Teaching social studies elementary

5 minute social studies activities help students review what they've learned while adding a little fun to class! Check out these ideas!

Tips, tricks, and strategies for using History Stations to engage your learners. Includes step by step instructions.

Students can travel across the globe without leaving the classroom. Check out these fun geography lessons for any grade and curriculum.

Use picture books to teach social studies in your elementary classroom!

I've read about choice menus forever, but never tried it until just recently. I decided to created a menu to use during social studies review when students finish with stations early or we have a few extra minutes in class. I introduced the menu a week ago and you would've thought I'd given my students gold! They were thrilled!! I asked if they'd seen a menu before and we talked about a fast food restaurant menu. Then I asked what they would buy if I told them they had $5 to spend at the…

50 DIY Projects for teaching Social Studies | Classroom Tested Resources

Social studies include history, geography, economics, civics and sociology. These are important concepts for being a good citizen.

Social Studies websites for teachers. Love this list of social studies websites for elementary teachers! TheAppliciousTeacher.com

(Click on any photo to be taken to the resource) You are going to LOVE this unit. It’s easy to implement, it’s comprehensive, #representation, and your students are going to walk away with a great foundation of important social studies skills. We lay the foundation in literally every other academic area, social studies shouldn’t be […]

Map Symbols anchor chart: Social Studies unit for Kindergarten