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Preview of Self-Control Lessons for SEL, Self-Regulation, and Executive Functioning Skills

Self-Control Lessons for SEL, Self-Regulation, and Executive Functioning Skills

Use these lessons to get kids' self-control skills in shape! Activities focus on understanding self-control, impulse control, stopping and thinking to make a decision, waiting our turn, following rules and directions, staying motivated, doing our best work, managing emotions, using coping strategies, and practicing self-control to strengthen skills over time. Other skills that impact self-control are also addressed, including planning, time management, and perseverance.Digital VersionUpdated to
Preview of KinderSocialStudies Kindergarten Social Studies Curriculum Bundle

KinderSocialStudies Kindergarten Social Studies Curriculum Bundle

KinderSocialStudies™ Curriculum Units- a kindergarten AND first grade comprehensive social studies curriculum designed for a classroom's whole-group instruction! If inquiring about this bundle for a homeschool setting, feel free to email me directly with any questions or for a sample at tara@littlemindsatwork.org!Save with the bundle!This is a bundle of (5) $10 units! When you purchase the bundle you are saving 20%! What is KinderSocialStudies?KinderSocialStudies Curriculum is a social studies
Preview of Executive Functioning Skills MEGA Bundle - Lessons & Activities for Full Year

Executive Functioning Skills MEGA Bundle - Lessons & Activities for Full Year

Target executive functioning and study skills necessary for academic success at the middle and high school level. The bundle includes over 600 pages full of lessons, templates, and workbook pages to teach study strategies and build executive functioning skills. These resources can provide students with a "toolbox of strategies" to help learners achieve their goals, improve academic performance, and build confidence along the way.---> Educator Guide & Pacing Guides:A comprehensive educator
Preview of Little 1st grade Social Studies Thinkers YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM

Little 1st grade Social Studies Thinkers YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM

Created by
Karen Jones
Little Social Studies Thinkers  is a complete Social Studies curriculum specifically for First Grade.  It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students.  It is cross-referenced and aligned to the main topics of many 1st grade Social Studies Standards. __________________________________________________This full year-long curriculum contains lessons for the whole year. There are 5 full unit plans and 2 mini-units. The units included are:UNIT 1: RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSH
Preview of WH QUESTIONS Speech Therapy - Who, What, When, Where Task Cards Print + Digital

WH QUESTIONS Speech Therapy - Who, What, When, Where Task Cards Print + Digital

Created by
Ashley Rossi
WH Questions for Speech Therapy! Are you looking for engaging, real-life everyday scenarios for teaching and reviewing WH questions - who, what, when, where. 52 task cards in a printable or digital (Boom Cards) format. WH Questions Task Cards are ideal for speech therapy, small group centers, or home review.What's included in WH Questions Task Cards:WHO QUESTIONS - 12 cardsWHAT QUESTIONS - 12 cardsWHEN QUESTIONS - 12 cardsWHERE QUESTIONS - 12 cards+ 4 teaching review cards: WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHER
Preview of 2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum Bundle

2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum Bundle

Save BIG when you purchase the bundle! The bundle is on sale for $10 off. The individual units are $10 each for $50!What is 2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum?2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum is an engaging social studies curriculum with young learners in mind! 2nd Grade Social Studies encourages young learners to think “outside the box” and prove their thinking through hands-on and engaging learning experiences. 2nd Grade Social Studies is based upon five units: Government and Democracy, Hi
Preview of Executive Functioning Skills Lessons & Activities

Executive Functioning Skills Lessons & Activities

These lessons teach executive functioning skills including planning, organization, time management, task initiation, working memory, metacognition, self-control, attention & focus, flexible thinking, and perseverance. Each lesson includes a description of the skill, a pre-assessment, and activities to practice the skill. Digital and Print VersionsThis workbook comes with BOTH printable PDF versions and digital versions for Google Slides. To access the digital online version, use the "Digital
Preview of Social Skills Lessons for Empathy and Perspective-Taking - SEL Activities

Social Skills Lessons for Empathy and Perspective-Taking - SEL Activities

Use these lessons to teach critical social skills of empathy and perspective-taking to older kids, including understanding perspectives, accepting different perspectives, flexible thinking, understanding social cues, developing empathy, using perspectives to resolve conflicts, and more. This resource includes 10 core lessons, each with several activities for extended practice. A total of 42 activities are included! The entire unit focuses on how to help kids and young adults learn perspectives a
Preview of 5 Regions of the United States LINKtivity® (Geography, Climate, Landforms, MORE)

