$5 - $10 Elementary School Other (Social Studies & History) Activities (by date, oldest first)

This Texas History lesson has 3 products - Texas Cowboy and Cattle Drive Notes, Cattle Drive and Chisholm Trail Lesson, and Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads Crossword Puzzle

This Texas History Bundle includes Notes over the Natural Regions of Texas and a Graphic Organizer and Map over the Regions of Texas.

This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed.

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Students will find this scavenger hunt on Central and South America both fun and motivating, It will encourage students to examine the physical, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of Central and South America. This is the perfect introductory activity to begin your unit.

For this activity, provide each student with a student activity sheet. Students will collaborate and work in groups of two to four, depending on your class and ability and experience in working in cooperative groups.

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• Student Activity Sheet
• Teacher Answer Sheet

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This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed.

Need a great introductory activity and a way to help students visualize landforms rather than implement the simple "write the word and definition" intro activity?

Give students the opportunity to acquire a mental picture of what each landform looks like by having them illustrate each landform based on the definition provided. This is a great way to assess their understanding of the description of each landform.

In addition, have students explore the world identifying examples of each landform and their locations by using maps, internet and other resources.

This is also a great tool for student evaluation at the end of the unit.

This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed.

Need a great activity for your South America study? These 24 task cards are a great way to both introduce the unit study or evaluate what students gained during the unit in a fun and interactive way. Not only is it fun, but it will get students moving around the room in an organized and timely manner, which will make the learning process fun and engaging.

Place these cards around the room and have students on a timed rotation. 24 pre-constructed task cards, a student answer sheet, and a teacher's key included. All you have to do, is print, cut, laminate if you wish, post in areas around the room, and let your students have fun learning. You may wish to provide atlases and resources at each station if your student's textbooks do not address these questions.

This is a great cooperative learning activity but can also be adapted to one student per card.

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This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed.

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Students will find this Antarctica Scavenger Hunt activity fun and motivating, and it will encourage students to examine the physical, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of Antarctica. This is the perfect activity to introduce and begin your Antarctica unit.

For this Antarctica activity, provide each student with a student activity sheet. Students will work in cooperative groups of two to four, depending on your class and ability and experience in working in cooperative groups.

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• Student Scavenger Packet with map and graphic organizer
• Teacher Guide and Answer Sheet
• Type of Geography Chart

Requires use of computer stations, textbooks, library books, atlases, etc.

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Students will have fun with this high-level, fun thinking activity. This lesson is a wonderful introduction activity. This will encourage students to explore the characteristics that define a nation: economics, culture, government, religion, etc.

This is best used as a beginning-of-the-year activity to understand the concept of what a nation is.

Students will work in groups to create a "Country Recipe" of a country/nation based upon its economic, political, and cultural characteristics.

The outcome? Students will understand what it means to be a "nation", whether a developed nation or a developing nation.

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Need a great world geography activity for your continent of Africa study? These 24 Africa Task Cards are a great way to introduce the unit by having students work in cooperative groups centers or individually to read the task card questions and research the answers to each task card question as if it were a scavenger hunt. These may also be used at the end of the Africa Continent unit to evaluate what students gained during the unit. Display these task cards throughout the room and have students work on a timed rotation exploring the different aspects of Africa such as physical, political, cultural, and economic characteristics. Student answer sheet and teacher key included.

This is a great cooperative learning activity but can be adapted to one student per card if you choose to have them work individually.

☑ For secondary — middle school, and high school students

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Questions include topics such as:

• Nelson Mandela & Apartheid
• Africa's newest country
• Landforms
• Population
• Indigenous tribes
• Map reading
• Water resources and irrigation
• Climate
• Religion
• and more

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✧ Solving Environmental Issues in Africa

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In our global society, our students need to understand how **cultures are developed **and how they adapt to and adopt practices and beliefs from others through cultural diffusion. As students understand cultures vs subcultures, it will help them navigate and appreciate the diverse world we live in. In this lesson, students will look at "the American culture" vs its subcultures.

Students will enjoy working in **cooperative groups **to create a collage that illustrates various American subcultures. This activity will require them to use **higher-order thinking skills **as they analyze, compare, and evaluate American culture alongside its subcultures.

Additionally, students will complete a short preliminary assignment in which they will interpret a political cartoon. This approach caters to** visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners** in grades 5 through 12, ensuring that even older students will find it engaging!

