Leaders, The White House, & ElectionsPages:1-2: Newspaper3: Comprehension Questions4: Text Features Match5: Elected Leaders - Voting Chart Results with Questions (Tally Marks &am
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Informational Text - Social Studies & Science Topics
100th Day of School Activities NO PREP Writing Math Craft Certificate & More!
Celebrate the 100th Day of School in your classroom with these engaging math, writing, movement, craft, history and other fun activities! With 15 activities to choose from you won't have a problem filling your lesson plans with everything to celebrate 100 Days of School. And we aren't talking fluff activities. Use the 100th Day to get your students reading, writing, working math problems, and so much more! In my classroom, students were so excited to do all things 100 that they ended up doing
Grades:
K - 5th
Biography Research Reports--Using Pebble Go
Looking for an easy way to assist students in using a digital tool like Pebble Go to do research? This comprehensive packet features 26 different historical figures found on the Pebble Go research database. All 26 historical figures have three different research templates to use. You will find a template for students to use for research that corresponds perfectly with the Pebble Go site, a fun facts page, and a writing page with pictures of each person and primary writing lines. ****************
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Research Reports Bundle Using Pebble Go
National Monuments Unit Activities
America’s National Monuments This unit is a great resource to teach your students about six of America’s National Monuments! Take your students on a tour of the USA as you learn more about the Washington Monument, Statue of Liberty, Lincoln Memorial, Congress Building, The White House, and Mount Rushmore. You'll love all the teaching resources and activities this unit includes! Your students will love all the interactive activities!This 2 part pack includes:A Teaching PowerPoint Slide Show-Use
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Thematic Units Bundle for 2nd and 3rd Grade
Grace for President Lesson Activities
These language arts activities go along with the book Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio. It is a great way to bring an election into your classroom!This unit includes 10 activities which will engage students in the story while they learn about voting!Students will make predictions, define election vocabulary, identify the characters, setting, and plot, compare and contrast, sort realistic and unrealistic promises, write their own campaign promises, take a survey, write an opinion, make a ca
Grades:
1st - 2nd
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Long Ago And Today Thematic Unit | 100th Day Of School | Then And Now
Are you comparing life long ago and today with your K-2 students? This hands-on unit is perfect for your 100th day of school celebration or when learning about the past and present with engaging then and now activities students will love!Students will step back in time as you combine your social studies and writing standards with this complete unit that includes non-fiction Google slides, pre and post-assessments, no prep worksheets, a mini book, graphic organizers, writing templates, and crafts
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Biography Research: A Guided Research and Report Writing Pack
This biography guided research and report writing is designed as a way for students to be able to organize their research on an important person and put it together in a report format. This is great for both introducing students to the research report writing process, as well as for teaching students how to pull information from multiple texts to create one writing piece.
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*A booklet designed for organizing information that is gathered. There are pages included for:
Askin
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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6 Thematic Units First Grade Science & Social Studies Lesson Plans BUNDLE
Are you struggling to fit science and social studies in your busy first grade schedule? Look no further! These six science and social studies thematic units for 1st grade are planned in detail and ready to use. Each of the 6 first grade units begins with a content big idea and then integrates into reading and writing with many math and phonics connections as well!What is a first grade integrated thematic unit?An integrated thematic unit combines content and literacy into one common learning the
Grades:
1st
Famous Americans, Inventors & Influential People - 1st Grade Social Studies Unit
Are you struggling to fit science and social studies into your busy first grade schedule? Look no further! This American Contributors unit is integrated with literacy to help first grade kids understand famous Americans and inventors who made major contributions to our country. This famous Americans unit integrates science, social studies and literacy all in one cohesive unit to make learning more impactful and help you use your precious instructional time wisely.It's perfect for Black History
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K - 2nd
Long Ago and Today Activities and Worksheets
Teach your students about past and present and comparing how things have changed over time. These engaging long ago/today activities and worksheets can be used for literacy and social studies centers. There are options for small group, partner, and independent learning.What is included in this resource?Picture Sort66 colored picture cardslong ago/today and past/present header cardsPicture Sequencing Puzzles18 three-piece picture puzzlesComparing and PredictingPast, Present, Future Changes Over T
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Long Ago and Today Bundle
National Symbols – 13 American Symbols & National Landmark Activities & Lessons
Our American Symbols Unit features THIRTEEN COMPLETE Common Core-aligned lessons with a balanced mix of engaging higher and lower level hands-on activities to teach 1st-3rd grade students about our nation's National Symbols:
• National Symbols Pre and Post Tests
• Nonfiction Informational text-we provide all of the National Symbols CONTENT
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension after each of the 13 lessons
• short Research Project to make the game Find the Fib using True and Fal
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
