3rd Grade Social Studies & History Handouts (by date, oldest first)

I don’t know about you, but I love having options! Because of that, I have worked to provide different leveled newspaper templates. These could easily be combined into a multipage newsletter booklet if you so choose, or it could remain as a single page assignment. I also tried to make it so that you could have a “front page” and a content page if you printed front and back. Whichever level your students are in, I think that there is a little something in here for everyone!

Includes:

• 9 Newspaper Outlines (with one page of lined paper)
• 1 page of newspaper jargon to inspire better word choice
• Tidbits and advice!

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day in a meaningful and engaging way with this 4-Puzzle Word Search PDF! Perfect for classrooms, homeschoolers, or fun at home, these word search puzzles introduce learners to key terms and concepts related to Indigenous cultures and history.

What's Inside:

• 4 Unique Word Search Puzzles: Each puzzle is carefully crafted to highlight Indigenous Peoples' contributions, culture, and historical significance.
• Engaging for All Ages: Suitable for elementary to middle school students, these puzzles are a fun way to build vocabulary and awareness.
• Printable & Easy to Use: Simply download the PDF and print—ready for classroom or home use.
• Promote Cultural Awareness: Use these puzzles as a conversation starter to discuss the importance of Indigenous Peoples' Day and the rich history of Indigenous communities.

Perfect for:

• Classroom Activities: Keep your students engaged while teaching them about Indigenous Peoples' Day.
• Homework Assignments: Assign these word searches as fun and educational take-home activities.
• Holiday Celebrations: Incorporate these puzzles into your Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrations to enrich the experience.

Why You’ll Love This Pack:

• Culturally Relevant Content: Teach kids about Indigenous Peoples’ history and contributions in an engaging way.
• Educational & Fun: Boost students’ vocabulary, problem-solving skills, and cultural knowledge with these word searches.
• Instant Download: Get immediate access to all 4 puzzles in one convenient PDF.

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE:

• Fall Word Search Bundle - 50 Puzzles with Answer Keys
• Spooky Halloween Word Search Bundle - 60 Puzzle with Answer key

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Celebrate Columbus Day with an exciting and educational activity that your students will love! This Columbus Day Word Search Pack is the perfect way to engage students while teaching them about Christopher Columbus, his voyages, and the Age of Exploration.

What’s Included:

• 4 Unique Word Search Puzzles themed around Columbus Day.
• Focus on key words like exploration, discovery, ships, voyages, and more!
• PDF Format: Easy to download, print, and use right away.
• Suitable for Grades K-6, with words ranging from 3 to 12 letters to fit different skill levels.
• Answer keys included for easy checking.

Why You’ll Love It:

• Fun & Educational: Engages students in learning about Columbus Day through vocabulary and word recognition.
• No Prep Needed: Simply print and go! Perfect for classroom activities, morning work, or homework.
• Versatile Use: Great for individual practice, small groups, or a fun Columbus Day classroom challenge!

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE:

• Fall Word Search Bundle - 50 Puzzles with Answer Keys
• Spooky Halloween Word Search Bundle - 60 Puzzle with Answer key

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Please note that this is a digital resource, so you can start using it immediately.

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Interact with this printable United States of America. A colored map which breakdowns the USA by region, and a black and white map that can be used to label region, states, or as a basic coloring sheet.

Looking to study individual states as well check out

50 states quick fact and coloring sheet

Do you need an engaging mindfulness activity for Pi Day? Do your students struggle to calm down? Then download this zentangle Pi Day Mindfulness Coloring Sheets Activity! These relaxing coloring pages can be used as calm down strategies or for self care. A more complicated version is included to support differentiating instruction!

➟ How to use this product:

• For early finishers
• As a bulletin board
• As a holiday gift for friends and loved ones
• As a way to relax and calm down after playtime

➟ Why Zentangles?

• For relaxation
• Relieve stress
• Team building
• Increase attention span
• Increase concentrate
• Make beautiful art!

➟ This product includes:

• 1 Happy Pi Day zentangle coloring sheet - more challenging
• 1 Happy Pi Day zentangle coloring sheet - simpler design
• Terms of Use

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Pi Day WebQuest

Pi Day Bulletin Board Set

Pi Day Activity Bundle with a Bulletin Board Set

Do you need a calming yet engaging activity before Thanksgiving break? These mindfulness coloring pages can be used as calm down strategies, for self care, and for practicing fine motor skills. Your students will enjoy coloring these turkeys that come with either a fun saying or zentangle border. Your upper elementary students will enjoy relaxing while coloring these sheets.

How to use this product:

• For early finishers
• As a bulletin board
• As a way to relax and calm down after playtime

Why Zentangles?

• For relaxation
• Relieve stress
• Team building
• Increase attention span
• Increase concentrate
• Make beautiful art!

This product includes:

• 6 patterns with fun sayings
• The same 6 patterns with zentangle borders
• Terms of Use

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• Thanksgiving Bulletin Board on Thankfulness
• Halloween Bulletin Board QUOTES Elementary
• Halloween Bulletin Board RIDDLES-JOKES-Bulletin-Board

Are you having problems finding the perfect State Report questions for your students to research for their project? Then make your own! This resource contains 90+ questions that you can use to guide your students to create meaningful, well-researched reports. Simply edit and delete the questions you do not want to be included! Questions are organized by topic and come in 3 different formats: listed, listed with lines, as a chart.

Topics Include:

• General Information
• Symbols
• People
• Culture
• History
• Geography
• Climate and Weather
• Animals and Plants
• Things To Do and Attractions
• Industry and Natural Resources
• Reflection Questions

The 90+ questions also come in 3 different formats to suit your preference!

• Listed
• In a table (includes one ‘empty’ table in which you can cut/paste questions)
• Listed with lines
• Also includes a link to the Google Docs format!

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• 50 Flags of the USA Bulletin Board with Coloring Sheets in Black & White
• Patriotic BULLETIN BOARD for Memorial, Independence, Flag, or Veteran's Day!
• Memorial Day Activity WEBQUEST Research for Middle and High School
• Memorial Day Activity Three TRIVIA Games for Middle School and High School
• Memorial Day 3 Trivia Games & WebQuest Bundle
• Memorial Day Activity Trivia Games WebQuest and Patriotic Bulletin Board BUNDLE!
• Memorial Day Activity Trivia Games and Patriotic Bulletin Board BUNDLE!

Are you looking for engaging coloring sheets for Valentine's Day? Then download this Valentine's Day Coloring Pages for Mindfulness Zentangles! This Valentines Day Coloring activity makes the perfect bulletin board, wall decor, or gift for your students to give.

It comes with 15 coloring sheets to choose from. You will also receive a handout of how to say "I Love You" in 50 different languages.

➟ Why Zentangles?

• For relaxation
• Relieve stress
• Team building
• Increase attention span
• Increase concentrate
• Make beautiful art!

➟ This product includes:

• 13 designs
• 15 coloring sheets
• 1 handout of how to say "I Love You" in 50 languages
• Terms of Use

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❤ Other Resources You'll LOVE:

• Mini Set of Heart Zentangles
• Valentines Day Around the World Interactive BULLETIN BOARD
• Valentine's Day Activity for Community and Kindness

Do you need a mindfulness activity to calm your students? Do you need to find something for an autumn themed bulletin board? Then download this Fall Mindfulness Coloring Activity with a Zentangle Inspirational Quote coloring pages! They can be used as a calm-down strategy, for self-care, and for practicing fine motor skills. Your students will enjoy coloring either the picture with a zentangle border or the sheet with the "I Be-leaf in You" (I believe in you) saying. Your upper elementary to middle school students will enjoy relaxing while coloring these sheets.

➟How to use this product:

• For early finishers
• As a bulletin board
• As a way to relax and calm down after playtime

➟Why Zentangles?