5 Regions of the United States LINKtivity® (Geography, Climate, Landforms, MORE)

Take your students on an exciting virtual road trip through the five regions of the United States with our digital LINKtivity® Interactive Learning guide! Our interactive guide offers a fun and engaging way for students to explore each region's climate, landforms, bodies of water, and popular tourist destinations.Designed for upper elementary classrooms, our easy-to-navigate digital guide requires minimal teacher prep and is entirely student-controlled, allowing for self-paced learning. With a v
Preview of Little  Social Studies Thinkers CURRICULUM {Kindergarten Social Studies}

Little Social Studies Thinkers CURRICULUM {Kindergarten Social Studies}

Created by
Karen Jones
Little Social Studies Thinkers  is a complete curriculum specifically for Kindergarten.  It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends.  It is cross-referenced and aligned to the main topics of Kindergarten Social Studies Standards. __________________________________________________Click here for the full FIRST GRADE Little Social Studies Thinkers Curriculum___________________________________________________This full year-long curriculum contains lessons
Preview of KinderSocialSkills: Social Skill Curriculum | GOOGLE™ READY | Distance Learning

KinderSocialSkills: Social Skill Curriculum | GOOGLE™ READY | Distance Learning

KinderSocialSkills: A social skills curriculum for primary-aged students! This packet is designed for the preschool and kindergarten classroom and easily adapted to fit a guardian-led homeschool setting! If inquiring about this bundle for a homeschool setting, feel free to email me directly with any questions at tara@littlemindsatwork.org!**THIS PACKET RECEIVED A FREE UPDATE! ALL OF THE DAY ONE STORIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN A GOOGLE SLIDES VERSION ALONG WITH THE PRINTABLES! >>> VIEW A PR
Preview of Executive Functioning Skills Brain Games Workbook, Activities, & Brainteasers

Executive Functioning Skills Brain Games Workbook, Activities, & Brainteasers

Practice executive functioning skills and processing speed with these brain games activities! Every game or activity page targets a unique set of executive functioning skills to help kids and young adults improve the skills they need. Because the activities are set up in a fun way, kids can just work through the workbook at their own individual pace. This is ideal for early finishers, extra practice during a resource room, or during a study skills group. It includes a total of over 150 pages wit
Preview of Social Studies Lessons | PowerPoint & Google Slides | BUNDLE

Social Studies Lessons | PowerPoint & Google Slides | BUNDLE

Created by
Sarah Gardner
It's so hard to squeeze dedicated social studies lessons into our already jam-packed schedules. These short, no-prep, paperless mini-lessons will help you facilitate deep conversations about important topics. Bite-Size Social Studies is perfect for distance learning or remote learning. A paperless, no-prep, narrated version of these lessons will be added, so even the youngest students can learn independently. Send the files home via your chosen platform (Google Classroom, SeeSaw, etc).Each slide
Preview of Mindfulness Activities and SEL Lessons for Self-Regulation

Mindfulness Activities and SEL Lessons for Self-Regulation

Help your students use mindfulness practices to strengthen self-regulation and focus skills! These mindfulness lessons and activities teach important social emotional skills that include activities like mindful breathing, listening to music, calm coloring, making crafts, and much more. Unlock the calm in your classroom with these engaging lessons!What is Mindfulness?Mindfulness is a self-regulation strategy. It means being self-aware in the moment. When we build skills for mindfulness, we are al
Preview of Christmas Around the World Scrapbook

Christmas Around the World Scrapbook

Created by
Sarah Cooley
A TpT TOP SELLER!!!! Take your students on a magical trip aboard Christmas Airlines to learn about Christmas in other countries! This interactive Christmas Around the World Scrapbook is a creative way to track student learning, and is a wonderful keepsake! This 63 page packet comes with a student scrapbook, Christmas Airlines plane boarding passes, passports and passport stamps for the journey, a teacher's guide with suggestions for books to read on your trip, food ideas, and fun crafts for eac
Preview of Made For Me Literacy 10-Month Bundle (Level A) Special Education

