Teaching about peace and what it means to be a peacemaker at school and at home? You'll want this resource filled with activities that help facilitate your talks & teachings! This is perfect for first grade students & even mid-end of the year Kindergarten too! Includes: Peacemaker poster Peacemaker words/vocabulary Symbol poster Sort sheets (peacemaker/peacebreaker) & (symbols/not symbols of peace) Drawing symbols Handprint craft This is peace response This is love response Be a peacemaker reader Check out my MLK Jr. reader and timeline to help with peace too!
ALL ABOUT EARTH Get ready for a month filled with so many fun activities to teach your kiddos all about our planet Earth . I teach this unit in April so it coincides with Earth Day. I’ve loaded up this blog post post with read aloud book ideas, free videos you can share with your students,
(Click on any photo to be taken to the resource) You are going to LOVE this unit. It’s easy to implement, it’s comprehensive, #representation, and your students are going to walk away with a great foundation of important social studies skills. We lay the foundation in literally every other academic area, social studies shouldn’t be […]
This no-prep and engaging Social Studies All About Me activity is great for back to school or sub day plans. Your students will love getting creative while expressing their thoughts and perspectives on history - not to mention learning more about each other in the process. With this one pager activity, students will write and create visual representations and drawings for a historical event that happened on their birthday, describing where they were born, one place in the world they want to visit, and a historical figure they would like to meet. Talk about unique! Not only will this social studies activity help build classroom community, but it can also be used as a fun way to review social studies content. Plus, you’ll receive both printable and digital versions of this activity so you can choose which works best for you. This activity is great for all social studies classes! You can use this Social Studies All About Me activity in US History, Geography, and Civics/Government classes. Feeling like you're in need of a creative and fun activity to start the new school year or semester? You'll get to know your students better with this scaffolded activity. Scaffolded student instructions are included to direct students what to write and draw for each question. Get ready to have some fun! Plus, you can even laminate these activities once complete and hang them around the classroom – creating an awesome environment for community building. So what are you waiting for? Give your students an exciting way to get to know each other with this Social Studies All About Me Activity One Pager Activity Back to School today! This product is part of a full year World Geography Curriculum. Click to see more about the highly discounted World Geography Curriculum. Be prepared to teach World Geography with these teacher presentations, projects, activities, and assessments that have been designed to better support students in your classes! These products are made to better support special education students and English Languages Learners. Product Description (5 Pages): - Teacher Directions with helpful links - Student Instructions & Checklist - Social Studies One Pager All About Me with directions - Blank Social Studies One Pager All About Me - Digital Version - Grading Rubric More Activities You'll Love ❤️ World Geography Curriculum US History Curriculum World Religions Project Questions? E-mail me at [email protected] ___________________________________ Copyright © SFSEteach Permission for single teacher use only. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product with other teachers.
This Location and Map Skills Social Studies Unit teaches students about North American landforms, urban, rural, and suburban communities, grid maps, and
Here's a great geography worksheet that doubles as a coloring page! Your child will get to practice reading a simple map of a park.
Set of FREE printable world map choices with blank maps and labeled options for learning geography, countries, capitals, famous landmarks
One of the important concepts we teach in early elementary is about the great big world we live in. Students will learn about the world beyo...
This is a digital item only- no physical items will be mailed. See our second set of world history rules here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1753107296/funny-world-history-class-rules-posters A hilarious and cringy homage to our delightful teens and their slang, perfect for social studies and history teachers. This set is a funny collection of posters featuring famous historical figures in the United States, to hang in your middle school or high school history classrooms or on your bulletin boards. Should to get a few eye rolls and potential laughs, no cap! Printable in a 8.5x11 format, our listing ensures easy accessibility for both school and home use. We recommend printing on durable card stock or laminating computer paper. Kindly note that we cannot be held accountable for potential color variations resulting from different printers. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need assistance. Connect with us on social media: Instagram: @mapleandhenresources Copyright ©mapleandhenresources. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.
