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Titanic Activities Bundle | Passenger Research | Comprehension | Titanic Math
HUGE Titanic bundle of Titanic reading comprehension resources, activities, PowerPoint, and SO much more! Your students will love the Titanic even more after diving into their study of the ship using these resources! Cover the basics and the more unique aspects of the Titanic with these literacy, math, and social studies connections.These Titanic activities cover everything from the construction of the Titanic to the discovery of the ship on the bottom of the Atlantic. Unique aspects, such as
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4th - 8th
The American Civil War Unit Reading Passages Timeline Worksheets Activities
This kid-friendly pack is a brief introduction to the American Civil War. It highlights the causes, major events, and the results of war. Students will learn all about the American Civil War with passages, organizers, and activities about the following topics:Slavery in AmericaA Divided NationSeceding the UnionPresident LincolnUnderground RailroadFort SumterBattle of GettysburgSurrender at AppomattoxEmancipation Proclamation13th, 14th, 15th Amendments With character studies on 5 important peopl
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3rd - 5th
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Primary and Secondary Sources Activities - Social Studies Unit 3rd 4th 5th Grade
This extensive Primary and Secondary Sources unit is great for teaching, reinforcing, practicing, and assessing student understanding of this important social studies concept. Your students will learn how to analyze primary and secondary source material through guided lessons, worksheets, sorts, and activities, with a fun project at the end!This best-selling unit is:Comprehensive - can be a standalone resource or a supplement to your existing curriculumEasy-to-Use - includes lesson plans as well
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3rd - 5th
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Explorers Unit | Early Explorers | European Explorers | DIGITAL | PRINTABLE
Explorers Unit with early explorers is filled with informational text, activities, projects, and assessments! This Explorers Unit has its own Informational Text on 8 explorers! It was divided up into two Explorer units in chronological order to make the content easier for your students to learn. It is now available in GOOGLE, POWERPOINT AND PDF. DISTANCE LEARNING:EXPLORERS UNIT TEACHER PDF: Plans, study guides, crafts, printables, answer keys and links for GOOGLE.EXPLORERS UNIT TEXT AND ACTIVIT
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3rd - 5th
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ELA Integrated Civil Rights w/ Summarizing - Main Idea & Detail - Writing
ELA Integrated with Social Studies! Black History Month Reading Passages - Civil Rights Movement Stories / Martin Luther King Jr. Unit that integrates the ELA literacy skills of Summarizing, Finding Main Idea and Supporting Details. PRINTABLE & DIGITAL Google Classroom! 7 Reading Passages that are engaging for upper elementary and middle school. This unit provides the teacher with lesson plans, passages, and very rigorous tasks that are focused on content while using the ELA skills of su
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4th - 6th
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Cinco de Mayo Craft Activities Writing Worksheets +13 units for Global Holidays
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a Craft Activity and reading passage. Plus this resource includes 13 other Holidays Around the World making it a great value.This Holidays Around the World reading comprehension, crafts and research project includes crafts, reading passages, a passport, a suitcase, journal & scrapbook activities, bulletin board & much more for 14 other celebrations from different countries.If you are looking for activities that include culture, diversity, traditions or custom
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2nd - 5th
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Newspaper Article Writing Unit {Here's the Scoop!}
This unit will have your students excited about writing and thinking reflectively about the world around them.About this ProductThis is one of my favorite Writing Units! Writing a Newspaper Article about the community, school, or class is a fun way for students to develop their writing skills, as well as connect with the world around them. The resources in this unit could be used to teach as a class Writing Unit, to create a class newspaper, a school newspaper, or in an after school club. Stud
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3rd - 6th
Revolutionary War Causes Unit- Road to American Revolution | Digital & Printable
Revolutionary War Causes: Loaded with Informational Text on Revolutionary War Causes. Lesson plans (with website and video links) and a chart for notes included. It is now available in GOOGLE, POWERPOINT AND PDF.DISTANCE LEARNING:ROAD TO REVOLUTION UNIT TEACHER PDF: Plans, study guides, printables, answer keys and links for GOOGLE.ROAD TO REVOLUTION TEXT AND ACTIVITIES: Google Slides AND Powerpoint with everything from the printable PDF except the study guides, plans, and answer keys.ROAD TO RE
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3rd - 5th
