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Social studies Common Core W.3.5 resources
Wax Museum Biography Research Report for 3rd - 6th Grade Social Studies Project
Need an easy to use, meaningful research project that your students, parents, and principal will love? This Wax Museum Project is a highlight of the year and will guide your students to create a biography research report on a famous person. The culminating part of the project is an amazing Wax Museum event, where students dress up as the person they have learned about and stand “still”, like a Wax Museum, until someone walks up to them and presses the “button” on their backdrops to hear a short
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3rd - 6th
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I Am Poem: I Am From Poem Template, Example Poem & Grading Rubric (Bio Poem)
Use these I Am Poem Template (I Am From Poem Templates) with Guided Template, Writing Paper, Example Poem & Grading Rubric during a Poetry unit or during discussion in a Social Studies or Culture class. This may also be called a Bio Poem or Biography Poem and is perfect at any time of the year to get to your students even better.I Am Poem - I Am From Poem includes:- Example ‘I Am From’ Poem- Poem Template with Directions- Final Poem Page with ‘I Am” prompts- Final Poem Page with blank line
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2nd - 12th
Biography Templates | Famous Person Report | Research Project Graphic Organizers
✅ ✍ Are you ready to teach report writing to your students? Teaching kids how to research is a life skill and writing a biography is the perfect research project for kids. Use these no-prep differentiated biography templates and biography rubric to get your kids writing about famous scientists, famous artists, and MORE. ✅The materials in the biography report package help make the report writing process easy for your students and the planning process easy for you. Your kids will enjoy writing fam
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1st - 3rd
The Legend of the Poinsettia FULL Day of Lesson Plans for Upper Elementary
This product is everything the busy classroom has been looking for! You'll receive a FULL day of lesson plans based on The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola (a lesson for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, plus a hallway display!).Update November 2020: This product can now be used digitally with Google Slides™! You must have a Google Classroom™ account to use this feature. You will download a PDF with links and directions for assigning this to your class.How does this work?
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3rd - 5th
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National Monuments Unit Activities
America’s National Monuments This unit is a great resource to teach your students about six of America’s National Monuments! Take your students on a tour of the USA as you learn more about the Washington Monument, Statue of Liberty, Lincoln Memorial, Congress Building, The White House, and Mount Rushmore. You'll love all the teaching resources and activities this unit includes! Your students will love all the interactive activities!This 2 part pack includes:A Teaching PowerPoint Slide Show-Use
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Thematic Units Bundle for 2nd and 3rd Grade
Biography Timeline Graphic Organizer Template
I always tell my students that a biography is the story of a person's life, as though a timeline was put into narrative form. For their upcoming writing project on a historical figure, I plan to have them prewrite by turning their research into a timeline. This template should keep them on the right track and help them see what is most important. Let me know how you use it in your classroom!
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2nd - 8th
Henry's Freedom Box FULL DAY of Lesson Activities for Upper Elementary
This product is everything the busy classroom needs! You'll receive a FULL day of lesson plans based on Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine (a lesson for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, plus a craft/hallway display!).Update January 2021: This product can now be used digitally with Google Slides™! You must have a Google Classroom™ account to use this feature. You will download a PDF with links and directions for assigning this to your class.How does this work?Your download will c
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3rd - 5th
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Kenya Country Study Research Project - Differentiated - Reading Comprehension
This 45 Page Kenya country study project is perfect your upcoming Africa unit, Kenya unit, multicultural study, cultural fair, or country study. Full of information about Kenya, this differentiated fact filled coloring book and country study activity package includes information, writing prompts, and reading comprehension questions about Kenya written in engaging informational text that is perfect for the lower elementary grades. Key information about Kenya is included, including geography, the
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1st - 3rd
Australia Country Study Research Project - Differentiated Reading Comprehension
This 42 Page Australia country study project is perfect your upcoming Australia unit, multicultural study, cultural fair, or continent study. Full of information about Australia, this differentiated fact filled coloring book and activity package includes information and reading comprehension questions about Australia written in engaging informational text that is perfect for the lower elementary grades. Key information about Australia is included, including geography, the Australia flag, Austral
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Country Study Unit Bundle 1 - Differentiated Country Research Projects
Native American Research Project Beginning Research Project
Native American Research Project: Have your students learn more about the amazing Native American tribes that inhabited this continent before European settlement with this younger student-friendly Native American research poster project! This pack includes everything you need to complete a Native American research project in your classroom or at home. Students are guided from beginning to end with this Native American research project pack! About Beginning Research Projects: Guiding students to
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1st - 3rd
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Character Biography Reports | Digital and Printable Biography Writing Resources
Character Bio Reports is a great way to teach kids how to write an organized report about a person or a book character... without copying and pasting facts from a website. This assignment requires students to choose a famous person or character, research that person, and write a short character analysis essay. Editable student directions are included, along with a graphic organizer and a scoring rubric. Updated Printables and New Google Slides Resources!This product has been completely revised
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3rd - 7th
Biography Project | Who Was Biographies Book Report | Informational Writing
Reading and Writing just got a whole lot more fun with the biography project that pairs with the loved Who Was book series but also works for any biography. Build students' ELA skills as they connect with Social Studies to meet standards cross curricular. This is a great way to help students with note taking, researching, and writing skills while having fun. What's included in the set:How To Use guide for teachersChapter sheets for recording factsTimeline for the life of the personCover page fo