Learn About the 7 Continents! Exploring the 7 Continents has never been more exciting! It’s a Small World Continent Study is filled with over 35 activities to help your students gain a greater understanding of the seven continents. This 130+ page unit is filled with great resources, posters, printables, activities, and projects that will open […]
ALL ABOUT EARTH Get ready for a month filled with so many fun activities to teach your kiddos all about our planet Earth . I teach this unit in April so it coincides with Earth Day. I’ve loaded up this blog post post with read aloud book ideas, free videos you can share with your students,
Are you looking to capture the thrilling spirit of the 2024 Summer Olympics in your classroom? With the games fast approaching, I've developed an exciting
{Download FREEBIE pack here.} Economics is my absolute FAVORITE social studies unit to teach. There are so many hands-on activities to do with students and they are so eager to earn and spend money! One of my favorite activities is to end with our "Madden's Marketplace." This is a chance for students to put into action all of the things they have learned about being producers and consumers. To begin with, I send home a letter asking students to create paper goods. Why paper? It's something all of my students have at home (or I can easily give them). I want my marketplace to be fair for all students. I'm sure I could let them have the freedom to create any product, using any materials and I would get some amazing masterpieces. I would also get some elaborate (and expensive) items. That's not what I want. I encourage parents to spend NO money on this and for it to be STUDENT CREATED. I really want them to take the initiative. Here are some samples of paper products my students created to sell this year - everything from rockets to bookmarks to lanterns to hats. I incorporate the making of goods into my students' homework schedule, encouraging them to create two products per night. Before the due date, we work on creating "shops" in class. We create our "shop" by gluing two file folders together. The picture below is using legal-sized file folders, but that just happens to be what we had available. Shop Parts: Signs: Initially, we create the signs for our shops, color the awnings to make them eye-catching. Open/Closed: Next, we create open/closed signs that sit atop our shop so we can easily flip the sign to show the status of our shops. Slogan: We then come up with a catchy slogan. We talk about slogan's we know from commercials. Why did those stick in our heads? We learn to use a play on words, alliteration, onomatopoeia, etc. to make our slogans catchy so consumers will remember them. Product Description: Students each write a product description detailing WHAT their product is and HOW it works or can be used. We talk about the importance of letting consumers know exactly what they are getting. Commercial Script: Finally, students write commercials to "sell" their products to their classmates. We use hooks to get their attention, repetitions of our catchy slogans, and persuasion. Other Components: We also glue on the Consumer Comments, Price, and Interest Inventories, but we leave all of those blank initially. On the day of the marketplace, students set up their shops and lay their products out on display. Then, they have a chance to walk around the classroom and "window shop." They are encouraged to take a good look at all of their options, reading the product descriptions and examining the merchandise. After students have had a good look at all of their choices, I give them stickers (I would recommend 3-4). They walk around and place their stickers on the "Interest Inventory" of the products that interest them the most. The results of the interest inventory are used by the shop owners to determine if they have a high demand or low demand for their products. Knowing the demand helps them determine a price for their product. High demand = higher price. Low demand = lower price. The only rule is that all prices have to be in whole dollars. Once prices are set, then students are ready to go shopping! There are many different ways to let students shop. Some years, if I've done economy-based management system, my students will use "money" they've earned to shop. This year, I just gave them all $12 to shop with. I'm always torn about letting my students split into groups to run their shops (half shop while half work) - it always seems that students don't get to shop at all of the stores in that scenario. To solve that problem, I let all of my students shop at the same time. To do this students create "tokens" to leave at their shop. They create the same number as products they have to sell. For example, if Katie has 10 kites to sell, she creates and leaves 10 tokens with her name or shop name on them. Once each shop has tokens, students are ready to shop. Since there are no workers at the shops to collect money, I give my students "consumer spending logs" with pictures of dollars on them. Since I gave my students 12 dollars to spend, their consumer spending logs had 12 one dollar pictures. As students go around to the shops, they color in the dollars they've spent and pick up tokens (NOT products) that they will trade in for their purchases once the shops close. Once all of the tokens are gone, that shop is "closed." Once a student has colored in all of the dollars on his/her spending log, they are done shopping. It really works out quite well. Once students have traded all of their tokens in for their goods, they are given paper for providing feedback to the shops. They slip these into the "consumer comments" pockets on the storefronts. They love reading the feedback from their customers! <3 After wrapping up our shops, students are often left with some extra products. Instead of having them take their own products back home, I let them put another economics concept into practice - BARTERING! They have a blast working out "fair swaps" for their products and really working to get the other things they may have wanted but didn't have the money to purchase...and of course, they do all of this while proudly wearing some of their favorite purchases. :) All in all, it is a fun day of learning. Students take their roles as both producers and consumers seriously and come away with a real sense of accomplishment! If you would like to download this packet of FREE resources to hold your own Economics shop, you can do so HERE. Enjoy!
