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Free high school social studies homeschool curricula
Fifty States Word Search
United States word search. Fifty states broken down in two puzzles.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
{FREE} Chinese New Year -- Chinese Zodiac Wheel (Worksheet/Paper Plate Activity)
This Chinese Zodiac Wheel can be used as a worksheet or a craft activity to supplement your Mandarin or social study program, especially during the Chinese New Year time. It includes the 12 zodiac animals in order with Chinese characters and pinyin.
This packet includes both Mandarin and English versions.
You can refer to the Chinese Zodiac Animals posters and flashcards packet for the years of each animal. Students can find out the zodiac signs for themselves and their family members.
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PreK - 12th
Juneteenth - A Celebration of Freedom Informational Text
Written in a e-zine style, this high-interest informational text will introduce your students to the Juneteenth holiday and its significance. The resource can be used separately, or as a supplement to other materials, including my Juneteenth Celebration - Report Study Pages. Learners will discover the answer to several questions about Juneteenth, including why some people in the United States remained enslaved more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamationwhat the Juneteenth flag symb
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4th - 9th
Latitude and Longitude Battleship Game
Use a modified version of the age-old game, Battleship, to teach students how to use coordinates to find locations! Great for geography courses, this tool will help your students have fun as they learn.
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7th - 11th
Sociology Course Curriculum - Overview, Scope & Sequence, Calendar, Pacing Guide
Have the confidence knowing this inquiry-driven Sociology full-course curriculum is perfect for your classroom!Teaching a new course or revising an old one can be overwhelming, but now the hard work of planning and developing a high-level yet engaging, content-rich yet highly relevant complete semester course curriculum is DONE!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank you for this overview. I was assigned sociology at the last minute, and I literally didn't know where to turn. This has been helpful in communicating course g
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Free High School Travel Brochure Project
Resource Description:This free project resource is a great way to introduce research and self-directed project-based learning activities. Students study one hypothetical travel destination and create a brochure to persuade travelers to visit that destination. Note: The PDF is not editable.Check out these free learning activities relevant to educational travel:Educational Travel Planning ChecklistEducational Travel Project-Based Learning Assessment PortfolioIf you like this resource check out the
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9th - 12th
Ancient Mesopotamia PowerPoint with Guided Outline
This PowerPoint presentation is designed for middle, high, and home school school students and covers important details of Ancient Sumerian civilization from its earliest river valley civilization through its decline and fall to the Babylonian Empire. It may be presented by the teacher as whole class instruction or may be posted on a class blog to be used independently by students along with the guided outline. HISTORY ON DEMAND presentations include clear and concise textual and graphical eleme
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7th - 12th
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Hispanic Heritage Month
This video shows the richness and diversity of the Hispanic-Latino heritage. The video is full of colorful images and music to engage students. A free cultural enrichment activity sheet is also provided.
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3rd - 12th
Analyzing Primary and Secondary Sources (American Revolution)
This exciting, American Revolution lesson is in a slide show format (Keynote), but it is saved as a PDF. There are many links in this lesson that will take you directly to different interactive resources! I used this lesson as a way to not only teach the students more about the American Revolution, but also to compare and contrast primary and secondary sources. The standards used in this lesson are Florida Standards.
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3rd - 9th
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Course Outline Curriculum: Ancient Greece and Rome FREE!
So, you are teaching about the Greeks and Romans and have no idea WHAT you should teach? This is a useful course outline I have used for many years as a guide to plan lessons and activities around. It tells you what to consider including in your planning, and the units of study developed from it can range from a week to half the school year.
There are links at the end of the document to a variety of products in my store that can help you teach the lessons/activities in this outline. Enjoy!
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5th - 12th
Free World Geography Scope and Sequence Pacing Guide
Are you teaching World Geography and trying to figure out what topics to teach and a pacing guide? Grab this free curriculum map for World Geography that is perfect for back to school planning! Easily teach middle or high school World Geography with this scope and sequence that breaks down each week into topics and standards. These are the 15 Units that this World Geography pacing guide will cover:Basic Geography SkillsPhysical GeographyEconomic GeographyPopulation GeographyCultural GeographyUS
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8th - 11th
Early Colonies of America: Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth
Problem Based Instruction:Huge resource almost 100Kb. Many animations to each of 64 slides with multiple choice questions on most slides. Use the remote with patience to allow for discussion, lectures, and even arguments. A complete unit: Roanoke colony of Sir Walter Raleigh, to the Jamestown Colony, to the Pilgrims and Puritans at Plymouth. Many paintings to add color to the slides.
