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Social studies Common Core W.3.2 lessons
Amelia Earhart Build an Airplane READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM and Social Studies in your classroom during Women's History Month with this Amelia Earhart STEM Challenge! Travel through the skies with Amelia Earhart! Build an Airplane STEM Challenge is a fun and unique way to engage your students during Women's History Month. Teach students that anyone can be a successful pioneer in industry regardless of gender. Students begin the activity by reading about Amelia Earhart and learning vocabulary on different aspects of flight (thrust, lift, dr
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K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Women's History Month READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities BUNDLE #1
Character Biography Reports | Digital and Printable Biography Writing Resources
Character Bio Reports is a great way to teach kids how to write an organized report about a person or a book character... without copying and pasting facts from a website. This assignment requires students to choose a famous person or character, research that person, and write a short character analysis essay. Editable student directions are included, along with a graphic organizer and a scoring rubric. Updated Printables and New Google Slides Resources!This product has been completely revised
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Margaret Hamilton and the Moon READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM and Social Studies in your classroom during Women's History Month with this Margaret Hamilton Space STEM Challenge! Help Apollo astronauts land safely on the moon with Margaret Hamilton! Build a Lunar Lander STEM Challenge is a fun and unique way to engage your students during Women's History Month. Teach students that anyone can be successful in STEM regardless of gender. Students begin the activity by reading about Margaret Hamilton and learning vocabulary about Lunar Landers. Y
Grades:
K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Women's History Month READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities BUNDLE #1
Native Americans Unit Native American Heritage Month
This unit is a great introduction to Native American Heritage and History. The unit introduces Native American history, Native American Heritage Month, important figures of Native American history, and 8 regions of Native American tribes. Pick and choose the resources you want to use to complete your unit! Included in this package:Close Reading and Information Text•The Speedy Version of Native American History•What is Native American Heritage Month?•Northwest Coast Tribes•Southwest Tribes•
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3rd - 6th
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50 States Research Report: Multi-Draft Informative Writing for Grades 3-5 (CCSS)
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50 Nifty United States with 13 Original Colonies - sing it with me!
Instead of doing several Informative Essays, I like to focus on just one and help students make it better and better through multiple drafts that add new skills each time. This method makes research writing easi
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3rd - 5th
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Types of Communities Activities & Flip Book - 2nd, 3rd & 4th Grade Geography
Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students all about different types of communities? Your students will love learning about types of communities with these engaging geography activities, worksheets, and a flipbook. This resource contains easy-to-follow lessons to help you teach your class about urban, suburban, and rural communities. In this bundle, your students will get hands-on activities, foldables, worksheets, early finisher resources, homework options, writing prompts, a fli
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2nd - 4th
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Presidents Research Report:Multi-Draft Informative Writing for Grades 3-5 (CCSS)
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Instead of doing several Informative Essays, I like to focus on just one and help students make it better and better through multiple drafts that add new skills each time. This method makes research writing easier to manage for you and your students.