• For relaxation
• Relieve stress
• Team building
• Increase attention span
• Increase concentrate
• Make beautiful art!

➟This product includes:

• 1 sheet with an "I Be-leaf in You" saying
• 1 sheet with a zentangle border
• Terms of Use

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• Halloween Bulletin Board QUOTES Elementary
• Halloween Bulletin Board RIDDLES-JOKES-Bulletin-Board 
• Halloween 3 TRIVIA Activities Middle-High-School
• Halloween WEBQUEST for Middle and High School
• BUNDLE Halloween Bulletin Board and 3 TRIVIA Activities Middle High School
• BUNDLE Halloween Webquest & 3 Trivia Games Middle and High-School
• BUNDLE Halloween Webquest Bulletin Board Riddles Middle and High-School
• Halloween Bulletin Board QUOTES Middle & High School

Heritage Month Activities: Heritage Months

Holiday Activities: Holidays

Bulletin Boards & Wall Décor: Bulletin Boards & Wall Décor

Are you looking for the perfect way to celebrate diversity in your classroom this Valentine's Day? Then download this Valentine's Day Handout How to Say I LOVE YOU in 50 Languages! Bring joy and love into your classroom by encouraging your students to learn how to say "I Love You" in 50 different languages. Great for classroom community or celebrating the diversity in your classroom.

➟ Ways to Use This Resource:

• Encourage students to practice saying I Love You in a different language each day
• Encourage students to memorize a few different ways to say I Love You

➟ This Resource Includes:

• A handout of "I Love You" translated into 50 different languages

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Valentin's Day WebQuest

Valentine's Day Trivia Games

Valentine's Day Bulletin Board

Valentine's Day Around the World 3 Trivia Games

Valentine's Day Around the World Bulletin Board

Valentine's Day Around the World BUNDLE

Are you having problems finding the perfect State Report questions for your students to research for their project? Then make your own using this list of 90+ fully editable list of possible state questions. Then, students can use these beautiful United States research project templates for their final essays.

State Report Research Project Questions

This resource contains 90+ questions that you can use to guide your students to create meaningful, well-researched reports. Simply edit and delete the questions you do not want to be included! Questions are organized by topic and come in 3 different formats: listed, listed with lines, as a chart.

Topics Include:

• General Information
• Symbols, People, Culture, History
• Geography, Climate and Weather
• Animals and Plants
• Things To Do and Attractions, Industry and Natural Resources
• Reflection Questions

The 90+ questions also come in 3 different formats to suit your preference!

• Listed
• In a table (includes one ‘empty’ table in which you can cut/paste questions)
• Listed with lines
• Also includes a link to the Google Docs format!

State Report Templates

Now they have collected all the information on their state, they can use these beautiful United States research project templates for their final essays.

This resource includes several unique designs in color and black-and-white. Each design also comes with lined and unlined bordered paper.

Your students will be proud to show off their short essays - on a bulletin board or to take home - with these fun templates!

How Can I Use This Resource?

• Students can research their state and then write their reports on the template

• Students can use their research to write creative or narrative stories

• Students can use any of the unlined templates on which to draw state symbols

  • For example, after researching Alabama, students can use the template with the Alabama flag. In the space provided, they can draw the state bird, coat of arms, the state flower, etc.
  • Using their research, students can use any of the templates to write a poem about their state. They can write an ode, limerick, or acrostic poem. etc.

• Students can use the templates to write quizzes about their states. Then, they can share their quiz with a friend.

What’s Included?