BUBBLE GUM - Integrated Mini Unit with Reading, Writing, Math, Science, and Art
FAMOUS INVENTIONS - BUBBLE GUMInspired by Meghan McCarthy's narrative nonfiction picture book POP! THE INVENTION OF BUBBLE GUM, this cross-curricular mini-unit is a really fun way to celebrate the famous treat invented by Walter Diemer, a candy company accountant who became an accidental inventor. The unit is designed to take 1-2 days to complete and includes a variety of engaging, hands-on lessons covering multiple subjects. It is perfect for:A Unit on Inventors or Famous InventionsA Genre Stud
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1st - 2nd
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NGSS:
2-PS1-4
, 2-PS1-1
Biography Reports
Report writing for beginners is the perfect way to introduce your students to reports as they gather information and complete a fun project along the way!Check out our REPORT WRITING BUNDLE and SAVE!!!Included is everything you need to get started and expose your students to an engaging biography report project:BIOGRAPHY REPORT1. Biography Research OrganizersPersonal Traits Bubble MapEarly Life Topic Organizer Accomplishments Chart Interesting Facts 2. "All About..." Posters (2 options) 3. Biogr
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Report Writing BUNDLE: Biography, Animal & Book Reports
Voting: The Cookie Election Digital and Paper Bundle
Make the voting process fun and engaging with this non-political 5 day mini-unit!Have a class election to determine the best cookie: Chocolate chip or Oreo!This product includes Google Slides with:Voter registration cards4 commercials for each cookie that play directly in the Google Slides2 opinion writing options to state an opinion and provide reasons both before and after voting3 different options to create campaign posters: OREO, chocolate chip or both cookiesa graph to show class voting res
Grades:
K - 2nd
Rules, Laws,Rights, Responsibilities -Common Core Close Reading Unit
A common core close reading unit that targets reading and writing standards around the social studies concepts of citizenship: rules, rights, laws, and responsibilities. I open my year with this unit because it addresses all three text types: informative, opinion, and narrative texts. It includes mentor texts and writing for all three of these text types while addressing social studies concepts.
The unit includes:
Articles: Rules, Laws, Rights and Responsibilities (and many differentiated v
Grades:
K - 2nd
1st Grade: Roles of Public Officials
Get this supplemental resource to help your students identify and describe the roles of public officials. The following public officials are covered: president, governor, mayor, and city council members.*Please click on the preview to see more of the product.This resource includes the following:1 Public Officials Anchor Chart/Reference Chart1 City Council Members Reading Comprehension Passage with Answer Key1 The Mayor Reading Passage with Answer Key1 The Governor Reading Passage with Answer Key
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1st
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Also included in: 1st Grade: Rules and Laws Bundle
Community: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities
Read and Respond to your Favorite Picture Books!Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this Community: Read and Respond Pack. It is the perfect way to strengthen comprehension and writing skills along with some fun craftivities to keep your kids engaged! Download the preview for the complete table of contents to see which activities/skills are included with each book.Features: • Activities for 5 Picture Books: Career Day by Anne Rockwell, Clothe
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: November: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities BUNDLE
Cowboy Economics and Literacy Unit
This mini-packet uses Gail Gibbons' Cowboys and Cowgirls book to discuss the life of a cowboy/girl. This 3 day mini-pack has lesson plans, Common Core standards for activities, pictures, and materials needed.Check out my blog post about how I use this in my classroom!INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:• 5 days of plans and Common Core Standards covered• Western Words anchor chart template• cowboy/girl vocabulary picture and word match for introducing vocabulary and practicing at stations or centers• lab
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K - 2nd
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Social Studies Economics Pack! Shark Tank, Business Plan, Market Day and MORE!
This 42 Page Economics Pack Includes:• 16 Vocabulary Posters• Interactive Notebook Tasks• Graphic Organizers• Wants and Needs Sort• Goods and Services Sort• Producers and Consumers Sort• High and Low Demand Sort• Vocabulary Summarizing Activity• Supply and Demand Auction Lesson and Printables• Imports and Exports T-shirt Lesson and Printables• Market Day Activity Description• Market Day Parent Letter• Market Day Storefront example• Business Plan Writing• Shark Tank Pitch Writing• Shark Tank Lett
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2nd - 4th
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Life Long Ago -Common Core Informational Text Unit
This life long ago close reading unit based on common core reading informational text and informational and opinion writing is based on the social studies concepts of how people lived in the past. This is a unit that combines reading informational text common core standards with Common Core writing. Each article comes with comprehension activities, writing prompts, sorts, and a fun art activity. I used this with my first and second graders and they loved it.
The unit includes:
Articles- Tra
Grades:
K - 2nd
Rules and Laws First Grade Activities BUNDLE
Are you looking for new fun ways get your kids involved in civics? These lessons will help your students understand differences between rules and laws. The will see why school, community, state and country rules and laws are essential for our society. These print and digital activities will help your students understand what it takes to be a good citizen. Here's What's Included: BONUS FILE: INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK✨ 3 buildings:✨ school✨ home✨ capitol building✨ answer key RULES AND LAWS SORT
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1st - 2nd
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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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