Social Studies

Student notes for all 3 lessons (Google Doc for each lesson) -notes pages have students fill in vocabulary, engage in interactive experiences, answer essential questions, etc.   Teaching Slides -great for previewing/reviewing...

Students will work in pairs (optional)  to complete a google slides presentation on a CA Indian Tribe. There will be a focus on geography, shelter, food, hunting, artifacts, ceremonies, and popular practices. Students will input information...

Analyze the CA Gold Rush using GATE Frames Questions are aligned with Sanda Kaplan's GATE Icons   2 frames included! Students can complete individually as classwork/homework; they make work in pairs or small groups and recreate on...

California Gold Rush Wheel Project   Directions: You and 2 other classmates will be creating a wheel that outlines important parts of the Gold Rush. Each wedge will cover a different main idea, and it is your job to fill in the details!...

This hyperdoc style doc enables your students to explore many aspects of the Transcontinental Railroad!Students are asked to examine photos, watch videos, read information from websites, etc. Students utilize many skills such as synthesizing, inferring,...

An ALL DIGITAL INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY to learn about the CA Mission System!   The link will force you to make a copy of the hyperdoc into your Google Drive. The hyperdoc covers many topics such as life at the mission, its structural...

Examine the California Gold Rush using this digital interactive activity!The file link is provided and will ask you to make a copy of it into your google drive!Students are asked to explore websites, listen to audio, examine photos, etc. about various...

The Famous Artists Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about Leonardo da Vinci, Wassily Kandinsky, Vincent van Gogh and Henri Matisse. This Escape Room has...

The Famous Artists #2 Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about Michelangelo, Edgar Degas, Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol. This Escape Room has students...

Classroom rules are a fundamental part of class management and teacher sanity! Rules should not be too complicated, nor should there be too many. In fact, the simpler the rules, the better! The fewer they have to remember, the more they will remember...

Your students will love learning about colonial life in the Southern Colonies with this engaging, no prep reading activity packet! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for...

Your students will love learning about colonial life in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies with this engaging, no prep reading activity packet! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned...