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2nd grade social studies activities for Google Apps
Map Skills Unit - Maps & Globes Activities - Types of Maps
This no-prep map skills unit includes both vocabulary reference posters and activity pages on many different topics. These activities are an engaging way for students to develop their skills and practice reading maps. *UPDATE* You can now share this with your students digitally!This resource was created using Google Slides. You must have a Google email for use. Each section can be assigned in Google Classrooms. It is ideal for distance learning. I also include the print file so you can have a
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2nd - 4th
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Christmas Holidays Around the World Virtual Field Trip Digital Resource Activity
⛄ Let's learn about Christmas Around the World! In this holiday Virtual Field Trip, students travel around the world to learn how the Christmas holiday is celebrated in 7 different countries. Your students will travel to the United States, Mexico, Germany, Egypt, China, Australia and Iceland. This virtual field trip is an engaging and fun way to explore how Christmas is celebrated in different cultures around the world. This fun and meaningful holiday activity contains embeddable video links, im
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2nd - 5th
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Virtual Field Trip to a Volcano Digital Resource Activity Types of Volcanoes
✈️ Explore a Volcano without leaving the classroom. In this Virtual Field Trip to a Volcano activity, students will travel across Earth's continents and oceans to explore several famous volcanoes. Students will learn about how volcanoes form, learn about volcanoes around the world, and explore the different types and shapes of volcanoes. This field trip to a volcano packs a lot into a fun ~45 minute activity. This volcano virtual field trip comes in Google Slides, Seesaw, and our innovative Magi
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2nd - 5th
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2-ESS1-1
Seven Continents & Five Oceans Unit: Slide Shows, Reading, Activities, & More!
Need an easy to use comprehensive resource for the major landmasses and oceans of the world? This social studies unit is packed full of facts, features, differentiated reading passages and comprehension questions, a research 3D globe craft, a collaborative poster for your hallway display, and much more to help you bring the seven continents and five oceans to life! Find everything you need all in one place!Click the Preview to View MoreThis unit includes:Continents Facts & Features Slide Sho
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1st - 5th
Biography Research Report Project Template, Google Slides, Digital, Any Figure
Students LOVE this digital biography research project! A ready-to-go biography report template that works with any historical figure or hero (research links included). Low prep and engaging! Students research their figure and use the biography template slides to create a unique Google Slides (or PPT) presentation (with an optional written report). Great for individual or group biography research projects!❤️❤️❤️ SAVE BIG with the Digital Research Projects BUNDLE!⭐️ PERFECT FOR >>>2nd - 5
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2nd - 4th
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St Patrick's Day Virtual Field Trip Ireland Google Slides Digital Resource Irish
✈️ Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this Virtual Field Trip to Ireland digital resource activity. In this cross-curricular learning experience, students explore the history of St. Patrick's Day, the Legend of the Leprechaun, the geography and architecture of Ireland, and experience Irish culture through music, food, and dance. This virtual field trip contains video links, images, reading passages, exercises, writing activities, and more.⚡ This St. Patrick's Day themed Virtual Field Trip to Irela
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2nd - 5th
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Virtual Field Trip Day of the Dead Digital Resource Activity Dia de los Muertos
✈️ Let's take a field trip to Mexico City for Day of the Dead! In this Virtual Field Trip for Dia de los Muertos, students will go to Mexico City to learn about the history, culture, and traditions behind Day of the Dead! This virtual field trip contains video links, images, reading passages, exercises, writing activities, and more. ✨ This Day of the Dead digital resource integrates a variety of social studies, reading comprehension, writing, multimedia, and critical thinking skills. Students co
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2nd - 5th
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My Community Unit (with Google Slides)
I had so much fun doing community unit with my students! Update: Now with Google SlidesThis unit includes:anchor chart pieces and student sheet (Communities have: people, places, activities)Fun in my community graphic organizerMy Community then and nowTypes of communities flip bookTypes of communities writing prompt (opinion writing)Sentence writing Community helpers graphic organizer: service they provideRead, Think, Match3 Reading passagesCommunity Scavenger hunt Fun in my community class book
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1st - 3rd
