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Free social studies Common Core W.4.1 resources
50 States and Capitals Freebie: FREE Study Map, List of States, & Study Guide
Help your students know all 50 states and capitals of the United States with this convenient study guide! Included is a list of states, corresponding capitals, state abbreviations, and a labeled map. For more States & Capitals resources, such as practice worksheets, blank maps, test forms, state research project, crosswords, etc., I highly recommend my 50 States & Capitals Mega-Pack Bundle! Not only will you have many worksheets to choose from, but it is also available digitally for Go
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Presidents Day Activities - President for a Day Activities
Would you like to be president for one day? This is a great mini-unit in celebrating Presidents' Day. And, it's FREE! As president, you have important duties, make important decisions, and events to attend. In this unit, you need to be familiar with the role as president, have knowledge of important issues, follow a daily schedule, and conduct a news conference.- Where are you from? - I Wonder – Things you wonder about being president- I Would Like to be president – Give reasons why you would li
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3rd - 5th
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Super Football 2024 Writing and Mapping with Bowl Game Places!
Are your students excited about the big football game coming up? This resource has been updated to feature the two teams playing on February 11th!Why use Super Football 2024 Writing and Mapping with Bowl Game Places!? Research tells us that when children are passionate about a topic, they are more likely to become engaged in learning.How it works: Children can get their own copies of the map, marked with locations involved in the big game. Teachers can have the children work alone, in partners,
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2nd - 4th
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FREEBIE American Revolution Main Idea Cross Curricular Spy Profile
This is a FREE SAMPLE from my larger CIA American Revolution Spies Passages product! Give your students a behind the scenes look at the American Revolution with this cross curricular activity! Students will practice main idea reading skills while learning about the spies that impacted the Revolutionary War. Assign digitally or use the printable version to meet your students' needs.Students will answer short comprehension questions and fill in main idea graphic organizers about the text. They wil
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3rd - 6th
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Harriet Tubman Unit
This unit about Harriet Tubman includes activities to get your students engaged into learning about Black History Month in February. The unit includes anchor charts, KWL charts, venn diagram, a biography activity, a fact and opinion activity, a timeline piece and a writing activity.
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1st - 4th
FREE - Grammar | Oregon Trail Worksheet (Gr. 3-7)
FREE - Grammar Bundle - Editing - Language Skills | Oregon Trail Worksheet (Grade 3-7). In this grammar freebees printables: 3 Oregon Trail paragraphs (answers will vary). + + + + + + + + Oregon Trail is part of Editing & Grammar Bundle: 91 Worksheets, which includes the following... Click links for full previews. A) Language Skills: 44 WorksheetsBasic• Sentences• Paragraphs• Nouns• Verbs• Adjectives• Adverbs• PrepositionsIntermediate• Apostrophes• Commas I• Commas II• Quotation Ma
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: US History Bundle
I Have A Dream - Martin Luther King Jr. Speech Writing activity
Here's a freebie to boost your Martin Luther King Jr. Activities! Students read about the work of Dr. King, then write about what he did. Finally, after listening to and discussing his famous I Have A Dream Speech they write and give their own speech sharing their dreams for the future of America.
Other Martin Luther King Day Activities:
Martin Luther King Jr. Accomplishments Reading Comprehension Packet
Young Martin Luther King Jr. Reading Comprehension Packet
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3rd - 6th
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Thank You Sarah Writing FREEBIE for Upper Elementary
This product is a FREEBIE writing lesson from my full day of plans for Thank You, Sarah by Laurie Halse Anderson. The full plans include an activity for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and a craft! See that version here!Update November 2020: This product can now be used digitally with Google Slides™! You must have a Google Classroom™ account to use this feature. You will download a PDF with links and directions for assigning this to your class. All activities remain the same.How
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3rd - 6th
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Milk Matters! Discovering Dairy
This unit contains five lessons designed to teach students about the history, production, nutritional value and economic significance of California’s dairy industry. Students will gain knowledge in social science, mathematics, language arts, science, visual arts and physical education as they learn about the process through which dairy products are produced and transported from cow to consumer. Students will gain a deeper understanding and appreciation for agriculture’s role in their daily lives
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4th - 6th
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MS-LS1-5
, 4-LS1-1
, MS-LS2-3
, 5-LS2-1
, 5-PS3-1
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Persuasive Writing | Plastic Pollution & Oceans | Gr. 3-5
In this lesson, students learn about plastic pollution and write a letter to a local official advocating for a solution to plastic pollution.Step 1 - Inquire: Students complete the Anticipation Guide individually or in groups, responding to true or false prompts and answering one question about plastic pollution and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.Step 2 - Investigate: Students conduct research on plastic pollution and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and complete the RACES writing organizer.Step
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3rd - 5th
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Colonial America Writing Prompts
Welcome to Writing Through History: Colonial Writing Prompts! I am here to guide you through a FREE resource that intertwines the captivating world of colonial history with the art of writing. Let's embark on a journey that enhances students' understanding of our past while honing their writing skills! Resource Overview Writing Prompts ( with an extra writing page) One Informational Prompt: Explore informational prompts that delve into the lifestyles, challenges, and achievements of individua
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3rd - 5th
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Traveling to the Gold Rush
Once students learn about the pros and cons of traveling to the Gold Rush by sea or land, they will use this document to place themselves a situation where they have to decide whether they would like to travel from New York to California by sea or by land. They must reflect and explain why they chose the route that they did. Students are encouraged to state their opinion by giving concrete details from their research.
