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Freedom Homeschooling lists free high-quality homeschool social studies, history, and geography curriculum for all grades.
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Canadian social studies doesn't have to be limiting. Find out how we are creating a Charlotte Mason morning basket loop with Donna Ward!
Have you ever wondered what you 'should' teach in an elementary history course? This post is for you! It can help you choose an elementary history curriculum or you can use it as a starting
Engaging Charlotte Mason geography activities for your homeschool with map study, drawing, and discussion. All are vital to an understanding of history.
Guide to using Social Studies Simulations to step away from the lecture podium and engage your students with hands-on history activities.
Freedom Homeschooling lists free high-quality homeschool social studies, history, and geography curriculum for all grades.
Essential topics for an Ancient Greece Unit - key topics to cover on Ancient Greece for middle school or upper elementary.
Learn about the science of beaches, plus get fun math, language, and geography practice, in this printable beach unit study!
Look inside this affordable, easy to use, open and go, Christian, comprehensive elementary Social Studies curriculum that can be used for multiple grades...
10 Creative One-Pager Ideas for Social Studies As a social studies teacher, you understand that the subject is one of the most important asp...
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Looking for fun and engaging kindergarten social studies resources? Check out the interactive notebook that your students will love!
Blank templates for teachers to use to create word walls. Created in Word so that you can easily type in the word and definition, and even add a picture.
Take a trip with your homeschool students grades 3-8, and notebook across the USA with these states unit studies. There's a FREE unit study for all 50 states.
I attempted to do a wall timeline with Caroline a number of years ago. For a variety of reasons, it did not work for her. I think part of it was her age, part of it was her learning challenges, and part of it was the layout. However, I believe a timeline can be a
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Kids will have fun while learning where do I Live with this printable activity perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students.
Update: this unit study is no longer available for free. Okay guys, I'm excited to finally share our Vikings Unit Study with you! I've been talking about
US President Unit Study with Free Printable All United States of America Presidents included! Includes BOTH color and black and white worksheets. UPDATE: Joseph Biden has been added. ALSO: Now includes two versions of digital slides. These are great for distance learning or just to save on printing. Worksheets for each president has space for: […]
Use these 7 continents worksheet pagges to teach elementary age about CONTINENTS for kids. Grab continents book printable!
The connection between social studies and art includes different cultures while using art to explore history in new ways. Read more!
Looking for fun and engaging kindergarten social studies resources? Check out the interactive notebook that your students will love!
Me on the Map - Activities, games, crafts, printables - So many activities to keep the kids busy and active this summer!
Learn how to use social studies political cartoons to increase student engagement. Includes link to a free political cartoon analysis activity!
Learn how to tackle the challenge of teaching the five U.S. regions with limited time, using these practical tips and resources!
Freedom Homeschooling lists free high-quality homeschool social studies, history, and geography curriculum for all grades.
Learn about Ancient Greece with these free printable books to read, color, and learn! Fun geography & history worksheets.
As a kid in school I loved when my teachers celebrated creativity in the classroom. In fact, when I reflect on my own education, the moment...
These free history unit studies and lesson plans are perfect for piecing together a history curriculum based on your children’s interests.
Set of FREE printable world map choices with blank maps and labeled options for learning geography, countries, capitals, famous landmarks
Build research and writing skills with a historical travel brochure
For anyone who knows us or has been reading my blog for a while, you probably aren't surprised that Canada was chosen for our geography fair project and you probably know who's idea it was. Colin wants to live in Canada, where he imagines he'd be surrounded by hockey and find outdoor ice rinks on every corner. Since it was our first geography fair, I thought it would be best if they just did one country together. Colin immediately said Canada, but the girls weren't too thrilled with that idea. They named other countries, but never seemed set on one so I talked them into doing Canada. I figured Colin would do more of the work since he's older and should do something he's interested in. We used the Download N Go (DNG) study, Expedition Canada. From this we got to watch lots of videos showing different parts of Canada. We learned about a different animal each day, some places there, inventions, history, popular sports, Canadian cities, geography, and holidays. Some of the books we read Caleigh made this beaver, a national symbol of Canada, and this totem pole, which were made by the First Nations peoples. Lego Creations: Colin made the CN Tower and Caleigh made an inukshuk, both of which we learned about in the DNG study. In addition to DNG, we also used Homeschool Share's Canada lapbook and a Canada mini lapbook from Fortunately for You for our lapbook. I think this is the first time we've ever done an actual lapbook. We usually just add the mini books to our notebooks, but I wanted something they could display at the fair this time. We made maple cookies with real maple syrup. You can find the recipe we used here. Kids at the geography fair. Along the bottom of the table, we taped coloring pages for each of the provinces and territories.The kids spent a lot of time coloring them. Display board: It was Colin's idea to use black and red. Caleigh came up with using maple leaves under the letters in Canada. On the bottom right is a Mountie paper craft that Molly put together. Also on the board: map of Canada, map of North America, flag, popular sports, major industries, major crops, information about what the word Canada means, languages, holidays, animals, and Levi from Children Just Like Me. On the right, we brought along some of the inventions from Canada. On the left toward the front of the table is a French Canadian counting book. In this picture, you can see Colin's hockey helmet, a puck, the Lego CN Tower, and a French/English color words matching game. I'm so glad we did the geography fair. It was lots of fun showing our display and seeing everyone else's. The girls and I weren't too excited about doing Canada since it doesn't seem as exciting as some other countries, but we did learn a lot of new things and it ended up being a good study for us. In my previous post, I have some pictures of other projects at the fair and Molly getting a henna tatoo.
Resources:DESE - Missouri Heritage Project - video series Missouri History Overview – 18 weeks – one semester WeekTopic1State facts worksheet – online search2State Flag3Demographics, population cente
Then, we used a little total physical response to give my firsties a better visual on how the size of the places we live are related. They *loved* this
Students can travel across the globe without leaving the classroom. Check out these fun geography lessons for any grade and curriculum.
Integrating art and content in the ELA classroom. Tips and resources.
Over the past few years, I have been incorporating inquiry circles into my classroom through Social Studies and Science. Inquiry circles are a lot like most research projects. I would say the main difference is how they start. NOW AVAILABLE… One Stop Teacher Memberships Our grade-level memberships provide the BIGGEST savings on ALL One […]
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Do your students have to create timelines to meet academic standards? I'm sharing 10 engaging types of timelines that make this activity FUN for students!
Did you know you can use maps to teach many different subjects? Let's look at some of the ways you can use Free Giant Maps for Your Homeschool.