Memorial Day Virtual Field Trip Digital Resource Reading Writing Video Activity
✈️ Take your students on a captivating and educational Memorial Day journey with this Virtual Field Trip to Arlington Cemetery. This interactive digital resource takes students through the cemetery's history, Arlington House, The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and President John F. Kennedy's Gravesite.⚡ This Memorial Day Virtual Field Trip Digital Activity comes in the following interactive formats:BRAND NEW! MagiCore WebLink Digital Resource - MagiCore WebLink integrates browser-based technology
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2nd - 5th
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Virtual Field Trip: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade & Balloons Over Broadway
Buckle up and head to NYC for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! This virtual field trip covers the history of the Thanksgiving Day Parade- from the Wondertown Windows to the behind the scenes of the magnificent parade that is broadcasted all over the world today! This virtual field trip will start by giving your students some hints as to where they will be traveling. Students will make predictions. Students will access prior knowledge about New York City, Thanksgiving, and the Parade.Your stud
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K - 6th
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Digital Exit Slips | Google Slides | Print & Digital | Exit Ticket | Any Subject
This resources includes over 20 digital and printable exit slips to use with ANY SUBJECT. Use these exit slips to follow up any lesson, check for understanding, and to gauge students’ comprehension. Digital exit slips are the perfect solution for Distance Learning.Digital Exit Slips:Digital Exit Slips are available in Google Slides. However, they can also be downloaded as PowerPoint files.All directions are editable and can be customized for your lessons.Text boxes are already added to each slid
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2nd - 6th
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Titanic Virtual Field Trip Google Slides Digital Resource Activities SeeSaw
⚓ Embark on an unforgettable journey back in time with our Virtual Field Trip aboard the Titanic! With this immersive and interactive learning experience, students will get a firsthand look at one of the most iconic ships in history. Our cross-curricular field trip covers the building of the Titanic, life on board, its maiden voyage, and several accounts of the disaster that occurred after the ship struck an iceberg.⛴ Through video links, images, reading passages, exercises, writing activities,
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2nd - 5th
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Summer Olympics 2024 BUNDLE | Print and Digital
Looking for a fun way to incorporate the Summer Olympics into your classroom? This BUNDLE contains the complete no-prep unit AND the presentation. The complete unit contains activities to keep your students engaged while learning about the Summer Games. It is full of foldable activities (great for interactive notebooks and lapbooks) and other hands-on activities. The reading passages are perfect for integrating your Social Studies and Reading/Language Arts classrooms.This contains a link on page
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2nd - 5th
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Map Skills & Geography Activities Google Classroom Digital Resources
This digital activities bundle (including map skills reading passages!) will make maps and globe skills ENGAGING and FUN!This bundle includes digital activities and reading passages about map skills, the equator, prime meridian, hemispheres, continents, and oceans.This digital resource uses Google Slides™ and can be used on Google Classroom and Google Drive. This resource also includes an answer key.⭐️ Click HERE to SAVE 20% with the yearlong 2nd-Grade Social Studies Bundle!You will receive each
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2nd - 3rd
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2nd Grade Social Studies Communities Curriculum YEAR LONG Bundle Units
2nd Grade Social Studies! Lesson plans, comprehension, vocabulary, and activities! This mega bundle features units that focus on 2nd grade community themes in social studies (although it can be used in 1st or 3rd grade as well. This bundle features all of my units 1-6 in a giant bundle that includes over 450 pages! You save when you bundle instead of buying them individually! This can also be used alongside Michigan's MC3.GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS LINKS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PDF DOWNLOAD ON THE GO
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K - 3rd
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Virtual Field Trip 5 Regions of the United States Google Slides Digital Resource
✈️ Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students about the Five 5 Regions of the United States? Look no further than this Virtual Field Trip! In this exciting and interactive trip, your students will embark on a journey through America's five diverse regions, from the Northeast to the West. Along the way, they'll explore the unique cultures, landmarks, and geography that make each of these regions special.✈️ But this virtual field trip isn't just a sightseeing tour. It's also a cross
