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Kindergarten social studies unit plans $5-10
First Thanksgiving Unit for Kindergarten and First Grade
Sail on the Mayflower and experience life as a Pilgrim and Wampanoag during this first Thanksgiving unit for kindergarten and first grade! The week-long comprehensive unit includes detailed daily lesson plans with literature suggestions. It incorporates reading, writing, math, history, handwriting, and art. It also has Google Slides to use for discussion and links to videos that complement the unit study.Click on the PREVIEW to read each lesson plan, see the Week-at-a-Glance planning sheet, as
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K - 1st
Little Social Studies Thinkers for K-1: Pilgrims and Native Americans /Wampanoag
This complete K-1 Thanksgiving History unit teaches historically accurate and factual lessons about the history of modern day Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims, and the Wampanoag people. Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary. It contains everything you need to teach a complete unit in a neat, organized package. It's very teacher friendly and student-approved! -------------------GET THE FULL YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM HERE--------------------Full FIR
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Little Social Studies Thinkers CURRICULUM {Kindergarten Social Studies}
Little Social Studies Thinkers MINI-UNIT for K-1: America
This complete mini-unit teaches lessons about the government in America. It’s a perfect mini-unit for President’s Day/Week!________________________________________________________________Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete Social Studies curriculum. It contains everything you need to teach a complete unit in a neat, organized package. It's very teacher friendly and student-approved!-------------------GET THE FULL YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM HERE--------------------Full FIRST GRADE Little Soc
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Little Social Studies Thinkers CURRICULUM {Kindergarten Social Studies}
Natural Resources
Complete natural resource unit! Anchor charts with pictures and definitions, thinking maps, folables, interactive notebook pieces, and a mini reader! Included in this set:-Anchor charts and posters-Circle maps-Tree map picture sort-Interactive notebook piece-Man-made or nature made foldable-A mini book for students to create from what they have learned!Updated and added summer of 2022- - 20 slide instructional PowerPoint AND an emergent reader!This unit will make a great addition to your Science
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K - 3rd
Long Ago and Today Comparing the Past and Present
My students and I love learning about life long ago and comparing the past to the present! I love that this Long Ago and Today social studies unit easily integrates with our ELA “ALL ABOUT” informative writing unit. By the end of the unit, students will understand that…They know a lot about differing topics and can write focused information to teach others.They can gather data from various sources like books, websites, videos, and other media sources. They use this knowledge to help them tell mo
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K - 2nd
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Personal Financial Literacy: A Unit for Needs and Wants & Spending and Saving
This Personal Financial Literacy unit is filled with hands-on, interactive activities. Teaching posters, graphic organizers, interactive notebook templates, a personal money portfolio, and so much more! It was created with the K-1 learner in mind and aligns directly with TEKS. Students are sure to enjoy their learning as you tackle this topic!Included in this unit:-Standards Taught -Teaching Sequence -Word Wall Cards -Teaching Posters -Ways to Earn Income Web -Job Skills Web -Income or Gift Poc
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K - 1st
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Transportation Unit
Your students will love learning all about things that go with this hands-on transportation unit! This nonfiction unit contains everything you need to integrate literacy, math, science, and social studies while learning about transportation!What's included in this unit?•Transportation poster p. 3•Air, Land, Sea posters p.4-6•Air, Land, Sea Sorting p. 7-8•Transportation Scenarios p.9-10•How Do Things Travel? Readers p. 11-24•Cars, Trains, Planes, Boats fact sheets p. 28•Cars,Trains,Planes,Boats f
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Science and Nonfiction Units for the Year Bundle
Mapping Skills Unit and Flipbook Craft
This social studies unit helps students understand where they live. It breaks it down to my house, my street, my city, my state, my country, my continent, and my world. This unit includes:Vocabulary booklets, posters and word wall cardsStudent booklets for mapping skillsMy map flip book craftStudent activity pagesConnect with Me!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecreativeclassroom/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCreativeClassroom/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ashlyn1214/Twitter
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K - 3rd
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Inventors and Inventions Unit | Print and Digital
