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Social studies Common Core SL.1.1 resources
All About Me Craft Kid - Back to School Activities
This All About Me craftivity is so so CUTE! Kids and parents will love it. Great for All About Me Social Studies units, Back to School, or Open House.I like to use this craft at the beginning of the year. It's a fun way to get students excited about writing while allowing them to share about themselves and get to know each other.These are ADORABLE in the hallway during Open House.
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PreK - 3rd
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St Patricks Day Activity Ireland Virtual Field Trip
This Ireland virtual field trip is the perfect St. Patrick's day activity. Go on an adventure with your class to see the Cliffs of Moher, Irish Dancing, St. Patrick's Day Celerations, and more! This Ireland virtual field trip is easy to prep, is interactive, includes videos, and has companion activities. This virtual field trip would be the perfect addition to a study of Europe or a St. Patrick's Day celebration.Save $$ and get this as part of the Virtual Field Trip Growing Bundle!*Note: This re
Grades:
1st - 4th
Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Growing Bundle, Holidays, Countries, Video Lessons
Duck for President Read Aloud - Voting Activities - Reading Comprehension
This "Duck for President" printable or digital interactive read-aloud lesson plan pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities, a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans. These "Duck for President" activities will help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understanding of the story and respond in
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: November Read Alouds - Fall Activities - Reading Comprehension Bundle
FIRST GRADE GOOD CITIZEN CURRICULUM FOR BUILDING CLASSROOM COMMUNITY
Ready to teach your first graders about being a good citizen? We've got you covered. This social studies unit on being a good citizen is perfect for any first-grade classroom. 12 GREAT Citizen traits are taught that will help your students become responsible, respectful members of their school, home, and neighborhood communities.The results are AMAZING! ABOUT THIS UNITThere are 13 lessons. The first lesson is an introduction and gets students excited to learn. The remaining 12 lessons each focus
Grades:
1st
BUBBLE GUM - Integrated Mini Unit with Reading, Writing, Math, Science, and Art
FAMOUS INVENTIONS - BUBBLE GUMInspired by Meghan McCarthy's narrative nonfiction picture book POP! THE INVENTION OF BUBBLE GUM, this cross-curricular mini-unit is a really fun way to celebrate the famous treat invented by Walter Diemer, a candy company accountant who became an accidental inventor. The unit is designed to take 1-2 days to complete and includes a variety of engaging, hands-on lessons covering multiple subjects. It is perfect for:A Unit on Inventors or Famous InventionsA Genre Stud
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1st - 2nd
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NGSS:
2-PS1-4
, 2-PS1-1
Grade 1 CKLA ALIGNED Knowledge #4 EARLY WORLD CIV. Supplemental Slideshows
PLEASE NOTE:**These materials are not designed to replace lessons or materials provided within Amplify/Core Knowledge (CKLA); they are meant to supplement the existing materials provided by the Amplify Education Inc. and The Core Knowledge® Foundation.These interactive PowerPoints are aligned to Core Knowledge's (CKLA) 1st Grade Listening & Learning Strand, Domain 4, Early World Civilization. These PowerPoints are very colorful, interactive, and stay true to the curriculum. Over 1,600 slides
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Grades:
1st
Grade 1 CKLA ALIGNED Knowledge #11 FRONTIER EXPLORERS Supplemental Slideshows
PLEASE NOTE:**These materials are not designed to replace lessons or materials provided within Amplify/Core Knowledge (CKLA); they are meant to supplement the existing materials provided by Amplify Education Inc. and The Core Knowledge® Foundation.These interactive slideshows are aligned to Core Knowledge's (CKLA)/Amplify's 1st Grade Listening & Learning Strand, Domain 11, Frontier Explorers. These slideshows are very colorful, interactive, and stay true to the curriculum. Over 900 slides!!