Add some depth and complexity to your social studies lessons with this critical thinking choice board. Students must create complete three activities, completing a tic-tac-toe and passing through the center. If you print these at 90%, students can cut them out and glue them into their notebooks. I print the choice boards out on colored yardstick and laminate them for use at centers. I then run off a handful of each of the choices for students to choose from. For more choice boards, visit my store at: Choice Boards for Critical Thinking Blessings, The Curious Apple
Social Studies is such a fun topic to teach in first grade. At this age, students are becoming more aware of the world around them, asking q...
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Use these posters and bulletin board display items to provide your students with a visual for understanding the 5 Strands of Social Studies. The bright colors in this display will fit in well with your brights classroom themes OR add a cute touch to any existing theme! This product includes: 1.A display header that spells out “5 Strands of Social Studies” 2.3 options of globes to go in the middle of the display -I personally will add string or tape going from the globe in the center out to the 5 strands 3.5 posters for each strand (history, geography, government, economy, culture). -They each include the definition of the strand as well as pictures to help your students visualize and make connections to the real world. 4.A short response writing to be added to your display. -This would be great for BEFORE teaching to have students consider what they already know about social studies from their prior grade level, or AFTER learning about the 5 strands as an exit ticket! -There are 2 options of the prompt: a globe, or small, rectangle ticket. Print, cut out each item, and laminating for durability is optional. ********************************* LOOKING FOR THIS SAME PRODUCT IN MUTED, BOHO COLORS? CLICK HERE!: 5 Strands of Social Studies Posters and Bulletin Board Display | Muted Colors ********************************* CLICK HERE to follow my TPT store and be the first to be notified of sales, new products, and updates!
As a classroom teacher, you often get hit with that question – usually within the first week of school by a student who “Does Not Want To Be Here”… and truthfully, how do you answer
Teaching kids about our world, geography, maps, and more. Kindergarten Social Studies Lessons made easy #kindergarten #socialstudies
Learn how to create simple models and maps with early years students with this free geography printable!
Keep their brains active and get them engaged in their learning with this project-based Social Studies choice board! These projects will activate prior knowledge and motivate students to seek out new skills they have not yet mastered. This choice board includes sixteen project choices that involve multiple real-life social studies applications, including: physical geography culture history current events government and politics landmarks symbology economics It's up to you to decide how to use this choice board. Here are some ideas: Summer Use Students complete one square each week Students complete four in a row or four corners over a certain period of time Students complete as many as they can over the summer School Year Use Students complete projects independently or in groups, with "just-in-time" teaching support provided Students work on projects during "genius hour" or enrichment time This resource is geared toward students who are independent learners, or who have support available at home or in school to help with these projects. I created it with middle schoolers in mind, but it is also appropriate for many high school students or more advanced upper elementary students. This resource is licensed for single-educator use. That means one teacher or one parent may use it with all of their students/children. If you are a school administrator and wish to distribute it to all students in your school, you must purchase licenses for each teacher (at a discount). Looking for multi-subject choice boards? Many of these projects also appear here: Multi-Subject Choice Board Growing Bundle: Summer Enrichment/Distance Learning You may also like: Math Choice Board: Project-Based Learning for Summer or Distance Learning STEM Choice Board: Project-Based Learning for Summer or Distance Learning Physical Activity Choice Board for Distance Learning PE/Gym Class Art Choice Board for Distance Learning, Homework, or Independent Projects Life Skills Calendar for Homework or Extra Practice: Great for Distance Learning Music Choice Board for Distance Learning (Band, Choir, Orchestra) FACS ⋅ Life Skills ⋅ Home Skills ⋅ Adulting Choice Board for Distance Learning Health Choice Board for Distance Learning Self-Care Bingo for Teachers in Quarantine or on Extended School Breaks
Teaching kids about our world, geography, maps, and more. Kindergarten Social Studies Lessons made easy #kindergarten #socialstudies
Back to School is right around the corner for us and I am SUPER excited to kick of this school year with some fun, hands-on and engaging resources for The
Kids will have fun while learning where do I Live with this printable activity perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students.
