Little explorers take a mini-tour of the United States on this third grade geography and social studies worksheet. Kids use a map to answer geography questions.
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Fun printable geography scavenger hunts to introduce young kids to the United States! Easy map scavenger hunt for kids to do!
Make Oregon Trail History come alive for kids by making a salt dough map, a covered wagon craft, DIY crackers, and more in this westward expansion lesson.
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100+ United States regions worksheets. Worksheets for six regions of the United States. Great for middle school geography lessons.
Do your students' eyes start to glaze over when you're teaching them about the US Constitution, almost like they're about to doze off? Try switching things up a little bit with some hands-on activities that
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I love starting back to school on a Tuesday...if only every weekend was a three day weekend! I'm linking up with Holly at Fourth Grade Flipper for Tried it Tuesday Last week my students and I studied the causes of the American Revolution. Earlier this year Mary from Fit to be Fourth blogged about a Smarties activity she used to introduce her students to the causes of the American Revolution. She was so kind to send it to me. Since I only have 14 students I had my student teacher be the Queen. I was Parliament, two of my students were tax collectors and the rest were colonists. My student teacher read out the new tax laws while the tax collectors collected the taxes from their classmates. They passed the "taxes" to me and I passed a large share onto the king. The tax collectors were able to keep one Smartie for each new tax, I as Parliament kept two and we gave the rest to the Queen. The students got very vocal about the situation and quickly let us know that they did not find it very fair. As you can see the Queen had a very large share. The colonists did not end up with much. Once the activity was over, we had the students reflect on how they felt about the activity (after I gave them all more Smarties so they stopped thinking I was the unfair one,) and how they thought the colonists felt when they had to give up their money. It was a fantastic activity that really helped the kids have a taste of what the colonists may have felt. What have you tried recently? What do you do to help your students understand the American Revolution?
Handy civil war worksheets for 3rd-6th graders. Print american history worksheets to learn about the Civil War for kids from 1861-1865.
• SPARK IMAGINATION & PROMOTE SELF-EXPRESSION – Let kids choose their colors and watch their creativity take flight as they create their own geography study aids.• IMPROVE FOCUS & CONCENTRATION – Coloring encourages spatial awareness and helps kids focus on boundaries and lines.• BOOST CONFIDENCE – Completing a coloring page, big or small, will give kids a great sense of accomplishment and improve their self-esteem. • ENHANCE HAND & EYE COORDINATION – Coloring involves a variety of actions including holding crayons or markers, choosing colors and sharpening colored pencils. All of these tasks help children build their hand and eye coordination.Product Description:Our Color Your Own All About My State Posters are perfect classroom supplies for your geography study! Students can show off everything they know about their state as they use their own markers to make these paper posters bright. Perfect study aids, brightly colored posters help youngsters retain information long after the course is over. The finished posters are wonderful classroom decorations!Size: 22 x 17Quantity: 30Material: Paper© OTC”These posters are wonderful for researching information about a state. Provide each student with a poster and then each can be researching a different state. The information is appropriate and can be used as an assessment in a classroom.”Amy, Educational Product Development Specialist, Nebraska
Free 13 colonies map worksheet and lesson (New England, Middle, and Southern). Perfect resource for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades
Students cut and paste labels to identify the 6 major US Rivers and 2 Mountain Ranges according to Georgia Social Studies Standard SS3G1. Labels include: Hudson River, Ohio River, Mississippi River, Rio Grande River, Colorado River, Saint Lawrence River, Appalachian Mountains, and Rocky Mountains.
Learn about the civil war for kids with this free printable activity learning about famous people in the civil war making this flipbook.
Learn about the Revolutionary War with free printables. The set includes an American Revolution word search, vocabulary, crossword, and coloring pages.