These "Ready To Print" student pages meet EIGHT of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in English Language Arts
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3rd - 5th
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3rd Grade MyView U2 SUPPLEMENT How-To Article Writing Graphic Organizers Sample
This resource is a terrific SUPPLEMENT to myView Literacy, Grade 3, Unit 2 HOW-TO ARTICLE WRITING. It focuses on community projects, the topic covered in the Unit 2 Assessment. The 8 writing prompts include topics that range from planting a tree to provide food and shelter for local birds, to organizing a book drive for less fortunate children. It is in Google Slides to assign in Google Classroom and includes a PDF version for printing.Included in This UnitEight How To Writing PromptsMy How-To
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3rd
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BUNDLE: Africa Unit Studies Resources | Africa Unit Activities
This bundle will help provide a ton a resources to make your exploration of the African continent effective and fun! These resources are packed with great information, photos, and activities to really round out your Africa unit study! Learn about animals, plants, countries, landmarks, and landforms of the huge continent of Africa! All these resources have versions using both the metric system and the imperial measurement system.Check out other Continent Bundles:South America Unit Study Resource
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Grades:
4th - 6th
BUNDLE: South America Unit Studies Resources | South America Unit Activities
Explore the continent of South America with your class with this bundle of fabulous resources! Learn about the plants, animals, countries, landmarks, landforms, and maps of this continent. Enjoy!Check out other Continent Bundles:South America Unit Study Resource BundleNorth America Unit Study Resources BundleAsia Unit Study Resource BundleEurope Unit Study Resource BundleAfrica Unit Study Resource BundleAntarctica Unit Study Resource BundleAustralia Unit Study Resources BundleYou Might Also Enjo
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Grades:
4th - 6th
NGSS:
4-ESS2-2
Russian Nesting Dolls Art Project, Exit Slips, Art Sub Plans for Elementary Art
Ready to ignite your elementary art curriculum with engaging, no prep cultural art projects? This Russian nesting dolls drawing will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will love learning Matryoshka folk art and the symbolism of these stacked dolls. Moreover, they’ll enjoy playing this roll a dice game to design their own.And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create art lesson plans based on the rich history of Russia. During this art project, your class will learn about symbo
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Ramadan Craft and Activities with Eid al-Fitr Lantern Craft - Islamic Holidays
Explore Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr with fun crafts and activities. With a Ramadan lantern craft, 2 informational texts, 4 activities about Ramadan and Eid, and paragraph writing practice, you have everything you need for your students to explore how people celebrate Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. Build community and cultural identity with this great lesson.Here are some ways you can use this resource:✔ Read about the traditions and meaning of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr✔ Discuss how everyone has unique cultu
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Take the Fear Out of Research Projects Mini-Unit
Just the thought of doing a research project is enough to send some students into a state of shock, (and fill teachers with dread!). End the fear with this mini-unit consisting of an easy method of organizing and writing research projects. Once I started using this method with my own students, they started doing one research project after another on their own!Benefits of using this Research Project resource in your classroom:Designed to make research not only easy, but funTried and true method
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: 3rd Grade Ultimate Language Arts Year-Long Bundle
Countries Research Report: Multi-Draft Informative Writing for Grades 3-5 (CCSS)
"My kids loved this!"Instead of doing several Informative Essays, I like to focus on just one and help students make it better and better through multiple drafts that add new skills each time. This method makes research writing easier to manage for you and your students. These "Ready To Print" student pages meet EIGHT of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in English Language Arts (ELA) for Grades 3-5 Writing & Language and support students through the entire Writing Process! This Exposi
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3rd - 5th
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Morning Work Bundle (4th, 5th, 6th Grade)
Morning Work Bundle (4th, 5th, 6th Grade) - 532 Worksheets & Printables. A morning work bundle for upper elementary. Use the many art illustrations as a springboard into writing prompts.• Worksheets travel nicely between grade levels. • Meets 65-82% of Common Core Writing Literacy Standards for grades 3-7. Click links for full previews. You get the following:1. Editing - 12 Printable Prompts• Labor Day• Haunted House• Winter Solstice• Sled Racing• White House Easter Egg Roll• Valentine's Day
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4th - 7th
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Library Research | The Ultimate BUNDLE
Scaffold student learning throughout grades K-5 with these research projects for elementary library classes! Your students will develop their research, writing, and technology skills beginning in Kindergarten and progressing through 5th grade. Help your students progress in their mastery of research skills in elementary school! Each grade builds upon skills learned in previous years.Included in this ultimate bundle of resources:ANIMAL RESEARCH K-5 BUNDLE:Guide your students in an engaging anima