• 90+ questions - fully editable - to guide state report research
• Templates of all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the USA
• Design #1: State flag in color
• Design #2: State flag in color with lines
• Design #3: State flag in black & white
• Design #4: State flag in black & white with lines
• Design #5: State flag and country outline in black & white
• Design #6: State flag and country outline in B&W with lines
• Line page (for additional writing)
• Unlined (bordered) page
• Credits
• Terms of Use
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• 50 Flags of the USA Bulletin Board with Coloring Sheets in Black & White
• Patriotic BULLETIN BOARD for Memorial, Independence, Flag, or Veteran's Day!
• Memorial Day Activity WEBQUEST Research for Middle and High School
• Memorial Day Activity Three TRIVIA Games for Middle School and High School
• Memorial Day 3 Trivia Games & WebQuest Bundle
• Memorial Day Activity Trivia Games WebQuest and Patriotic Bulletin Board BUNDLE!
• Memorial Day Activity Trivia Games and Patriotic Bulletin Board BUNDLE!
• Editable State Report Research Questions

Help students understand the difference between city and rural life with 10 activities. Includes: Easy to understand definitions of city and rural Matching (2 worksheets: symbols and words) Maps with city and rural activities to choose from Draw items found in a city and rural areas Letters for reflection (fill-in-the-blanks) Directions on each page Great for intro to geography or social studies unit, homework, or assessment. Meets CCSS.

Twitter-like page with tweets handouts for social media discussions and short responses, such as main ideas, paraphrasing and summarizing. Includes: Directions and Suggestions for Use ______'s Page for creating a social media page Top 5 Trending, Add Pic/Photo, Subjects to Share, Banner, @_________ new social media name Tweets boxes with 140 spaces for writing short responses Use with CCSS and other state aligned materials to help students with short answer responses. Fun way to include social media an discussions about appropriate online guidelines and posts!

20 Memorial Day themed, black and white, patriotic coloring images with captions for helping students understand and reflect on the importance of Memorial Day. Diverse and unique collection of 20 coloring handouts--unlike others! Use for bulletin boards, class decorations, centers, gifts to others, and many more uses!

25 fun, fact-based, coloring and writing activities themed for Mardi Gras.

Includes:

History of Mardi Gras (Fact Based Timeline) with Timeline activity

Writing activities:

brochure, newspaper, poem, story with word bank, party invitation

Design and color your own:

float

brochure

newspaper

coin

crown

party invitation

mask

top hat

acrostic poem

King Cake

Krewe King & Queen

Mardi Gras images include:

beads,

coin,

crown,

fleur de lis,

King cake,

masks,

top hat,

shellfish, and more...

Meets CCSS and state writing guidelines and is fact based. Excellent for social studies/history lessons, shared curriculum ELA and social studies , flipped classrooms, introduction to Mardi Gras, state history assessment, genre studies for ELA, bulletin boards, writing centers, class displays, discussion starters, and arts and crafts fun for celebrating Mardi Gras in style!

June is Dairy Month, so get students learning about cows with these fourteen activities for group or individuals that use critical thinking skills. Includes: Coloring handouts (2) KWL chart Calendar to fill in with dates & dairy items; star the items Maze Poem or Story writing Milkman United States' map activity Cow or Dairy Facts Decorate the Cow Skull List as many dairy items as possible Graph to chart Cow Confusion true or false activity Thumbprint cows (to use with inkpad) Know and label the parts of a cow For use with science or social studies units. Can be used for assessment and with differentiated classes. Meets CCSS.

Guess the states with fact based clues and visuals. 25 states are included in part one. Instructions for individual/group play, and suggestions for use that offer interactive fun while learning about states. Sheets can be colored and displayed or used as is. Clues include: State Capitols with starred location Famous Statesmen Mottos Nicknames State Birds State Flowers States Included: 1. Virginia 2. Alaska 3. Iowa 4. Texas 5. North Dakota 6. Missouri 7. Utah 8. Kentucky 9. Rhode Island 10. Wisconsin 11. Hawaii 12. California 13. Ohio 14. Delaware 15. South Dakota 16. Arkansas 17. Montana 18. Idaho 19. Arizona 20. Oklahoma 21. New York 22. Florida 23. New Hampshire 24. Georgia 25. Vermont Perfect for assessment on states, building prior knowledge for units, introduction of state units, and states' reviews. Can be used to make student books or United States' bulletin board displays. Fun to play as an individual, team, or whole group game.

