Social Studies Upper Elementary

Are you looking for creative ways to make your social studies lessons and units more fun & engaging? This board is field with interactive social studies notebook ideas with journal prompts as well as social studies books. Find social studies projects, activities, worksheets, and resources. I share social studies reading comprehension passages and strategies that will help prepare students for standardized assessments. Geography, history, and economics lessons fill this board.
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How to Teach Types of Maps – Upper Elementary
How to Teach Types of Maps - fifth grade and upper elementary
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Map Skills Google Classroom
Map skills is a tricky concept. Whether you are teaching compass rose, longitude and latitude, map scales, or map girds. Made with Google Slides so it can be used with Google Classroom. Perfect for third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, or even sixth grade.
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How to Teach the Civil Rights Movement (Upper Elementary)
How to Teach the Civil Rights Movement in Upper Elementary
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Free Social Studies Activity for First Grade
Get this free resource from Kristen Sullins Teaching! Download this cut and paste activity to add into your social studies unit this school year. Your kindergarten, first or second grade students will enjoy it!
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Tips for Teaching the Constitution in Upper Elementary
Teaching the Constitution to your kids can seem daunting, but don't let it be! Click through to find tips on how to teach the Bill of Rights, as well as ideas for projects and activities. #socialstudies #teachingtheconstitution #billofrights
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Halloween Activities For Learning & Fun Without The Party
This post gives so many great ideas for Halloween activities without having a party! Your upper elementary students will have fun with these Halloween activities that will have your students learning! Includes math, writing, reading, social studies, science
This Website Has Tons of Free Resources for Teaching Kids About the Election. With these free election resources from PebbleGo Vote, K-5 students can learn about presidential candidates and even cast their own ballot. #socialstudies #elementaryschool #election #activities #activitiesforkids #classroom #educationalresources Civics Lessons, Middle School Lesson Plans, Teaching Themes, Social Studies Lesson, Future Jobs
This Website Has Tons of Free Resources for Teaching Kids About the Election
This Website Has Tons of Free Resources for Teaching Kids About the Election. With these free election resources from PebbleGo Vote, K-5 students can learn about presidential candidates and even cast their own ballot. #socialstudies #elementaryschool #election #activities #activitiesforkids #classroom #educationalresources
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American Revolution ideas for 5th grade social studies
American Revolution lessons and activity ideas are all here for you in this blog post! Learn about how to teach the Battle of Bunker Hill, Boston Tea Party, Proclamation of 1763, and more!
Your students can become historians at home by producing their own writing or studying artifacts and historical documents of the past. Find out a few ways to help your students become historians at home and how they can begin asking questions, thinking, and writing like a historian. #socialstudies #thinktankteacher #upperelementary Amigurumi Patterns, Transition Songs, Middle School History, American History Lessons, Homeschool Social Studies
Ways to Help Your Students Become Historians at Home
Your students can become historians at home by producing their own writing or studying artifacts and historical documents of the past. Find out a few ways to help your students become historians at home and how they can begin asking questions, thinking, and writing like a historian. #socialstudies #thinktankteacher #upperelementary
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Using Learning Games To Spiral The Standards
Learn all about spiraling standards in the classroom, why it’s effective and how to do more of it in your classroom! Angie from Fun in 5th Grade explains all this and gives great ideas and tips with games on how to spiral all year long while keeping your students engaged while reviewing. There ideas for whole class, small group work, early finishers, homework and more!
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American Revolution Stories for 5th Grade
What do Lucy Knox, Benjamin Franklin, and Sarah Osborn Benjamin all have in common? They all contributed to the Revolutionary War effort. This blog post will provide you with several American Revolution stories to share with you students. Includes a free printable set of Revolutionary War stories too!
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Teaching Social Studies Crash Course
New social studies teachers will learn so much from this week-long free email crash course.
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5 Ways to Integrate Social Studies in PBL Units - Learning Lane
It is no secret that with the push for strong ELA and STEM programs, Social Studies has become the neglected house plant of classroom subjects. However, through some creative integration in our Project Based Learning units, we are able to shine some sunlight on this long-neglected subject.
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Memorial Day Videos for Kids
Teachers, are you looking for free patriotic videos, activities, and tributes to use for Memorial Day lessons this May? Read my latest blog post to grab the links for free and engaging videos to use with your students to help keep learning fun and engaging. Students and kids can watch these videos with you in school or at home during distance learning with their families. Free printables included. Click today to read and grab the free resources for Memorial Day.