Tag: Elementary social studies
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PA Symbols for Google Classroom™
Pennsylvania is a fantastic place to call home and I am so happy that students are required to learn about their home. Stop skipping these important social studies lessons and show your state pride with this awesome Google Classroom™ resource. This resource is only available for Google Classroom™ because I really wanted to showcase pictures […]
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Quick Last Minute Elementary Social Studies Resources for the End-of-the-Year
Social studies is the ignored subject by elementary school teachers due to the fact that most states do not test social studies. Stop using that as your excuse to skip the lessons because they are important and students need these lessons for future years. Here are some quick and easy social studies lessons for your […]
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Pennsylvania Founding Fathers
Despite being part of the Pennsylvania social studies standards, I highly doubt most Pennsylvanians could name a PA founding father other than Benjamin Franklin. If that describes you AND you are a PA teacher who is supposed to be teaching about the founding fathers, have no fear. I have the perfect resource for you. Select […]
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St. Patrick’s Day: An Elementary Social Studies Lesson
St. Patrick’s Day is a fun way to spend a day in elementary classrooms but too many resources I’ve seen don’t dive into the history of the symbols of the day. Yes, shamrocks are popular but why? Yes, you wear green on this day but why? This TpT resource highlights the historical information behind some […]
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Pennsylvania Essential Social Studies Resources
Of all the Pennsylvania social studies standards, I know that teachers tend to skip the PA specific requirements. Whether its because the teacher honestly doesn’t know what to include or they don’t know the history well enough to build a meaningful lesson, it doesn’t matter anymore. I’ve created a three PA specific resources that are […]
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Addressing a Letter: A Google Classroom™ Resource
This resource came to be when I had a chance to flip through my son’s second grade social studies textbook. I thought it would be fun to build this lesson for him and I love how it turned out. First, this resource was built entirely for Google Classroom™ which means it is completely prep free. […]
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Whole School Presidential Election Activity
In my small elementary school the teachers decided to have every student vote for who they wanted to win the presidential election in 1992. Students were given an image to color based on who the person/party they were voting for and students cast their votes. Each teacher then added their class votes to a large […]
Integrated Social Studies 