Read a few ideas for your past and present or then and now unit. There are free lessons and activities as well as other fun hands-on, engaging ideas.
Looking for fun and engaging kindergarten social studies resources? Check out the interactive notebook that your students will love!
Read a few ideas for civics and government activities. There are free lessons and activities as well as other fun hands-on, engaging ideas.
(Click on any photo to be taken to the resource) You are going to LOVE this unit. It’s easy to implement, it’s comprehensive, #representation, and your students are going to walk away with a great foundation of important social studies skills. We lay the foundation in literally every other academic area, social studies shouldn’t be […]
Tons of free printable 4th grade worksheets, games and educational activites to make learning fun for grade 4 students.
Read a few ideas for your past and present or then and now unit. There are free lessons and activities as well as other fun hands-on, engaging ideas.
Teach students about the history with historical figures, major events leading to WWI, Treaty of Versailles, Langston Hughes, The Stock Market Crash, Franklin Roosevelt and so much more. Dive right into social studies with these fun and interactive foldables that keep students engaged and ready to learn. Want this in a Civil War Interactive Notebook? CLICK HERE Want this in a 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade BUNDLE? CLICK HERE Download Preview File Please make sure to download the preview file and video video if applicable. Please ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purchasing. This Product Includes: 1. Table of Contents 2. Cattle Trails (Cowboys of Texas, Great Western Cattle Trail, Chisholm Trail) 3. Wright Brothers 4. George Washington Carver 5. Alexander Graham Bell 6. Thomas Edison 7. William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt 8. Emigration into the U.S. 9. Native Americans and Westward Expansion 10. WWI 11. Lusitania 12. Treaty of Versailles 13. Louis Armstrong 14. Langston Hughes 15. Babe Ruth 16. Henry Ford 17. Charles Lindbergh 18. Stock Market Crash 19. Herbert Hoover 20. Franklin Roosevelt 21. The Dust Bowl 22. Soup Kitchens 23. New Deal (CCC, WPA, TVA) 24. Duke Ellington, Margaret Mitchell, and Jesse Owens Description Please note - this notebook does not include detailed lessons. This notebook was created to aid your teaching as a supplemental resource. Resources You May Also Love Social Studies Interactive Notebook - Kindergarten Social Studies Interactive Notebook - 1st Grade Social Studies Interactive Notebook - K-2 Bundle Social Studies Interactive Notebook - 3rd Grade Science Interactive Notebook - Kindergarten Keywords: Social Studies, Interactive Notebook, History, Geography, Government
This product is curriculum map templates that you can use to create your own curriculum maps for your classroom. Included are example curriculum maps for Math, ELA, Science, Social Studies, Art, and Health. All maps are based on fourth grade Common Core standards. Thestandards and information can easily be changed and edited. The maps are made in Microsoft Word using Tables. You can easily merge or split cells to make your own map, along with changing the standard numbers, ideas, etc. If you want detailed directions on how I create my own curriculummap for each subject I teach, check out our blog post – https://continuallylearning.com/how-to-create-a-curriculum-map/
Get your students thinking like a historian from the get-go with these tips and ideas for your first Social Studies lesson of the year.
Add some depth and complexity to your social studies lessons with this critical thinking choice board. Students must create complete three activities, completing a tic-tac-toe and passing through the center. If you print these at 90%, students can cut them out and glue them into their notebooks. I print the choice boards out on colored yardstick and laminate them for use at centers. I then run off a handful of each of the choices for students to choose from. For more choice boards, visit my store at: Choice Boards for Critical Thinking Blessings, The Curious Apple
This is the perfect First Day of School activity for any Social Studies Class!This "History of Me" activity has students reflect on their own lives and personal history to help them learn the importance of knowing history and how it can create understanding, empathy and compassion. This activity com...
Build research and writing skills with a historical travel brochure project. Your students will research a historical location and create a unique travel brochure, a perfect way to showcase learning!
Having a little time at the end of class is something my students look forward to because they have an opportunity to do fun five minute social studies activities. If you find yourself with a