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Middle Ages PowerPoint + Notes Activity for Medieval Europe, Feudalism, Crusades
In this Middle Ages notes and PowerPoint lesson activity, you receive a 50-page PowerPoint presentation and a 5-page guided notes packet for instruction on the Middle Ages, Medieval Europe, feudalism, Germanic Tribes, Vikings, the Franks (Clovis, Charles Martel, Charlemagne, the Feudal System, the Pope and the Catholic Church, Cities, Towns, Universities, the Black Death, the Magna Carta, and much, much more. This unit PowerPoint is synced to go hand-in-hand with my Middle Ages Unit here!Studen
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5th - 9th
Immigration: Ellis Island Activities - Immigration Project
This Ellis Island & Immigration unit includes 44 pages of printables to engage your students while learning about immigration in the early 1900s. No fluff or filler here: this unit provides solid, high-quality content that will deepen students' understanding and simplify complex concepts, while taking them on a steamship journey across the Atlantic to New York Harbor and through Ellis Island. You’ll find these printables to be thoughtfully designed, easy to use, thorough, and engaging for
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3rd - 6th
Ancient Rome PowerPoint and Notes Activity for Roman Empire PLUS Teacher Guide
In this Ancient Rome notes and PowerPoint activity lesson, you receive a 49-page PowerPoint presentation and a 4-page guided notes packet for instruction on the founding of Rome, the geography of Rome, the Roman Republic, the rise of Julius Caesar, the Pax Romana, the Roman Golden Age, the Roman Empire, and much, much more. This unit PowerPoint is synced to go hand-in-hand with my Ancient Rome Unit here!Students are instructed on the origins and development of the Roman civilization, beginning
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5th - 9th
Regions of the United States: Northeast, Complete Unit (5 Regions)
Your students will enjoy reading this complex informational text about the Northeast region, home of the largest city, the smallest state, and our nation's capital. Find out what makes the Northeast an interesting and unique region.This unit includes printable options only. If you would like a digital option using Google Drive, check out my Northeast Region Digital Only for Distance Learning with a Google Slides version of the reading text and questions, and a self-grading Google Forms version o
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3rd - 6th
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Immigration Project with Ellis Island Activities and Social Studies Lapbook
Immigration Unit {Lapbook, Close Reading, & Text Dependent Questions}This resource includes all you need for a two-week study of Immigration in the United States. No extra research on your part is needed!NEW: DIGITAL MENU ADDED for distance learning! Take this entire project digital with a clickable PDF menu to all reading passages, text dependent questions, and a digital flipbook as the culminating project.Included in this resource: Unit Preparation★ Suggestions and tips from a teacher
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2nd - 5th
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Mesoamerica Unit: Maya, Aztec, Inca- Readings, Lapbook, PowerPoint & Test!
Teach about ancient civilizations by exploring Mesoamerica and South America! This is a complete 4 + week, No-Prep unit on the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas, with information on the Zapotec and Olmec included. This unit includes complete lesson plans, a student workbook with informational text and reading comprehension strategies, an accompanying interactive notebook (activity lapbook), a PowerPoint for teacher-guided instruction, and an end-of-unit assessment.The student workbook and PowerPoint pre
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4th - 5th
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Regions of the United States: Southwest, Complete Unit (5 Regions)
Your students will enjoy reading this complex informational text about the Southwest region, home of the giant saguaro cactus, the Hoover Dam, and the Grand Canyon. This unit includes printable options only. If you would like a digital option using Google Drive, check out my Southwest Region Digital Only for Distance Learning with a Google Slides version of the reading text and questions, and a self-grading Google Forms version of the unit test, or get the bundle with both printable and digital
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3rd - 6th
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Regions of the United States: Southeast, Complete Unit (5 Regions)
Your students will enjoy reading this complex informational text about the Southeast region. There's more to the Southeast than just sunny beaches! Find out what makes the Southeast an interesting and unique region.This unit includes printable options only. If you would like a digital option using Google Drive, check out my Southeast Region Digital Only for Distance Learning with a Google Slides version of the reading text and questions, and a self-grading Google Forms version of the unit test,
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3rd - 6th
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Continents, Oceans, & Map Skills UNIT- Reading Passages, Lapbook, PowerPt, Test!