Grades:
1st
Famous Americans, Inventors & Influential People - 1st Grade Social Studies Unit
Are you struggling to fit science and social studies into your busy first grade schedule? Look no further! This American Contributors unit is integrated with literacy to help first grade kids understand famous Americans and inventors who made major contributions to our country. This famous Americans unit integrates science, social studies and literacy all in one cohesive unit to make learning more impactful and help you use your precious instructional time wisely.It's perfect for Black History
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Mental Health Awareness | Four Activities, Worksheets, Video & Editable Lesson
What is mental health? May is Mental Health Awareness month! This is an editable no prep 80+ page powerpoint on mental health/ talking about mental health/ stigma/ how to talk about mental health disorders, conditions & symptoms, including 80 google slides reviewing mental health, a custom video I created with follow-up questions, new vocab review, with 3 differentiated levels of all included activities! Each slide of the lesson uses large font and has a visual.Included are 3 differentiated
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2nd - 7th
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Turkey Day & Thanksgiving Activity | Virtual Field Trip | Pilgrims Mayflower
Looking for an activity about Thanksgiving Day? Students will learn about Thanksgiving Day traditions, travel to Plymouth Plantation, learn about the Wampanoag Native Americans, and see how the first feast was celebrated by the Pilgrims and Native Americans with this digital resource!It's a great supplement for your Thanksgiving Day lessons. This google slides resource features 2 digital choice boards with online links to virtual field trips, activities and student-friendly sites, and a fun foll
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PreK - 2nd
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Grade 1 CKLA ALIGNED Knowledge #5 EARLY AMERICAN CIV. Supplemental Slideshows
PLEASE NOTE:**These materials are not designed to replace lessons or materials provided within Amplify/Core Knowledge (CKLA); they are meant to supplement the existing materials provided by the Amplify Education Inc. and The Core Knowledge® Foundation.These interactive Slideshows are aligned to Core Knowledge's (CKLA) 1st Grade Listening & Learning Strand, Domain 5, Early American Civilization. These slideshows are very colorful, interactive, and stay true to the curriculum. Over 1,100 slide
Grades:
1st
My Culture Digital Slides on Cultures Around the World - What is Culture Slides
Learn all about CULTURE with this paperless, no-prep lesson for cultural classrooms. Easily use this fun mini-lesson on culture for an independent activity, morning meeting, or a station to learn all about CULTURE. It's a challenge to squeeze culture and diversity lessons into our jam-packed days. These Digital Slides are a quick, interactive, no-prep, paperless activity that will help you have conversations about culture.Here are some ways teachers have used this resource:✔ Explore what is and
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Producer or Consumer: An Economics Sorting Game for Primary Students
This will help your students understand one of the beginning concepts of economics: Consumers and Producers.This is a Social Studies sorting game to practice the vocabulary "consumer" and "producer." Children will sort the 16 task cards onto the apples that say "producer" or "consumer". It includes definitions of the two important words, suggestions, 16 task cards, and extra cards so you can make your own.The most important part of this activity is encouraging conversations that help deepen th
Being a Good Citizen 1st Grade Unit on Rights & Responsibilities of Citizenship
Kick off back to school learning about being a good citizen and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship while integrating social studies into your literacy block! This good citizenship thematic unit was written for the first few weeks of school in first grade, but is perfect for any K-2 classroom!BIG IDEA FOR THIS GOOD CITIZENSHIP THEMATIC UNIT"Individuals within a community share rights and responsibilities."WHAT IS A FIRST GRADE INTEGRATED THEMATIC UNIT?My integrated thematic units inc
Grades:
K - 2nd
My Family Heritage Lapbook Project
The perfect way to end your Around the World, All About Me, or Family Units... a lapbook project that ties together social studies and ELA! As each student dives into a search of their multicultural roots, they will practice their reading, writing, and speaking skills while gaining a deeper appreciation of the cultures that make up their family tree. Though most of the project is completed in class, three parts are taken home for family input (a flipbook, a family tree, and a family recipe card)
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Elementary Social Studies Craft and Project Bundle with Bonus Banner
All About My Family Social Studies Family unit
All About My Family Social Studies Family unit resources This 76-page pack of all about families worksheets is filled with interactive family themed activities to help you build classroom community and help your students get to know each other while celebrating their diverse families. It will build on the idea that our class is a family. I like to start my family unit by reading picture books about diverse family pointing out who makes up that family and what they do together. After each story,