Looking for an interactive way to teach your students about inventors and inventions? This best selling unit will keep your students engaged and wanting to learn more. This includes hands-on activities and high-interest reading passages. This now has a link on page 2 allowing use in Google Classroom. Students can complete several of the activities online. This makes it ideal for distance learning.This no-prep unit covers the following 20 inventors:Mary AndersonAlexander Graham BellLouis BrailleG
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K - 5th
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Also included in: Inventors and Inventions BUNDLE | Print and Digital
Community Workers Unit for Special Education
Elevate your community workers lessons with this comprehensive unit, specially designed for special education teachers and parents of autistic students. Packed with engaging games, printables, flashcards, and an adapted book, this resource covers a range of learning styles. The set includes 12 flashcards with definitions, a 12-page adapted book, 9 matching worksheets, 8 writing worksheets, 7 creative writing worksheets, 12 coloring/following direction worksheets, an 'I Have, Who Has?' game, and
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PreK - 5th
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Economy Unit for Special Education
Explore the basics of the economy with this comprehensive unit tailored for special education teachers and parents of autistic students. Packed with engaging games, printables, flashcards, and an adapted book, this functional social studies theme facilitates academic learning about life skills. Designed for differentiation across diverse learning styles, the unit includes flashcards with definitions, an adapted book ('Why is Money Important?'), matching worksheets, information sheets, writing ex
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PreK - 5th
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Recycling Unit for Special Education
Explore the importance of recycling with this comprehensive unit designed for special education teachers and parents of autistic students. Packed with engaging activities, games, printables, and an adapted book, this resource seamlessly integrates academic and functional themes into the classroom curriculum. The unit covers a range of materials, including flashcards with definitions, an 'Ready to Recycle' adapted book, matching and writing worksheets, creative writing activities, sorting exercis
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PreK - 5th
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Community Signs Mega Pack for Special Education
Enhance your students' understanding of common community signs with this comprehensive unit designed for special education and parents of autistic students. Packed with engaging games, printables, flashcards, and an adapted book (What Should I Do?), the resource covers a range of activities to reinforce sign recognition skills. The toolkit includes flashcards with definitions, a multiple-choice adapted book, a card game for identifying signs based on clues, file folder activities for matching si
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PreK - 5th
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1st Grade Social Studies Curriculum Economics Unit
A full economics unit with 40 pages of resources for your social studies curriculum! This second unit focuses on the different concepts in economics! Included in this unit are vocabulary word cards, printable posters, and activities. Aligns with Michigan standards and the MC3 Curriculum. GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS LINKS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PDF DOWNLOAD ON THE GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS PAGEFiles are available to download on Google Slides!Want to view a lesson before you buy? CLICK HERE FOR A LESSON FREEBI
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K - 3rd
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2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum Being a Good Citizen Unit
This is the FINAL unit in the 2nd grade Communities series! This unit follows the MC3 Curriculum in Michigan, but is formatted to use almost anywhere.GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS LINKS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PDF DOWNLOAD ON THE GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS PAGEGoogle Drive Compatible files have been added. See Google Drive Access page in PDF to download.Want to see a sample lesson? CLICK HERE FOR A LESSON FREEBIELesson Plan Titles:Lesson 1 – Who is a Good Citizen?Lesson 2 – Solving Problems TogetherLesson 3 – Pu
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K - 4th
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Also included in: 2nd Grade Social Studies Communities Curriculum YEAR LONG Bundle Units
Geography Adapted Books for Special Education
Simple Social Studies: Geography Adapted Books for Special EducationThese Adapted Books are designed to directly teach basic Geography Skills to students in Special Education. Each book can be used to help students practice and generalize these important skills! WHAT TOPICS ARE INCLUDED?Our ContinentsLandformsBiomesMap SymbolsHOW DO YOU USE IT IN THE CLASSROOM? Introduce new topicsIndependent WorkReview Mastered TopicsHOW DO STUDENTS USE THEM? Use the matching pictures for non writersUse matchin