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9th - 12th
Ancient India: Mauryan & Gupta Empires PowerPoint
This is a fascinating 28 slide presentation covering the literary and scientific accomplishments of the empires of Ancient India. It is aligned to both the ELA Common Core Standards for Literacy in History and the California State Standards for History. The presentation is the final segment of a 213 slide presentation ANCIENT INDIA and the Indus River Valley Civilization Teaching Unit PowerPoint Presentation . ***********************************************************************How to get TP
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
African Empires Presentation Research Project
African Empires Presentation - Research Project is an individual or small group project where students are given a kingdom in ancient Africa to research and present to the class. Original project requires a poster board for presentations but could easily be converted into a slideshow presentation. A rubric is included. Students will need a book or outside resources to complete this project. I’ve done this project many times through the years and it has worked well for me. Download now. What do y
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Preamble and Bill of Rights Printable Classroom Visuals
I typed, printed and stained these signs with coffee to antique them. I framed mine, but you could use them on a bulletin board display as well. There is a picture of my version at facebook.com/mrsreddsclassroom.
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K - 12th
People of the Bible Research Template
The People of the Bible template was designed as a strategy for visual learners to make connections in reporting about the many different kinds of people of the Bible through a graphic organizer. The template also includes the social studies concepts of map reading and concepts of making connections about lessons learned about God in the life of a biblical character.
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4th - 12th
Free US History Scope and Sequence Pacing Guide
Are you teaching American History and trying to figure out what topics to teach and a pacing guide? Grab this free curriculum map for US History that is perfect for back to school planning! Easily teach middle or high school US History with this scope and sequence that breaks down each week into topics and standards. These are the 11 Units that this pacing guide will cover:Colonial AmericaFrench & Indian War Through Revolutionary WarThe Constitution1790 - 1850Civil War & ReconstructionIn
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8th - 11th
Revolutionary War Recipes
Delight your students with three authentic and easy-to-make recipes from the American Revolution: Hasty Pudding, Firecake, and HoeCakes/Mushcakes (George Washington's favorite breakfast!). Additional information about the foods of the period gives students historical context. If you want to cook in the classroom, no problem!—parent permission slips and FDA Kitchen & Safety Rules are also included.
Revolutionary War Recipes is excerpted from COOKING UP SOME AMERICAN HISTORY, which provides
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2nd - 9th
Emergency Substitute Lesson Plans for PK-High (Sample)
Click Here to Follow Me!This is a sample of my work. I write mostly emergency lesson plans for substitutes in case they run into situations where teachers were unable to leave lesson plans due to emergencies, unexpected events, etc.My husband was diagnosed with a brain tumor in the fall of 2014 and he had to have more doctor appointments than I care to remember. Because of his 6 months of epilepsy before that he could not drive. I had to take time off of work EVERY time he needed to go to an app
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PreK - 12th
Brown v the Board of Education and the Little Rock Nine
Hook students on the topic of the day by asking them to analyze the images found on envelopes! Students will collect facts about the Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education and the crisis at Little Rock’s Central High School by analyzing two first day covers (envelopes with commemorative stamps, appropriate postmark and artwork) By using the teacher provided questions and quotes from the events students will understand how the events are tied together. Students will also see that non vi
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5th - 12th
Easter Biblical Facts for Kids (Christian Worldview)
This is a fact sheet created as a resource for your young learner in grades 2-8. It can be used to introduce the basic facts about Easter, with a purposeful focus on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and a minor mention of the Easter bunny. It can also be used for notebooking, lapbooking, copywork, Reading comprehension, or as a basic tool for research.Please note that all my holiday fact sheets are written with a generally Biblical worldview, and are meant for use in a homeschool set
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2nd - 9th
Pearl Harbor Attack--A Day of Infamy
This, And the Envelope, Please! lesson hooks the students on the topic of the day by asking them to analyze the images found on envelopes; the stamp, postmark and artwork! By analyzing the images and information found on an envelope commemorating the 50th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, students will be ready to review the reasons why Japan attacked the naval base, read a sailor’s first hand account of the attack, then read and analyze President Roosevelt’s war message to Congress and
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7th - 11th
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Harlem Renaissance and Zora Neale Hurston
Students will read a Harlem Renaissance newspaper article The New Negro, then analyze the first day cover (envelope with commemorative stamp, appropriate postmark and artwork) to identify Zora Neale Hurston. After reading an excerpt of How it Feels to Be Colored Me, students will discuss and support if Zora represents The New Negro of the Harlem Renaissance era. Discussion questions, concluding activity and teacher notes are included
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5th - 11th
Ancient Greece Curriculum
KidsKonnect's Ancient Greece Curriculum is a broad and engaging resource for students of all ages interested in learning about the fascinating civilization of Ancient Greece. This curriculum covers various topics, including Greek mythology, art and architecture, government and politics, and more.This curriculum features informative resources, worksheets, and interactive activities that will deepen their understanding of this important historical period. They will learn about Greek mythology's ma
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K - 9th
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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
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