A celebration of the life of Theodor Seuss Geisel in comic book format. Includes 31 pages of aligned writing and creative activities along with fill-in-the-blank comic book templates. Covers the life of Dr. Seuss from birth to death.

Activities and Overview Include:

Birth Year

Immediate Family Information

1900s Inventions

Elementary Years

Hobbies & Interests

Learning Then & Now Compare & Contrast Writing

Prediction for Future Education

Secondary School Years

Likes, Dislikes, Interesting Tidbits

Pseudonyms

College Years at Dartmouth & Oxford

Ted's 1927 Big Breaks

Build a Coat of Arms for Your School

1930s to 1970s Overview of Accolades, Achievements & Personal Information

My List of Dr. Seuss Books

1980s Awards

Thank You Letter from Dr. Seuss to Fans Writing

Death & Eulogy with Eulogy & Tombstone Writings

Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden with Map

Create Your Own Dr. Seuss Memorial

Dr. Seuss Quotes & List Your Own Quotes Writing

Design Your Dr. Seuss Timeline

Write Your Own Dr. Seuss Comic Book with Fill-in-the-Blank Handouts

A fun, hands-on approach to learning about the life of Dr. Seuss! Can be used for background knowledge, assessment, writing, history, and more...

This is a 98-page set of worksheets to accompany Susan Wise Bauer's book "Volume 2: The Middle Ages" from the Story of the World.

These worksheets are compatible with both the original edition and the revised edition (published in 2021). Both editions have essentially the same content, and the publisher states that in the revised edition, improvements were made to maps, illustrations, and typesetting, but no new content was added.

For each chapter, there is one page of comprehension questions (multiple choice and short answer questions).

For each set of six chapters, there are eight review pages:

* comprehension questions (multiple choice)

* comprehension questions (short answer questions)

* vocabulary (two pages)

* review activity

* compare and contrast

* illustrations

* paragraph summaries

Also, there is an answer key included at the end of the file.

Worksheets for nonfiction books:

* Carl Sagan: Cosmos

* I Am Malala

* Malala's Magic Pencil

* Roald Dahl: Boy (Tales of Childhood)

* Roald Dahl: Going Solo

* Steck-Vaughn textbook: History of our World Volume 1

* Steck-Vaughn textbook: History of our World Volume 2

* Elie Wiesel: Night

* Susan Wise Bauer: Volume 1 (Ancient Times)

* Susan Wise Bauer: Volume 2 (The Middle Ages)

* Susan Wise Bauer: Volume 3 (Early Modern Times)

This is a 99-page set of worksheets to accompany Susan Wise Bauer's book "Volume 1: Ancient Times" from the Story of the World.

These worksheets are compatible with both the original edition and the revised edition (published in 2021). Both editions have essentially the same content, and the publisher states that in the revised edition, improvements were made to maps, illustrations, and typesetting, but no new content was added.

For each chapter, there is one page of comprehension questions (multiple choice and short answer questions).

For each set of six chapters, there are eight review pages:

* comprehension questions (multiple choice)

* comprehension questions (short answer questions)

* vocabulary (two pages)

* review activity

* compare and contrast

* illustrations

* paragraph summaries

Also, there is an answer key included at the end of the file.

Worksheets for nonfiction books:

* Carl Sagan: Cosmos

* I Am Malala

* Malala's Magic Pencil

* Roald Dahl: Boy (Tales of Childhood)

* Roald Dahl: Going Solo

* Steck-Vaughn textbook: History of our World Volume 1

* Steck-Vaughn textbook: History of our World Volume 2

* Elie Wiesel: Night

* Susan Wise Bauer: Volume 1 (Ancient Times)

* Susan Wise Bauer: Volume 2 (The Middle Ages)

* Susan Wise Bauer: Volume 3 (Early Modern Times)