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Geography Curriculum Bundle for Special Education
1st Grade Social Studies Curriculum My Family and Me Unit
***1st Grade Social Studies My Family & Me w/ Google Slides for Distance Learning***A full unit with more than 40 pages of resources for your social studies curriculum! This first unit focuses on the concepts of my family and me! Included in this unit are lesson plans, reading comprehension pages, vocabulary word cards, printable posters, and activities. GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS LINKS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PDF DOWNLOAD ON THE GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS PAGELessons have been made into Google Slides th
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K - 3rd
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Theodore Roosevelt First Grade Packet
This HUGE Theodore Roosevelt resource packet includes over 30 differentiated worksheets that are perfectly aligned to your first grade social studies standards. This packet covers everything from when Theodore Roosevelt was a child to when he was a Rough Rider to when he was the president! This packet also covers his positive character traits and encourages students to compare their own lives now to life back then.The best part? There are multiple versions of the worksheets making it ideal for d
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: American Heroes First Grade Bundle
Communities and How They Change Over Time BUNDLE
Communities and How They Change Over Time BUNDLE
This Unit Contains:
• Communities I Belong To
• Types of Communities (Urban, Rural, Suburban)
• Communities Sort (Urban, Rural, Suburban)
• Communities Past and Present (Change)
• Communities Past and Present (Change)
• Technology of the Past and Present Sort
• Schools Past and Present
• Two Pages of Discussion Questions
The sorts and activities are great ways to reach the upper levels of Blooms Taxonomy. Students not only learn about communitie
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K - 4th
Geography Kindergarten and 1st Grade - ME ON THE MAP BOOK - 9 WEEKS
Are you looking for an engaging way to get your students learning about geography? I have you covered with 9 WEEKS of lesson plans covering positional words, landforms, bodies of water, cardinal directions, maps, globes, personal information, and seasonal weather changes. It has crafts, interactive notebook pages, posters, ME ON THE MAP flip book, and a Write the Room Activity. ►CHECK THE PREVIEWRelated Products⭐ Social Studies GROWING YEARLONG BUNDLE Kindergarten and 1st Grade(Save $ and get t
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Social Studies Curriculum Kindergarten & First Grade BUNDLE
Medicine Wheel SEL Unit: Indigenous Education
Teach SEL and health topics to primary grades using the medicine wheel, an Indigenous/Native American symbol!This unit helps students understand mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health and how each type of health affects the others. They'll learn about fostering healthy habits to improve overall well-being. Included are a teacher's guide, printable posters, whole-class activities, worksheets, and an end-of-unit assessment. This cross-curricular unit covers both primary health standards
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K - 3rd
American Symbols - A Social Studies Unit for Kindergarten and First Grade
This unit plan is designed to teach young children about American Symbols. There is a lesson snapshot with learning goals aligned with the kindergarten common core standards for all activities listed below. I have included a few different versions of the social studies activities to enable differentiated instruction for different grades and levels. Download the preview to get a free sample! Here's whats included:Social Studies: Each topic comes with a fact page as well as 2 graphic organizersThe
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: America BUNDLE
Let's Celebrate Women's History Month
This unit contains a variety of activities to be used throughout Women's History Month in March. It focuses on the following Famous American Women:
1. Amelia Earhart
2. Rosa Parks
3. Susan B. Anthony
4. Harriet Tubman
5. Helen Keller
6. Betsy Ross
This unit contains the following:
1. Posters with real images of these women
2. Vocabulary Cards
3. Journal Pages: Most Important Woman in Your Life, Do Women Have Same Equal Rights as Men?, and Who is your favorite Famous American Woman?
4. Women's
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K - 2nd
Continents and Oceans Unit for Special Education
Geography unit on continents and oceans for students with autism or special needs. This unit consists of differentiated resources and activities for students at various levels.
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Continents posters
Continents adapted book
Continents comprehension questions (3 levels)
Continents matching (2 levels)
Continents writing practice
Continents cut and paste
Continents matching game
Continents map coloring page
Oceans posters
Oceans adapted book
Oceans comprehension questions (3 levels)
Oceans
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PreK - 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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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