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7th grade social studies task cards for special education

Preview of Life Skills Task Boxes -  set 1 & 2

Life Skills Task Boxes - set 1 & 2

Life Skills Task Boxes: Set 2Are you tired of boring worksheets! Looking for something new? Here are 16 Primary task boxes that are all related to life skills that are needed, that can be used in small groups, independent centers, one on one instruction, and take-home boxes for homework for that extra needed practice!! These tasks boxes, or task cards, help promote independent learning skills for early learners, gifted students, ELL students, and Special needs or SPED teachers.This resource can
Preview of Executive Functioning Skills Task Cards Activities

Executive Functioning Skills Task Cards Activities

Use these 200+ executive functioning skills task cards to teach and practice all areas of executive function! This includes planning, time management, working memory, self-control, organization, task initiation, metacognition, attention and focus, flexible thinking, and perseverance. Just read the cards and discuss together to build these critical brain skills. A page explaining each skill is also included.All Students Can Build EF SkillsThe task cards are aimed to help students at middle and hi
Preview of Community Signs Skill Pack Leveled for Special Education - Life Skills

Community Signs Skill Pack Leveled for Special Education - Life Skills

Do your students need a high level of varied practice in order to learn community signs? This community signs skill pack will help your students progress from identifying a sign to understanding what the community signs mean. Being able to identify and understand community signs is a crucial life skill. These activities help students recognize and understand the meaning of the different signs.This life skills and social studies set is already differentiated for you. There are 3 levels included t
Preview of Synonyms and Antonyms Speech Therapy Vocabulary Activities BOOM™ CARDS BUNDLE

Synonyms and Antonyms Speech Therapy Vocabulary Activities BOOM™ CARDS BUNDLE

Created by
Stacy Crouse
This BUNDLE of BOOM CARDS is an easy and engaging way to target vocabulary IN CONTEXT! It contains a total of 90 cards targeting synonyms and antonyms at 3 different levels!▶ Beginner: Grades 1 - 4▶ Intermediate: Grades 5 - 8▶ Advanced: Grades 9 - 12Each card has a PHOTOGRAPH with a SENTENCE containing an underlined word for the student to identify a synonym or antonym from a field of 4 choices.The first card of each deck is a menu card that gives a brief description of what synonyms and antony
Preview of Social Skills Task Cards for Middle & High School SEL Activities

Social Skills Task Cards for Middle & High School SEL Activities

Engaging social skills task cards and writing prompts to help middle and high school students build social-emotional skills for success! The 100+ cards are organized into five different sets that target different social skills: Basic Interactions, Conversations, Empathy, Friendships & Relationships, and Conflict Resolution Skills. These cards are great for ALL students but especially learning with social challenges and needs. Use these task cards to allow students to discuss a variety of soc
Preview of Functional Life Skills Task Boxes {special education} 53 task boxes

Functional Life Skills Task Boxes {special education} 53 task boxes

Are you looking to teach Life Skills in a fun, hands-on way to your special education students? This set of 53 different task boxes that focus on life skills is a great addition to your collection of task cards in your special education classroom. Now including Candian money versions of the task boxes.**********************WARNING!!!!!*************************These task boxes are pulled directly from my Functional Life Skills Curriculum. If you already own that curriculum or any unit in it, y
Preview of Self-Advocacy Scenarios Task Cards & Worksheets

Self-Advocacy Scenarios Task Cards & Worksheets

Teach and practice self-advocacy skills with kids and teens! These task cards and worksheets include over 90 unique situations to provide practice. They include an introductory mini-lesson on what it means to self-advocate as a "SUPER Self-Advocate." Note that BOTH task cards and worksheets versions are included, allowing you to provide practice however is best for your learners.Digital VersionDigital-friendly worksheets included. Students can access the task cards through Google Drive to record
Preview of Inferencing Task Cards

Inferencing Task Cards

Inferencing can be a difficult concept to teach, learn, and master. Our students often need additional support to fully understand this skill. This product contains various components to support your students' learning. Included in this product are 32 task cards containing short stories, 32 task cards containing pictures for inferencing, 1 visual support to help teach what inferencing is, and 2 graphic organizers that can be used with each task card. Each card contains questions that target infe
Preview of Perspective Taking Task Cards & Prompts - Social Skills Activities for Empathy