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4th
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Middle Ages: Opinion Writing - CKLA Aligned
CKLA Grade 4 Unit 2 Aligned If you lived in the middle ages would you rather be a lord/lady, knight, serf, craftsman, or nun/monk. Students will need to plan out their writing and then share their final draft.
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2nd - 6th
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Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!"
This resource is ideal for briding the standard gap between the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War battles. Introduce students to Patrick Henry and his infamous speech that inspired colonial legislators to send troops to the Continental Army thus beginning the Revolutionary War. Includes special resources:Liberty's Kids video segmentArtwork for student analysis "Truth Bomb" to engage students and show a "second story" to America's historical figureheads
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3rd - 5th
Wisconsin State Symbols Task Cards
Task Cards about Wisconsin State symbols.Includes 13 task cards with information on one side and a task for children to do on the other. These are an open ended resource for children to chose which of the state symbols are most meaningful to them and do continued research.#taskcards #montessori #Wisconsin #statesymbols
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3rd - 5th
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Fact and Opinion Worksheet Egypt themed - hecho y opinión Egipto
This bilingual fact and opinion worksheet allows students to practice distinguishing facts from opinion while reading about Egypt. It contains 10 sentences and the resource is dual-language/bilingual with one version in English and the other in Spanish. Includes10 sentences to choose fact or opinion1 English and 1 Spanish versionDo you ever feel like you and your students might scream if you have to read another worksheet about Sally shopping for apples? Do you worry that social studies time
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3rd - 5th
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Renewable & Nonrenewable Resources Activity & Lesson Plan
In this lesson students advocate for renewable energy in their schools and communities. Step 1 - Inquire: Teacher shares the story of Team Marine, a group of youth activists from California who fought to ban plastic bags in their neighborhood.Step 2 - Investigate: Students choose from a variety of projects to advocate for more renewable energy in their schools and communities. Students can write letters, create videos, write speeches, or choose another way to advocate for a cleaner world!Step 3
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3rd - 5th
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4-ESS3-1
Texas State Travel Guide 2023 Activity - Texas History - Texas Geography
Introduce Texas History and/or Texas Geography with this worksheet inviting students to explore the state of Texas using the annual Texas Highways Magazine Texas State Travel Guide.This resource is specific to the 2023 Travel Guide, available for free in print by request from Texas Highways Magazine, or online as a PDF. The page numbers are the same in print and digital format. Students will learn fast facts about the state, like the number of counties and how large the state is in square miles.
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4th - 7th
50 States Fluency & Literacy Practice - California Freebie
This free product includes activities for the Pacific West state of: CaliforniaIt is intended to supplement any core literacy and/or social studies program to provide more practice in the areas of:reading fluencycomprehensiongrammar/word studywriting skillswhile increasing Social Studies content knowledge about the United States, as wellComprehension questions include question stems and verbs from the revised Bloom's Taxonomy. Writing prompts include practice with paragraph writing in the three
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4th - 5th
Also included in: 50 States Fluency & Literacy Practice - West Region Bundle
Make me a Conquistador - CV Persuasive Writing FREEBIE!
*Updated with new graphicsChildren will practice their writing with changes in formality by writing a cover letter and CV as a Conquistador.In the past, I have used this pack at the end of a unit looking at the Conquistadors and their conquest of the New World so that the children are able to contextualise the CVs. Alternatively, the King of Spain might post a job advert and the same English standards can be met that way.This pack includes lesson plans, rubrics, and editable rubrics to support t
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Conquest Topic - Conquistadors and Mayans
Seeking Social Justice Slides
When searching for social justice curriculum, I was overwhelmed with how much was out there. I took on the role of collector, thus creating this resource for myself and anyone else called to teach. To be the most useful to teachers, I’ve written a condensed (takes no more than 5 minutes to read) version of each lesson plan in the notes on each slide for quick use, with the full lesson plan linked at the bottom. We all have a call to action in creating the world we want our students to grow up a
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C.E.R Graphic Organizer
This claim, evidence, reasoning graphic organizer can be used in a variety of subject areas.
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4th - 12th
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Freebie August Journal Writing Prompt Task Cards and Journal Writing Checklist
Freebie August Journal Writing Prompt Task Cards & Journal Writing Checklist
With classroom time at a premium, I created these prompts to engage my students in daily, purposeful writing. This download includes 20 task card prompts that can be used in a writing center or as a stand-alone for early finishers. Also included is a Journal Writing Checklist that can be glued into the front of your students’ journal notebooks. The prompts and Journal Writing Checklist address many of the 3rd-5th
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3rd - 5th
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Importance of learning social studies
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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
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