Teach the seven continents and five oceans with this 3-4 week, no-prep, full unit on the Continents & Oceans with a side of Map Skills! With this unit, you will receive complete lesson plans, a student workbook with informational text and reading comprehension tasks, an accompanying interactive notebook (activity lapbook), a PowerPoint for teacher-guided instruction, and an end-of-unit assessment. The student workbook and PowerPoint presentation are Google 1:1 compatible. Reading and liter
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3rd - 5th
Regions of the United States: Midwest, Complete Unit (5 Regions)
Your students will enjoy reading this complex informational text about the Midwest region. Discover what makes the "Heart of America" a unique place.This unit includes printable options only. If you would like a digital option using Google Drive, check out my Midwest Region Digital Only for Distance Learning with a Google Slides version of the reading text and questions, and a self-grading Google Forms version of the unit test, or get the bundle with both printable and digital options.Each regio
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3rd - 6th
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Regions of the United States: West, Complete Unit (5 Regions)
Your students will enjoy reading this complex informational text about the West region, from the cold frozen tundra of Alaska to the sunny beaches of Hawaii and California.This unit includes printable options only. If you would like a digital option using Google Drive, check out my West Region Digital Only for Distance Learning with a Google Slides version of the reading text and questions, and a self-grading Google Forms version of the unit test, or get the bundle with both printable and digita
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3rd - 6th
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Geography Map Skills Unit: Info Text, Int. Notebook, Assess, Quick Checks + More
Help your students develop proficiency in GEOGRAPHY AND MAP SKILLS.With this unit, they will learn to read a compass rose, key/ legends with symbols, and scales on a map. They will also be able to label the 7 continents and 5 oceans on a map, learn the difference between maps and globes and understand the effect of distortion. By the end of this unit, they will also be able to name and identify the purpose of different maps (physical, political, elevation, and population) just to name a few of t
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3rd - 5th
The Star Spangled Banner Unit- Music Presentation- Literacy/History Connections
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1st - 12th
Autism Acceptance & Awareness Unit | Four Activities, Video, Lesson | Level 1
***Made by an Autistic Teacher*** This is a unit (made for Autism Acceptance / Awareness Month) includes an editable, digital no prep 50 page lesson and activity set reviewing current information on autism with 3 differentiated levels of all included activities! Use the lesson and activities with any student who is at a 2nd-7th grade reading level - the free CUSTOM VIDEO, graphics and activities remain age appropriate for any student, as I created this originally for my own 18-22 year old classr
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2nd - 7th
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Ancient Greece Notes and PowerPoint Lesson Activity for Ancient Greece
In this Ancient Greece guided notes and PowerPoint lesson activity, you receive a 44-page PowerPoint presentation and a 4-page guided notes packet for instruction on the ancient Greek civilization, the polis, Greek geography, government, the Persian Wars, Greek culture, and much more. This unit PowerPoint is synced to go hand-in-hand with my Ancient Greece Unit here!Students are instructed on the origins and development of the ancient Greeks, the Greek geography and the creation of the polis, t
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5th - 9th
Declaration of Independence Activities for Third Grade
Need some fun and engaging activities to use while covering the Declaration of Independence!? Included in this pack are;task cards, center cards, organizers, craftivity book, texting activity, and a brochure craftivity! Please note that the craftivity, center cards, and task card products are listed in my store as individual items. However, they are offered at a HUGE discounted price in this bundle. Craftivity- Included in this pack is a mini book which reviews the purpose, sections, and why t
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3rd - 5th
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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.
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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.
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