Hi Everyone! I hope everyone is having a FANTASTIC summer. If you are anything like me, you spent all of June telling yourself summer would last forever, and all of July eyeing everything at the Target Dollar Spot, wondering just HOW much money is too much money to spend there… Well, my classroom is receiving […]
This four page printable is designed to encourage children to do some really good research about a country of their choice, and put together a book that they will be proud of! We've asked them to compile all sorts of interesting facts but left room for creativity too.
Help your primary grade students explore, learn, and write about landforms. See our hands-on landforms activities plus our culminating writing project!
Guide to using Social Studies Simulations to step away from the lecture podium and engage your students with hands-on history activities.
I’ve been spending some serious amounts of time this summer leading conversations around the country focused on the integration of social studies and literacy. And for the last few years, I…
Plenty of interactive ideas and activities to teach landforms for kids. Find videos, worksheets and even experiments to help.
Teaching kids about our world, geography, maps, and more. Kindergarten Social Studies Lessons made easy #kindergarten #socialstudies
We celebrated the end of our homeschool year with an Around the World Feast. We tasted foods from each of the seven continents and played geography games.
Children will refer to a map, a key, and a compass rose to answer eight questions in this colorful map-reading worksheet.
I've read about choice menus forever, but never tried it until just recently. I decided to created a menu to use during social studies review when students finish with stations early or we have a few extra minutes in class. I introduced the menu a week ago and you would've thought I'd given my students gold! They were thrilled!! I asked if they'd seen a menu before and we talked about a fast food restaurant menu. Then I asked what they would buy if I told them they had $5 to spend at the fast food restaurant. We played around with that a few minutes and then, with great drama, I introduced the social studies menu. I told them they had 50 points to "spend" and they were beside themselves - some even wanted to know if they could "spend" more! As we were going over the points values for different items one students even said, "All the fun stuff costs more points, but the boring stuff doesn't cost as much." I really had to pinch myself! How did this happen?!?! We've had a week to work on the menus and they have really been successful so far. I've been amazed at the creativity my students have shown. It's also been really interesting seeing which people and time periods they choose to work with. I think this is a strategy I will try to use again. Maybe next time I'll try something with reading - after a class novel or maybe even for their self-selected texts. You can click on the picture to download a copy of the menu. It is specific to 4th Grade Virginia Studies, but it might be a good place to start for a menu specific to your social studies standards. I'm linking up with Holly from Fourth Grade Flipper for another great Tried it Tuesday linky.
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.
Teaching kids about our world, geography, maps, and more. Kindergarten Social Studies Lessons made easy #kindergarten #socialstudies
In this 3rd grade math worksheet, your child will practice geometry and addition as they calculate the perimeter of each house to find the largest one.
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Archive : history/social studies
Sign of the Beaver is a great coming of age story set during colonial America. It's also a great story to discuss different cultures.
Here is a worksheet on taxes. We live in California so I used the taxes that apply to us. I also used a minimum amount of income tax. The majority of my students will never work. The couple that will, will most likely work part time. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Life-Skills-Paying-Taxes
Free 7th & 8th grade worksheets, printable games, and activities to make learning math, literacy, history, and science engaging and FUN!
I am always looking for ways to blend subject areas together to get more bang for my buck! 🙂 This FREEBIE file can be used to teach students about culture and our human fingerprints. It can also be used in tandem with Tanny McGregor’s trash can inferencing lesson! Hope you can use it!!! 🙂 CLICK …
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 […]
Are you looking for an easy and fun way to integrate social studies into your reading curriculum? This pack of reading comprehension passages is the perfect choice! These reading comprehension passages cover 5 oceans. Each passage includes 2-3 questions to go along with the reading! Your students will read a nonfiction passage about an ocean. Then, they will answer 2-3 questions based on the passage. The text is intended for K-2nd graders and can be read together as a class, in small groups, or independently! The best part? This resource is no prep! Just print & go! Topics Included: Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Arctic Ocean Southern Ocean There are so many ways to use this resource! Here are just a few: Centers Small-Group Instruction Bell Ringers Early Finishers Homeworks ___________________________________ TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love that these provide interesting facts about each ocean as well as the comprehension component. My kids were interested and engaged. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you so much for this great resource! I love that it ties specifically to a social studies strand. I love how easy they are to read that even my students who are low readers can work with a higher reader or with me and be able to understand the text to answer questions on their own. I love how they follow your other product with classroom rules. Thank you so much! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was very useful in our ocean unit to compare and contrast the different oceans! large and easy to read font!!! This oceans reading comprehension resource is engaging and interactive! Grab your copy today! ___________________________________ Having difficulty with a file? Visit the FAQs section, submit a help ticket, or ask a question on the Q& A tab before leaving feedback. Copyright © A Page Out of History. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.
If you are anything like me, you saw "Hidden Figures" and FELL IN LOVE! I was so excited to see the way Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson revolutionized their field and paved the
Integrating language arts skills into social studies can be tricky. There is already a lot of subject matter to cover without having to teach reading and writing skills as well! If a social studies teacher did not receive much language arts training within his or her certification program, integrating these skills can be even more […]
How did our society become so advanced? Introduce your student to the Industrial Revolution with this reading sheet.