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What a fun way to study people throughout history. My students LOVE playing this game. They couldn't wait to play it. It encourages students to use their critical thinking skills while enjoying the learning process. This is very versatile and can be used over and over.

Tired of the same old basil workbook handouts? Whether you are studying historical people or current events, this will increase student learning and improve comprehension.

This is a great way to get your students involved in their own learning, giving them autonomy, and it is an activity that can be used across the curriculum. Students will have a great time analyzing characters, acting them out, and gaining points for identifying fact or fiction. This is not only great for social studies and geography, but for any lesson in which people or characters are being studied.

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Want to create aesthetic, useful task cards for your class, but just don't have the time to create a template? This pre-made, reusable template will help you save time. You can adapt these tasks cars to any social studies lesson. All you need is 24 questions and Microsoft Word, Photoshop, Adobe editor, or another program that will let you add graphics and text.

Included in this package:

A PDF Template (Add your questions using an Adobe editing program such as Adobe Reader)

A Microsoft Word Document (Add text boxes and questions)

JPG files of each page.(Insert into any program that will allow you to add text such as Photoshop, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

What are task cards?

They are great for the introduction and review of any subject. Post them around the room and have students on a timed rotation to visit each station/task card and complete it, giving students a time frame in which to do so.

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★This packet is the perfect addition to your study of fire safety or community helpers.

Activities include:

→ Printable Book (Available in color and black/white)

→Pocket Chart Vocabulary Words

→"What do we do in a fire drill?" Printable Page

→"Stop, Drop and Roll" Printable Page

→"Fire Gear" Poster

→Printable Board Game

→Memory Game

→Poem with Printable Finger Puppets

→Dramatic Play Fire Station Sign

→Printable Firefighter Badges

→Printable Fire Hats

Before beginning the study of history, students need to know how to study:

These activities walk students through the steps of quality researching. This is a great way to begin a study of social studies. Students are guided to an understanding of what is good information and what is not.

Students will:

• recognize the lens through which we study history
• recognize the difference between primary and secondary sources
• recognize what is fact and what is opinion
• learn how to properly research and evaluate information
• research and present information about kids who have made a difference

Aligns with 5th grade Studies Weekly week 1-4.

What's included:

• Teacher directions.
• Student instructions.
• Worksheets.
• Templates.
• Research topics.
• Follow up questions.
• Links to digital activities.
• Links to reliable research sites.

How is this product useful:

• Low prep for teachers.
• Easy follow directions.
• Follow up questions add rigor.
• Engaging activities for students.

Need basic map skills? This all-inclusive geography activity includes reading and answering prompts, activity pages, map practice, maze activities, short answer assessments, and a teacher guide. Perfect for upper elementary (4th, 5th, and 6th grade), this resource is ready to print and use. Great for a first week of class, substitute plans, centers, and refreshing geography information.

This resource includes:

• 4 Reading and response information sheets
• 4 Skills pages
• 2 USA maps for practice
• 3 maze activities
• 1 Short answer quiz
• 2 Writing pages
• Teaching guide
• Answer guides for the activities

This activity covers the following terms and concepts:

• Absolute Location
• Cardinal Directions
• Cartographer
• Compass Rose
• Coordinates
• Equator
• Intermediate Directions
• Latitude
• Legend
• Longitude
• Prime Meridian
• Relative Location
• Scale
• Symbols

Understanding geography and types of maps is critical in social science classes! This activity includes reading and answering prompts, cut and paste, maze activity, matching quiz, and teacher guide. Perfect for upper elementary (4th, 5th, and 6th grade), this resource is ready to print and use. Great for a first week of class, substitute plans, centers, and refreshing geography information.

This resource includes:

• four pages of reading and response information sheets
• two pages of cut-and-paste
• one map maze
• one matching quiz
• teaching guide
• answer guides for the activities

This activity includes the following map types:

• choropleth
• general reference map
• globe
• physical map
• political map
• special purpose map
• topographical map
• weather map

Teaching Geography? This bundle has everything you need to teach different map types, map skills, latitude and longitude, and more! This bundle includes a combination of ready-to-print reading and response, activity sheets, maze puzzles, cut-and-paste activities, writing prompts, and assessments. Perfect for upper elementary (4th, 5th, and 6th grade), this complete bundle is great for substitute work, centers, the beginning of the year, introduction and review of geography, enrichment, home school assignments, and centers!