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Do you have the honor of teaching your students about the Native American Nations? It's always one of my students' favorite social studies units. Along with the honor of teaching students about indigenous people also comes a great responsibility. It's very important as educators that we are always in touch with our bias and misconceptions about different cultures when we plan and teach. In this post we will discuss what and how I teach about indigenous people of the United States. Here are a few things to consider while lesson planning: 1. Use terms like indigenous people, First Americans, Native Americans. 2. Indigenous people span a large variety of nations and areas. Discuss and explain to students that they are all vastly different and cannot be grouped together. 3. DON'T dress your students up! It's not o.k. and we should all know better by now. 4. Don't speak of Native Americans in exclusively past tense form. We always discuss our local communities and some examples of how Native Americans in the area currently live. If we have any families in the class that come from the culture of topic, they are invited in to teach us about their culture. This is a practice we use when learning about all cultures. First American nations are vastly different and diverse. Due to this, my Native American Unit is my longest social studies unit of the year. We touch on this unit during Thanksgiving when we read and learn about the true story of Thanksgiving. We discuss this during our immigration unit when we learn who the first immigrants to the United States were and we have a month long unit in the spring when we learn about some of the different regions of indigenous nations. In order to fit this unit into our packed schedule, we align the unit to our reading and writing standards. I live in Florida which has adapted common core standards. For shared reading we spend about two weeks reading about some of the different North American regions. I align the lessons to these standards: STANDARDS CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.2 Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.3 Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text. In writing we spend an entire month creating informative pieces. I align the lessons to these standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.5 With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations). The main regions that we focus on are: REGIONS 1. Northwest 2. Northeast (Eastern Woodlands) 3. Southwest 4. Southeast 5. Plains We discuss the areas and the natural resources that each habitat had to offer the people who lived in the region. We learn the names of different groups who resided in the area. We also learn about one nation from the region. While learning about the natural resources we focus on these: AREAS TO COVER 1. Food 2. Clothing 3. Shelter 4. Practices 5. Art While reading and writing, students gather information in order to answer writing prompts that I've given them so that they can compose a book from the region of their choice. In the book, all on level and above level students write 7 paragraphs with support from me. The task is shortened for below level students according to their needs. The writing pieces have the introduction, the five areas mentioned above, each with it's own paragraph and the conclusion. Depending on the student, some of these paragraphs are shorter than others. We start the reading unit one week before we start the writing unit so that students have had a chance to learn a little about the different areas and can then make their choice of what to write about. Each student is given the opportunity to choose their region of choice because it makes them more invested in the task and they take it more serious. When students are done with their writing piece they get to choose a piece of art from their region to create. They must learn about the significance of the piece that they are making before they get to make it. Because we are on a strict budget, we use what materials we have on hand. I will show you the art below with the region. Just click on the pictures when you are done reading this post to go to a more detailed post about the art work. Southwest Rock Drawings Plains & Southeast Animal Hides Northwest Dream Catcher Northeast Jewelry This social studies unit takes a lot of resources to teach. In order to meet all of the students' needs, I wrote two different social studies units to teach with. I have a Native American Unit that includes passages from each region listed above, writing books and task cards. The passages each focus on all the information listed in the post. I also have a unit on specific Native American nations. The nations are: Cherokee, Sioux, Wampanoag, Pueblo and Comanche. You can find these units by clicking below. Feel free to leave any comments with lessons that worked for your class. We always learn and teach better together. Feel free to email me any questions that you may have. Happy teaching!
Trace the route the pioneers took west with this fun game
Revolutionary War Unit with 15 complete lessons, simulations, games, worksheets, activities, and more! Can be used with 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th graders.
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Kids can have a go at this Mardi Gras word search puzzle full of Mardi Gras words...
I have rounded up 13 Free Printable History Board Games. I think there is a great lack of fun history board games.
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On this page you'll find lots of free Pioneer Crafts and Activities for kids! Great for learning about The Oregon Trail, Westward Expansion, Lewis and Clark, and Early America. We used these crafts alongside our
State research project template plus posters for all 50 states! This resource includes everything you will need to seamlessly implement a state report project in your classroom, including detailed instructions and rubrics. The template will work with any state that a student is researching. >>> UPDATE: Mississippi's state flag has been updated on the poster. <<< This is a zipped file which includes: ★ STATE REPORT (PDF): This includes helpful teacher notes to get you started plus four pages of detailed instructions to send home for students and parents to read. The report template includes: ✔ State Report Cover Page ✔ Table of Contents ✔ State Snapshot ✔ Lined Stationery with headers for 8 narrative sections [Early History; Historical Figures; The People Today; Government; About the Land; Economy; Tourism; and Other Interesting Facts] ✔ Graphic Organizers (Timeline, State Map, State Symbols – 2 pages, Population Graph) ✔ Bibliography page ★ EDITABLE REPORT PAGES (PPT): Select pages from the State Report file are also included in an editable PowerPoint file. This will allow you to customize certain pages if needed. The pages included in the editable file are as follows: ✔ Four pages of instructions ✔ Rubrics (2 pages for written report and 1 page for oral presentation) ✔ Report Table of Contents ★ GOOGLE LINKS (PDF): Click on the links in this PDF to access your Google Slide copies. ★ DETAILED DISPLAY POSTERS FOR ALL 50 STATES (PDF): This 50 page file is a great year-long resource. It includes detailed information for each state. Each poster shows the state flag, state capital, state shape, pertinent historical and population data, state factoids, state quarter and state seal. Please take a look at the free PREVIEW above to see this resource in more detail. ★ ★ BUNDLE ALERT!! ★ ★ Save over 25% by purchasing this resource in a BUNDLE! ######################################### I also offer a similarly formatted COUNTRY RESEARCH REPORT PROJECT. You might also be interested in these QR CODES 50 STATES TASK CARDS. Find more unique SOCIAL STUDIES resources here! ######################################### Enjoy! ~ SunnyDaze
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Bestselling Civil War Unit (15 lesson plans) for 5th grade or middle school students. All activities and worksheets are included.
Are you teaching the Civil War? This Civil War timeline is in chronological order that summarizes 33 events that will help you organize your lessons! Events Leading Up to War 1828- Tariffs: The south refused to pay the taxes that were placed on imports. The north didn’t need as
A review of books to help you explore the Middle East, including cookbooks and children's books.
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