As a teacher author, feedback is vitally important to me. Not only does feedback give you Teachers Pay Teachers credits, it lets me know if you are happy with my teaching product or if you'd like more or less of something. I read every piece of feedback and, as a teacher myself, I consider what I need to teach that particular subject. I like to go back every so often and update an older product to make sure it's aligned with the current Australian curriculum (ACARA). These last few weeks I have run a critical eye over two of my most popular products, to see how they align with the updated ACARA Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) version 8.3 for Foundation Year. I'm excited to announce both the Foundation Year History and Foundation Year Geography packs have both been updated to reflect the new curriculum and I'd like to quickly walk you through the improvements. TIGHTER ALIGNMENT TO ACARA At the front of each pack is a table showing you how every activity, slide, poster or worksheet aligns with each of the ACARA elaborations. This makes it super easy for you to plan your unit of work and ensures you cover every aspect of the ACARA expectations. LOTS OF COLOURFUL POSTERS FOR YOUR CLASSROOM WALL A great way to engage young students is through colourful posters. Dedicate a wall to HASS and rotate posters as you focus on different concepts. MORE VOCABULARY CARDS FOR YOUR WORD WALL New vocabulary cards have been added to both packs. Each with a child-friendly definition of each concept. REAL-WORLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF CONCEPTS DISCUSSED! This is my favourite aspect of the two new updates - getting some real-world photographs in these packs! Cartoons are great for colouring in or to decorate a colourful poster, but nothing beats images of real people and places to explain HASS concepts to young students. I use these photographs as a whole class discussion prompt to unpack the concept further. Often I use inquiry questions such as "Who is in this picture?", "What is this picture telling us about...?"or "Why do you think they do...?" which works to scaffold their thinking before we move towards written work. Studying photographs in this way, can also help students develop their visual literacy skills. MORE DIVERSITY I have had many requests to make images more diverse with single parent families, same sex couples and different races included. I've listened and made the changes. Posters and photographs include different family structures and are more representative of your student's backgrounds so they can relate better to the concepts being discussed. QR CODES Both the History and the Geography packs contain some new QR code activities which link to videos they can watch in pairs or on their own. The worksheets have been designed to allow students to explain their understanding of the concepts shown in the videos and demonstrate their learning. MORE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CONTENT I'm very proud to have been given permission from the Torres Strait Islander community to use their flag in my materials and inside this pack, I'm pleased to say, I have provided a more equal focus on both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. The new updates include, as part of the new ACARA version 8.3 HASS requirements, a greater focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practices and culture. In addition, I have included some teacher instruction sheets and a link to useful videos you can watch to help you integrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture into your everyday classroom practices. HOW CAN YOU GET HOLD OF THE UPDATED RESOURCES? If you already own any of these products - you can just click the link below and download the update for free! If you would like to purchase one, please follow the links below. ⭐ HASS Bundle Foundation Year Geography Unit and History Unit aligned to ACARA ⭐ HASS Geography Unit Foundation Year special places, features, mapping activities ⭐ HASS History Unit Foundation Year Family Histories and Commemorations ⭐ HASS Mega Bundle Geography and History Foundation, 1, 2 & 3 aligned ACARA If you purchase the Foundation Year HASS Bundle you'll also get the History and Geography matching Tags as a bonus!
(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 […]
You just never know if you will win, who knows maybe this is your lucky time. Go to my previous post and scroll down to enter or just click here to get you there. Today's post will be nice and short. We worked on land forms and made an anchor chart together. They each made a land form poster and they came out cute! And something waaaaay off topic. I left this cute little surprise in our fridge for my husband. Can't wait to see his reaction when he open the fridge door. And of course I added something sarcastic in the end hehe. There is nothing more awkward than walking in a store with beer in your hand and trying to hide from possible students. I'm pretty sure many teachers can relate! HA!
Look inside this affordable, easy to use, open and go, Christian, comprehensive elementary Social Studies curriculum that can be used for multiple grades...
Hi teacher friends, Ancient Civilizations has to be my favorite curriculum to teach. I find the ancient world fascinating, with all the different traditions, inventions, rituals, building structures, gods and goddesses. I could probably spend the whole year just focusing on Egypt alone, with its pyramids, their social hierarchy with pharaohs, and interesting
Hi friends! Are you off this week? I am and I am SO excited to have a few days to spend with family. I get to hang out with this […]
(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 […]
History can be a heavy topic, and so can the games. Here'll you find some of the best games for gameschooling history, from preK to high school.
This FREE literature-based unit study introduces students to 16 different countries and cultures around the world.
Ideas and activities for learning, building and writing about landforms. See our imaginary islands and creative narrative writing about landforms.
Sentence stems help students communicate what they are thinking about, help many students with special needs, and provide focus for our lesson.
The personal financial literacy math standards include challenging vocabulary and concepts. Use these 5 tools to make it easier and more fun for kids!