Perspective Taking Task Cards & Prompts - Social Skills Activities for Empathy

Use perspective-taking scenario cards to help students understand perspectives, build empathy, and strengthen social skills. Every card includes a different real-life situation with questions to guide learners to consider the feelings, thoughts, beliefs, moods, and motivations of others. Scenarios include a variety of situations, including at home, at school, and with friends. With 80 unique task cards, you can provide your students with lots of social skills practice!Digital and Print VersionsU
Preview of Social Problem Solving Task Cards for Middle and High School - SEL Activities

Social Problem Solving Task Cards for Middle and High School - SEL Activities

This is a pack of 100 task cards that highlight social scenarios and situations that kids can discuss and identify how they would solve each situation. The social situation cards are organized into five different sets that target different situations: With friends, with family, in classes, in the hallway and cafeteria, and online and texting.These cards are great for students with social difficulties and those who are rigid and might get "stuck" in their way of thinking. Use these task cards to
Preview of Titanic Passenger Research Activity

Titanic Passenger Research Activity

Dig into history and research the passengers aboard the Titanic with this printable and digital reproduction of tickets aboard the Titanic! Use the interactive, Google Slides version to explore and research 36 different Titanic. Each of the 36 different tickets uses the real names of Titanic passengers. **This resource was COMPLETELY updated April 2021**What is included in this Titanic Passenger Tickets Research Activity?This activity comes in three versions (see the 'PREVIEW' for a visual of
Preview of Figurative Language Speech Therapy Activities BUNDLE Boom™ Cards Task Cards

Figurative Language Speech Therapy Activities BUNDLE Boom™ Cards Task Cards

Created by
Stacy Crouse
Sentence context is key for teaching students how to identify the meaning of figurative language. These BOOM CARDS™ activities help students understand what idioms, metaphors, similes, and hyperboles are, then provide tons of practice for the skill!Since it's not practical to teach all figurative language expressions, we must teach students the strategy of utilizing context clues to determine the meaning of idioms, metaphors, similes, and hyperboles. These digital task cards are a great addition
Preview of Tier 2 Vocabulary for Middle School using Context Clues

Tier 2 Vocabulary for Middle School using Context Clues

Created by
The Speech Owl
Teach middle school vocabulary to your students (5th-8th grade) by working on understanding and defining Tier 2 vocabulary using context clues. This packet includes a total of 195 different Tier 2 Vocabulary words used in sentences and differentiated to accommodate a variety of student needs. This packet is perfect for SLPs, special education teachers, or general education teachers looking to increase their student's middle school vocabulary skills through the use of context clues. Check out thi
Preview of Lewis and Clark Expedition Map Activity & Task Cards | Print & Digital

Lewis and Clark Expedition Map Activity & Task Cards | Print & Digital

This engaging Lewis and Clark map activity is an excellent supplement for your Westward Expansion unit! The printable and digital map lesson provides students with a great visual for learning about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Printable and digital task cards are also included for students to put events of the expedition in chronological order. **This resource is part of the printable and digital Lewis and Clark Unit Bundle. It includes 5 NO PREP Lewis and Clark resources at a 30% discount p
Preview of Spanish Speaking Countries BUNDLE Project Maps Flip Book Quizzes + DIGITAL

Spanish Speaking Countries BUNDLE Project Maps Flip Book Quizzes + DIGITAL

Created by
Sra Cruz
This money-saving bundle has everything you need to teach the Spanish-speaking countries, their locations, and capitals! Includes maps, quizzes, project, activities, and more! Save over 30% on this bundle of the following items:Spanish-Speaking Countries Flip BookNo cut, no waste, 6 page / 3 pieces of paper printable flip bookDigital flip book in Google Slides for paperless or distance learningWestern Europe map to label SpainWest Africa map to label Equatorial GuineaCentral America / North Am
Preview of SEL Morning Meeting - Social Skills Activities & Slides for the Year

SEL Morning Meeting - Social Skills Activities & Slides for the Year

Use these morning meeting cards to teach social emotional learning skills on a daily basis for the entire year! This set is now printable AND digital-friendly! You can choose whether to print the cards and go over topics in person, or share your screen to host a virtual morning meeting for distance learning.These 175 morning meeting cards (and over 1000 digital slides) highlight SEL skills for self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationships, and decision-making. The idea is simp
Preview of Visual Cue Cards