Made For Me Literacy 10-Month Bundle (Level A) Special Education

Team Made For Me Literacy (collaboration with Gabrielle Dixon from Teaching Special Thinkers) is proud to announce our first-ever Level A Bundle, geared toward Pre-K, Early Childhood, and early learners in the special education classroom. This Bundle includes 10 months’ worth of lesson plans and hands-on activities. Each individual unit will contain a day-by-day curriculum map, which will effortlessly guide you through the entire month’s worth of content. What is included in a month of Made F
Preview of Declaration of Independence Activity: The Big Break Up Letter & Texting Activity

Declaration of Independence Activity: The Big Break Up Letter & Texting Activity

Created by
Mister Harms
The Declaration of Independence was really just a big "break-up" letter written by the colonists to the King of Great Britain. This historical document was written to convince the world of the King's abuses and to let everyone know that the colonies no longer wanted to be in a relationship with Great Britain. While studying the Declaration of Independence, students will use this assignment as a reinforcement to understand just what Jefferson wrote in this historical document. The lesson start
Preview of Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 4: Community Economics}

Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 4: Community Economics}

Created by
Karen Jones
Little Social Studies Thinkers  is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary.  It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends.  It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Full FIRST GRADE Little Social Studies Thinkers CurriculumFull KINDERGARTEN Little Social Studie
Preview of Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 5: Geography}

Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 5: Geography}

Created by
Karen Jones
Little Social Studies Thinkers  is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary.  It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends.  It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Full FIRST GRADE Little Social Studies Thinkers CurriculumFull KINDERGARTEN Little Social Studie
Preview of Social Skills Lessons for Managing Emotions - Feelings, Coping Strategies & SEL

Social Skills Lessons for Managing Emotions - Feelings, Coping Strategies & SEL

Use these lessons to teach critical social skills of managing emotions older kids, including understanding your emotions, using self-control, dealing with anger, dealing with disappointments, expressing yourself, how actions impact others, and more. This resource includes 10 core lessons, each with several activities for extended practice. A total of 50 activities are included! The entire unit focuses on how to help kids and young adults manage their emotions and behaviors.Digital VersionUpdate:
Preview of Managing Emotions Wheel - SEL Self-Regulation Craft & Coping Skills Lesson

Managing Emotions Wheel - SEL Self-Regulation Craft & Coping Skills Lesson

Are you looking for an engaging activity to help students learn to manage their emotions? Use this lesson and hands-on activity to help kids learn strategies for managing their feelings and developing self-regulation skills. This is something that all learners need! Kids and young adults will identify emotions and coping strategies to help them manage those emotions. Then, they will put together a wheel craft that helps them identify their emotions and strategies on the spot. This craft includes
Preview of Play Based Speech Therapy Toy Companion Speech Therapy Cheat Sheets for SLPs

Play Based Speech Therapy Toy Companion Speech Therapy Cheat Sheets for SLPs

Make your play-based speech therapy sessions stress-free with these toy companion cheat sheets! Designed specifically for SLPs working with preschoolers with language delay, expressive language delay, and late talkers, the toy companion cheat sheets offer support for a fun and engaging way to conduct informal language assessments, interventions, and support.Use these speech therapy handouts with all your favorite toys and games in treatment, and you won’t have to worry about remembering targets.
Preview of Little SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers UNIT 1: Citizenship {Kindergarten Social Studies}

Little SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers UNIT 1: Citizenship {Kindergarten Social Studies}

Created by
Karen Jones
Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete curriculum specifically for Kindergarten.  It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends.  It is cross-referenced and aligned to the main topics of Kindergarten Social Studies Standards. -------------------GET THE FULL YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM HERE--------------------Little Social Studies Thinkers FULL YEAR CURRICULUM for KINDERGARTENHere are the components of Unit 1: CITIZENSHIP---A complete Teacher Guide-12 Ste
Preview of Spatial Concepts Speech Therapy: Teaching Prepositions

Spatial Concepts Speech Therapy: Teaching Prepositions

Created by
Texas Speech Mom
*Best Seller* research-based “hands-on” program that was created to provide structured lessons for teaching spatial concepts and prepositional phrases. Ready to print-and-go for immediate intervention! This program was created for speech-language pathologists, special education teachers, early childhood teachers, and parents needing interactive materials and spatial concept activities for preschoolers to early elementary.**For a product demo - check out my Instagram @texasspeechmom highlight "Sp
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Find Social Studies - History resources | TPT

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.