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3rd - 5th
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Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient Greece Social Studies PBL
These ancient civilization activities put your students in the shoes of a travel agent preparing to send their clients back in time to Ancient Greece!Time Travel to Ancient Greece is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a sales pitch to potential clients. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, designing, and working on financial skill
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Africa Continent Study Research Project- Differentiated - Reading Comprehension
This 44 Page Africa continent study project is perfect your upcoming Africa unit, lesson, multicultural study, cultural fair, or continent study. Full of information about Africa, this fun fact filled coloring book and continent study activity package includes information and reading comprehension questions about Africa written in engaging informational text that is perfect for the lower elementary grades. Key information about Africa is included, including geography, the African flag, African a
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1st - 3rd
National Symbols – 13 American Symbols & National Landmark Activities & Lessons
Our American Symbols Unit features THIRTEEN COMPLETE Common Core-aligned lessons with a balanced mix of engaging higher and lower level hands-on activities to teach 1st-3rd grade students about our nation's National Symbols:
• National Symbols Pre and Post Tests
• Nonfiction Informational text-we provide all of the National Symbols CONTENT
• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension after each of the 13 lessons
• short Research Project to make the game Find the Fib using True and Fal
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1st - 3rd
State Report Project with a Parade Float and PowerPoint Report
This project-based activity is designed to let students research, design a PowerPoint presentation, and parade a float representing that state for an audience of your choice. Easy to use because there are teacher tools to track assigned states and a rubric to score it all! Students LOVE this project and you will too! Inside You Will Find• 1 Parade of States General Information Page• 1 How to Host the Parade Page• 1 Parent Information Page• 1 PowerPoint Hints Page• 1 Student Survey Page t
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3rd - 5th
Biography Project for Any Person - Informative Writing Graphic Organizer
Teach informational writing and research skills with biographies of famous people! This guided writing and research project will work with any historical person's biography. Not only is the research guided and organized for students, the writing comes in 3 different levels so you can differentiate for all learners. Students will love being assigned their own famous person for a biography project!⭐Click here to save 20% on the biographical posters that go with this product!⭐This biography writing
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3rd - 6th
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Malala's Magic Pencil FULL DAY of Lesson Plans for Upper Elementary
This product is everything the busy classroom has been looking for! You'll receive a FULL day of lesson plans based on Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai (a lesson for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, plus a hallway display!).Update January 2021: This product can now be used digitally with Google Slides™! You must have a Google Classroom™ account to use this feature. You will download a PDF with links and directions for assigning this to your class.How does this work?Your
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3rd - 5th
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myView 3rd Grade Unit 3 Historical Fiction Writing SUPPLEMENT Graphic Organizers
This Historical Fiction Writing Unit is a perfect SUPPLEMENT for myView Grade 3, Unit 3 Writing. Includes a sample writing anchor piece, graphic organizers with sentence starters, writing checklist & much more. Could also be used for Black History Month and Women in History Month.I have included a brainstorming sheet to allow students to gather historically accurate information for their narrative writing piece. Scaffolded graphic organizers include sentence starters that allow for more des
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3rd
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Hispanic Heritage Month Project - Research, Essay / Report Writing & Activities
For Hispanic Heritage Month, have students research a famous Hispanic American person and use that research to create an essay, map, and timeline. This no prep resource is scaffolded and differentiated to help all of your students be successful with report writing.This Hispanic Heritage Research Project includes:a graphic organizer to help students research a 4 paragraph scaffolded rough draft to help students be successful with informational writinga 5 paragraph scaffolded rough draft to help w
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3rd - 5th
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Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient Rome Social Studies PBL
This PBL puts your students in the shoes of an Roman creating a product and advertising it in the Forum at Ancient Rome!Ancient Roman Forum is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in an oral speech advertising to other Ancient Romans. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. This PBL is self-differentiating, meaning that stu
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
State Research Writing Project | State Report
How would you like to teach state history in a new and engaging way? Your students will research an assigned state, write an informational piece about it, and then create a t-shirt themed on the state they researched! If you'd like to take the project even further, I've added a component for creating a PowerPoint and implementing technology!Check out the preview for details!This Product Covers:--Lesson plans that cover the following:✓ Researching and taking notes (including citing sources and pa
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2nd - 5th
50 States Research Report: Multi-Draft Informative Writing for Grades 3-5 (CCSS)
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50 Nifty United States with 13 Original Colonies - sing it with me!
Instead of doing several Informative Essays, I like to focus on just one and help students make it better and better through multiple drafts that add new skills each time. This method makes research writing easi
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3rd - 5th
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SPANISH HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH ACTIVITIES Biography Research Project BILINGUAL
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with engaging printable activities! Explore dual language-bilingual(English/Spanish) reading passages & graphic organizers highlighting 12 influential Latino/Hispanic Americans. These ready-to-use biography templates offer students reading comprehension practice, too. All templates are easy to modify for different student learning levels. Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15- Oct. 15) with this fun project! Includes: 68 pages + 60 Boom Cards2 BOOM C
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2nd - 3rd
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