Visual Cue Cards

Visual Cue Cards for Students with Autism: Use these visuals to quickly reinforce verbal directions or redirect student behavior. Print, laminate, and cut out each visual. Hole punch the visual at the top or in the corner. Place selected visuals on a binder ring and attach to a lanyard. There are 42 visuals included, but I would recommend choosing the ones you’ll use most so that you can easily access them. You can also create multiple binder rings for different settings (teacher table, transiti
Preview of Life Skills - Meal Prep & Cooking Task Cards for Special Education

Life Skills - Meal Prep & Cooking Task Cards for Special Education

MEAL PREP TASK CARDS!Knowing how to select the necessary items needed to make a meal or a snack is an essential life skills task that is often difficult to teach in the classroom. Let's face it, these are not items we have readily available in our classrooms! One of my former students had this as an IEP goal, so in trying to figure out how I was going to teach this goal without hauling my entire kitchen into school was my inspiration for these task cards.Students find the ingredients and cooking
Preview of Life Skills - Yes or No Question Task Cards {Is this a...} for Special Education

Life Skills - Yes or No Question Task Cards {Is this a...} for Special Education

Are you looking to teach your children the meaning of yes and no and extend their understanding of basic concepts and simple questions?? These are important early literacy skills and this set is perfect for that! You'll get 54 yes/no question task cards that all begin with "Is this a...." and uses real photos and basic daily vocabulary. Also included is a Yes and No sorting mat, Yes and No response signs, and Yes and No labels for sorting bins/containers. A must-have for the Autism or ID classro
Preview of Ancient China Stations with Graphic Organizer & Google Reading Investigation

Ancient China Stations with Graphic Organizer & Google Reading Investigation

This content-rich, student-centered, and interactive activity has 8 stations detailing the geography, achievements, social classes, leadership, economy, and religion of Ancient China. Students travel through the Zhou, Shang, Qin, and Han dynasties!The readings include pictures, charts, and maps. Questions and interactive mini-activities are underneath the reading and on a separate worksheet for teacher choice. Teacher instructions and four different activity ideas for the same Common Core readin
Preview of 4th Grade Texas History TEKS-Based Year Long Bundle / Printable & Digital

4th Grade Texas History TEKS-Based Year Long Bundle / Printable & Digital

If you teach Texas History this bundle is going to be a life-saver! By purchasing this bundle - you get 3 units free!These products are aligned with the most current 4th grade social studies TEKS and TEKS Resource Units, however, many of the concepts covered are the same as concepts found in 7th grade Texas History standards. Each unit included comes with 3 or more passages, a vocabulary and comprehension activity and answer key for each passage, social studies journal inserts, vocabulary mat
Preview of Task Mats for Life Skills, Following Multi-Step Directions, Counting, & More

Task Mats for Life Skills, Following Multi-Step Directions, Counting, & More

Transform learning into an adventure with these best-selling task mats! Perfect for young learners and special education students, these mats are designed to teach essential life skills, multi-step directions, and make math engaging and accessible. These hands-on TASK MATS cover so many skills All-in-One and are super engaging and enticing!! Your students will have fun building a burger, a pizza, an ice cream cone, or even a grocery order. They can even decorate a Christmas tree or build a snowm
Preview of Social Inferencing Task Cards Flipbook W/ Real Photos for Speech Therapy

Social Inferencing Task Cards Flipbook W/ Real Photos for Speech Therapy

Use this social inferences photo task card flipbook to teach how to look for nonverbal clues to interpret someone's emotions, thoughts, or plan of action in social scenarios. Using real photos will help your students practice making smart guesses about what people think or feel in the inferencing pictures. Using the making inferences picture task card flipbook will help your students learn the following skills:⭐Interpret non-verbal cues better⭐Learn what a person's plan or what they might say/d
Preview of Perspective taking task cards social skills activities TEENS SEL older students

Perspective taking task cards social skills activities TEENS SEL older students

Are you looking for perspective taking activities for teens in middle and high school? These low prep task cards and no prep worksheets are perfect to work on social skills and perspective taking skills in both SEL and social skills groups. Students learn how to make social inferences and social predictions in order to make smart guesses about what others might be thinking and what they might say in a variety of age appropriate and relevant social situation examples.****All activities are printa
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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.

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.