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2nd - 5th
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Landforms Digital Activities for Google Slides™
Make learning about geography come to life with this landforms unit for young learners! Your students will have the opportunity to explore the major landforms that shape our Earth in a fun and engaging way... and all digitally! The best part: it is paperless, no-prep and Google™ saves student's work automatically.Included are the following landform activities:1. A Virtual Field Trip consisting of 14 major landforms (using links to Google Earth™):beachcanyondeserthill island lakemountain ocean pl
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Landforms Print & Digital Activities BUNDLE
Landforms and Map Skills Print & Digital Activities MEGA BUNDLE
Make learning about geography come to life with this landforms and map skills unit for young learners! Your students will have the opportunity to explore the major landforms that shape our Earth and important beginning map skills using both printable and digital activities. Landforms PRINTABLE activities include:Recommended book listLandforms posters (landform, beach, canyon, desert, hill, island, lake, mountain, ocean, plain, plateau, river, valley, volcano, waterfall)Word Wall (beach, canyon,
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1st - 3rd
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Timelines and Timeline Activities for Biography Units | Print and Digital
Are your students needing more practice reading timelines? Do you need a starting point for your biography unit? This collection of timelines covers a broad spectrum of historical figures. This has been completely revised for the new school year and now contains 27 different timeline activities for your classroom. It also includes templates to allow your students to create their own timelines. These are ideal for distance learning as students can easily work on these activities independently or
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Biographies BUNDLE
Election Day - Mock Election & Voting Activities
Are you looking for a fun way to teach your students about Election Day? With this mini reading comprehension unit, your students will love learning about elections and the voting process. It is so important that our students understand the voting process and how it works.Inside this Election Day unit, you will get a comprehension book with quick checks that will teach them all about elections in a kid friendly way. Then they’ll complete the comprehension flipbook to show what they’ve learned. T
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1st - 3rd
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Citizenship | Being a Good Citizen BUNDLE | Print and Digital
Are you looking for a way to teach your students what it means to be a good citizen? This best selling BUNDLE enables you to teach good citizenship at home, school, and the community - perfect for the first few weeks of school!!! This complete no-prep unit contains hands-on activities will keep your students engaged while learning! Note: This now contains a link on page 2 of the PDF that allows you to make a copy for Google Classroom. The task cards have a separate Google Classroom link. The act
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1st - 3rd
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Virtual Field Trip Washington, DC Google Slides Digital Resource Activities
✈️ Discover & explore America's government and historical landmarks without leaving the classroom! This Virtual Field Trip to Washington, D.C. is a comprehensive digital resource for Google Slides and Seesaw. It's filled with videos, images, and texts that explore important monuments and sites along with thought-provoking exercises and activities that get kids thinking and practicing key skills.⭐️ This Virtual Field Trip to Washington, D.C. combines social studies with ELA practice through e
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2nd - 5th
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Economics Activities for Google Classroom
It is TOUGH to get fun economics activities for your students - this bundle will get your students ENGAGED and having FUN with their learning! This bundle includes all the digital activities that you need to teach about economics, including barter, money, capital resources, natural resources, human resources, goods, services, producers, consumers, economic choice, opportunity cost, scarcity, wants, and needs.This digital resource uses Google Slides™ and can be used on Google Classroom and Google
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2nd - 3rd
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Map Skills Digital Activities for Google Slides
Learning about map skills is super fun when using Google Classroom and Google Slides. In this resource, students have fun identifying, sorting and labeling maps, globes, landforms, bodies of water, cardinal directions and more! These activities can easily be separated and assigned over several lessons.Activities included in these Map Skills Google Slides:- Four slides introducing, sorting, identifying and recognizing uses for maps and globes.- Four slides introducing, sorting, identifying and la
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Map Skills Printable and Digital Bundle of Activities
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