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K - 2nd
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Ben Franklin Activity Pack {Kindergarten/First Grade}
This product was created for students in Kindergarten and First Grade classrooms. Through a variety of activities and worksheets students will learn all about Ben Franklin - a famous writer, scientist, and inventor who is best known for his experiments involving electricity and lightening. These print-and-go activities are great for cross-curricular lesson planning and can be easily incorporated into your current Language Arts and/or Social Studies curriculum.This pack includes 4 print-and-go w
Grades:
K - 1st
George Washington Carver Activity Pack
This product was created for students in a Kindergarten classroom and could easily be implemented in 1st grade as well. Through a variety of activities and worksheets students will learn all about George Washington Carver, an African-American scientist best known for discovering many new ways to use peanuts!This pack includes 4 print-and-go worksheet activities:- Timeline (Color Me)- Timeline Cut and Paste- Adjectives/Who Was George Washington Carver?- Book Mark Craft (4 designs)Also included:-
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Black History Month Activity Pack BUNDLE {K-1}
All About My Family Traditions and Celebrations Album Project 1st Grade
Are you looking for back to school activities on Family? This resource will focus on the celebrations, traditions, family customs that make up a culture. Students will share, compare, and contrast family life. These writing and illustrating activities will help make a sound base for diversity and inclusion in your classroom. This project is a great way to help students develop their writing skills, while also fostering a sense of pride and connection to their family and cultural background. He
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1st - 2nd
Rights and Responsibilities Activities - Sorting Cards First Grade
Are you looking for Citizenship activities? This Rights-Responsibilities sort can help your students to recognize , differentiate, and evaluate rights and responsibilities of people at home and school. Primary students think in pictures. This resource meets that need. Sorting is one of the highest level activities in the primary classroom.Here's what you'll get:✅ 18 rights cards (color & b/w)✅ 18 responsibilities cards (color & b/2)✅ differentiated response pages: * rights fli
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Rights and Responsibilities BUNDLE
Henry "Box" Brown Activity Pack {K-1}
This product was created for students in a Kindergarten classroom and could easily be implemented in 1st grade as well. Through a variety of worksheets and activities students will learn all about Henry "Box" Brown - a former slave who gained freedom by having himself shipped inside a box all the way to Philadelphia.This pack includes 4 print-and-go worksheet activities:- Timeline (Color Me)- Timeline (Cut and Paste)- Adjectives/Who Was Henry "Box" Brown- Book Mark Craft (4 designs)Also include
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Black History Month Activity Pack BUNDLE {K-1}
Mapping Your Community - Projects & PBL
Driving Question:What is a community? How do the inhabitants of a community work together?Description:In this inquiry based project, students investigate their local neighborhoods in order to come to a shared understanding of "a community." Research skills, map reading, oral and written communication, and creativity will become purposeful as the class builds a model of the local community to present at a public exhibition.What's Included with this Project:NextLesson Projects are extended lessons
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K - 2nd
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Thomas Jefferson Activity Pack
This product was created for students in Kindergarten and First Grade classrooms. Through a variety of activities and worksheets students will learn all about Thomas Jefferson - the third president of the United States and a Founding Father of our country!This pack includes 4 print-and-go worksheet activities:- Timeline (Read and Color)- Timeline (Cut and Paste)- Adjectives/Who Was Thomas Jefferson?- Thomas Jefferson: True or False?Also included:- 10 page printable reader "All About Thomas Jeffe
Grades:
K - 1st
Rights or Responsibility of Citizens Game Kindergarten and First Grade
This Interactive Google Slides presentation will help students recognize, and evaluate the difference between a right and a responsibility. It contains definitions and home and school examples of rights and responsibilities.Primary students think in pictures. Using clipart or photos is the perfect way to solidify concepts. Sorting into categories further helps them retain in long term memory.Here's what you'll get:✅ 66 interactive google slides✅ self-correcting✅ Rights and Responsibility AS
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Rights and Responsibilities BUNDLE
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