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K - 5th
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BUNDLE: Antarctica Unit Study Resources | Antarctica Unit Activities
Love learning about Antarctica? These resources will round out your Antarctica Unit Study. Using map work, non-fiction articles about explorers and penguins, persuasive writing templates, plants and animals that live in Antarctica, postcards from notable landmarks and landforms, and a brochure that outlines some important facts about Antarctica. This set is just bulging with helpful, informative resources for a unit study on Antarctica. Don't worry- All these resources have both metric and imper
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
4-ESS2-2
Continents: Africa Digital Distance Learning GOOGLE Unit
Use this distance learning unit to teach all about the continent of Africa (grades 1-3). Implement the Africa unit in GOOGLE Classroom. Easily differentiate with built in options that require NO EXTRA PREP. Utilize Google Classroom and open the entire resource in Google Slides to present information about South America in an interactive, digital format that can be easily differentiated for all learners. This unit integrates ELA and social studies at the same time!Included with your purchase:*Goo
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Digital Resource GROWING BUNDLE for Google Classroom & Distance Learning
Black History Month Activities Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Activities
Are you looking for a meaningful Black History Month resource that will not only let your students have fun and show their creativity, but also requires them to conduct research and think critically? Look no further! Included in this resource:Reading StrategiesCivil RightsThe Civil Rights Act of 1964Civil rights timelineMapping the Civil Rights MovementThen and NowHarriet TubmanFrederick DouglasRosa ParksMartin Luther King Jr.Ruby BridgesBarack ObamaBlank Graphic OrganizerResearch projectBiogra
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3rd - 8th
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BUNDLE: European Unit Studies Resources | Europe Unit Activities
Explore Europe with these set of informative and helpful resources that cover so much basic info about Europe. Learn about landmarks and landforms, maps, animals, plants, countries, culture, and traditions in these fabulous resources!Check out other Continent Bundles:South America Unit Study Resource BundleNorth America Unit Study Resources BundleAsia Unit Study Resource BundleEurope Unit Study Resource BundleAfrica Unit Study Resource BundleAntarctica Unit Study Resource BundleAustralia Unit St
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Grades:
4th - 6th
NGSS:
4-ESS2-2
ESL Lesson Plans and Activities about Continents and Oceans
Are you looking for a way to help your English language learners in grades 3-5 achieve success in both content and language objectives?Our Intermediate Content Units have got you covered! With detailed lesson plans, scaffolded learning materials, and a focus on both WIDA and Common Core standards, these units provide the perfect balance between teaching essential subject matter and language skills.This Content Unit includes:✅ 10 days of standard-aligned lessons✅ 10 writing activities✅ 10 speakin
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: ESL Social Studies, Science, and ELA Curriculum for K-12
BUNDLE: Asia Unit Studies Resources | Asia Unit Activities
Explore the continent of Asia with your class with this amazing bundle of resources! Learn about the animals, plants, countries, landmarks, landforms, and maps of Asia! What a great jumping place for your Asia Unit!Asia Unit Test included as the bonus file.Check out other Continent Bundles:South America Unit Study Resource BundleNorth America Unit Study Resources BundleAsia Unit Study Resource BundleEurope Unit Study Resource BundleAfrica Unit Study Resource BundleAntarctica Unit Study Resource
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Grades:
4th - 6th
NGSS:
4-ESS2-2
The First Thanksgiving Mini Distance Learning Unit for GOOGLE Classroom
Use digital Google classroom informational text about the first Thanksgiving through integration of ELA, social studies and technology. Graphic Organizers, writing pages and extra activities will encourage students to synthesize the information and demonstrate their knowledge after reading the passages.Students will respond to informational text by answering questions in a student booklet in a variety of formats.Included with your *GOOGLE* Classroom Unit:*Student Workbook with comprehension ques
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Thanksgiving: Mayflower Voyage, Pilgrims, Native Americans GOOGLE Bundle
World Country Research Project with Rubric Grade 3
Research Mexico, Brazil, Egypt, China, France and more! This is a month long research (informational writing) unit designed for our grade 3 students that is fully Common Core aligned and highly engaging. Students are introduced to several countries through whole group lessons that involve cooperative or partner work- reading for meaning, scavenger hunt, and gallery walk. Next students select a country to research in depth. They work through a packet collecting text-based information about th
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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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.
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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.
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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.
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