Specifically, this bundle includes:

• 8 read and respond
• 6 Maze Activities
• 4 Cut and Paste
• 4 skills practice pages
• 2 USA Maps for practice
• 2 writing pages
• 1 short answer quiz
• 1 matching quiz
• 1 mini project
• 3 Teaching Guides

This bundle covers the following concepts:

• Absolute Location
• Cardinal Directions
• Cartographer
• Compass Rose
• Coordinates
• Equator
• Intermediate Directions
• Latitude
• Legend
• Longitude
• Prime Meridian
• Relative Location
• Scale
• Symbols

and the following map types

• choropleth
• general reference map
• globe
• physical map
• political map
• special purpose map
• topographical map
• weather map

Gamify your vocabulary lessons with this massive Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Game Bundle!

This bundle includes BINGO, Matching Cards, Crossword Puzzles, and Word Searches using the same set of words to encourage recognition through repetition!

This bundle also includes the Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Presentation and Word Wall Slides to help introduce the vocabulary terms, as well as three scaffolded vocabulary sheets for students to keep track of the terms and definitions!

**Vocabulary included** amulet, ankh, book, of the dead, bureaucrat, Canopic jars, caravans, cartouche, cataract, delta, demotic, dynasty, embalming, hieroglyphics, ideogram, monotheistic, mummification, obelisk, papyrus, pharaoh, phonogram, pictograms, polytheistic, pyramid, sarcophagus, scarab, shadoof, theocracy, vizier

Add fun to your Ancient Egyptian Vocabulary lessons with this Vocabulary Game Bundle! This ready to print, cut, and teach bundle has students practicing their vocabulary skills while playing matching vocabulary games and BINGO!

This bundle includes:

Matching Game

• 28 premade sets of cards (vocabulary term and a matching definition)
• Premade backs of cards for duplex printing
• 12 editable pairs for you to personalize the game for your classroom
• A teacher guide of terms and definitions
• A lesson plan
• 3 Scaffolded Student Vocabulary Sheets (definition only, vocabulary term only, blank)
• A list of enrichment and extension activities to use with the cards

BINGO Game

• 50 unique BINGO boards (2 per page)
• Three sets of scaffolded vocabulary guides (definition provided, vocab provided, blank guide)
• Teacher Vocabulary Answer Key
• Lesson Plan with directions
• A BINGO call list that randomizes the list for a game every time!

BONUS - Mummifying Teddy Bears Class Activity

• Material List
• Instructions for Mummification
• Details with notes and resources
• Eulogy Template

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**Vocabulary included**

amulet, ankh, book, of the dead, bureaucrat, Canopic jars, caravans, cartouche, cataract, delta, demotic, dynasty, embalming, hieroglyphics, ideogram, monotheistic, mummification, obelisk, papyrus, pharaoh, phonogram, pictograms, polytheistic, pyramid, sarcophagus, scarab, shadoof, theocracy, vizier

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Easy to use, this activity is not only great for gamifying your lessons, but is also a multimodal approach, utilizing auditory, visual, and kinesthetic skills!

Use this resource for:

• test review
• whole group instruction
• vocabulary practice
• substitute work
• centers activities
• small groups
• review activities
• preloading vocabulary
• reinforcing terms
• and more!

It's 1901, and Anthony Lucas needs investors for finding oil at the Spindletop Oilfield--will your students invest after they learn about the first gusher in Texas? In comic book format for fun learning and comes with comic templates for students to fill in their own dialogues and facts. Includes: Joseph Sayers, 1901 Governor of Texas Comparison before and after the oil boom Blank Check Format Stock Certificate to Fill In Newspaper Template Drilling Bit Striking Oil Gusher Wildcat Boll Weevil Roughneck Population Explosion Chart Drilling Rig and Labeled Parts US and World Map with Oil Contributions Advertisement Boomtown Changes to Beaumont Infrastructure Timeline of the Spindletop Gusher Great way to combine history/social studies and science with writing skills and concepts! Fun historical comic book to make and fill in after reviewing basic facts and timelines. Can be used for introductions to 1901, drilling, geology, time period, basic Texas history facts, assessment, and more...

Includes more than 14 activities for students to fill-in

Amazing and one of a kind clipart that accurately represents each countries staples.

I promise your students will be super engaged!