Top 5 Social Studies Best Sellers

I’ve bundled my top 5 social studies products sellers together! There’s no surprise to me that these 5 units are my best sellers. I love that I can teach them at any time of year. They also have SO many great writing opportunities and fun, engaging activities. 

United States Symbols and More

✅WHAT’S INCLUDED: 

10 Picture/Vocabulary Cards: 

Bald Eagle, Flag, Statue of Liberty, White House, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Liberty Bell, Jefferson Memorial, Air Force One, Mount Rushmore

The American Flag Poster: Explanation of flag color code and the meaning of the stars and stripes

7 Printable Worksheets:

A Map of the US: Identify your state on a United States map using cardinal directions

What is a President Poster: Defines his role as a government official

The President Tree Map: The President is, has, can

All About Abraham Lincoln Poster: Quick Facts, His Role in the History of the United States and other Historical Facts

All About Abraham Lincoln: Fill in the Blank Questions

All About George Washington Poster: Quick Facts, His Role in the History of the United States and other Historical Facts

All About George Washington: Fill in the Blank Questions

5 Cut and Paste Worksheets: 

The American Flag: Flag Color Code Cut and Paste

American Symbols Cut and Paste (2 versions of each for differentiation, includes: Bald Eagle, Liberty Bell, US Flag, Statue of Liberty, White House, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Air Force One, Mount Rushmore)

3 Informational and Creative Writing Pages:

Writing Page: If I Were the President

How Can You be a Good Citizen Writing Page

What I've Learned About the USA Writing Page

Answer Keys

20 pages of Digital Slides for Google Classroom

For Texas Teachers, this product relates to the following 2020 TEKS:

1.4b (2.4b) locate and explore the community, Texas, and the United States on maps and globes 

1.11a (K.8a, 2.9a) identify the responsibilities of authority figures in the home, school, and community; and 

1.11b (K.8b, 2.9b) identify and describe the roles of public officials in the community, state, and nation. 

1.13a (K.9a, 2.11c) explain state and national patriotic symbols, including the United States and Texas flags, the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, and the Alamo; 

1.13b (K.9b, 2.11a) recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag and the Pledge to the Texas Flag; 

1.13c (2.11b) identify anthems and mottoes of Texas and the United States 

1.13d (K.9c) explain and practice voting as a way of making choices and decisions; and 

1.13e (2.11d) explain how patriotic customs and celebrations reflect American individualism and freedom. 

Understanding Maps and Characteristics of Places

1. Cover Page

-All About Maps and Places (to create a booklet)
-5 Vocabulary Pages

2. Facts

-KWL Chart

-All About Maps and Places

-I Know About Characteristics of Places (with answer key)

-I Can List Physical Characteristics

-I Can List Human Characteristics

-What I’ve Learned About Maps and Places

3. Describing with Adjectives

-Map

-Globe

4. Writing

-My Favorite Place

-A New Place

For Texas Teachers, this bundle is related to the following 2020 TEKS:

1.3a (K.3a) describe the location of self and objects relative to other locations in the classroom and school using spatial terms; and 

1.3b (K.3b) locate places using the four cardinal directions 

1.4a (2.3b) create and use simple maps such as maps of the home, classroom, school, and community; and 

1.5a (K.4a, 2.4b) identify and describe the physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of water, Earth's resources, and weather; and 

1.5b (K.4b, 2.5b) identify and describe how geographic location influences the human characteristics of place such as shelter, clothing, food, and activities. 

School Rules and Government Laws

Featured Pages:

-All About Rules and Laws (cover page to create a booklet)

-KWL Chart/Pre-assessment

-All About School Rules Fill in the Blank

-How to Make a Law Poster

-How to Make a Law Fill in the Blank

-School Rules cut and paste (two versions for differentiation)

• Always listen carefully to your teacher
• Keep your hands to yourself, no fighting
• If you have a question raise your hand
• Always clean up after yourself
• Walk in a straight line in the hallways
• Be a good friend and share with others

-Rule or Law? Poster

-Rule or Law? Cut and Paste

-Describing Character Traits (four pages)

• Good Listener
• Good Worker
• Good Friend
• Good Line Leader

-What I’ve Learned About Rules and Laws Writing Page

For Texas Teachers, this product relates to the following 2020 TEKS:

1.10a (K.7a) explain the purpose for rules and laws in the home, school, and community; and 

1.10b (K.7b, 2.8a) identify rules and laws that establish order, provide security, and manage conflict. 

1.11a (K.8a, 2.9a) identify the responsibilities of authority figures in the home, school, and community; and 

1.11b (K.8b, 2.9b) identify and describe the roles of public officials in the community, state, and nation. 

1.12a (2.10a) identify characteristics of good citizenship, including truthfulness, justice, equality, respect for oneself and others, responsibility in daily life, and participation in government by educating oneself about the issues, respectfully holding public officials to their word, and voting;  

Thomas Edison Inventions, Facts and Timelines

✅What’s Included: 

Posters & Book Cards

-Quick Facts about Thomas Edison Poster

-Words to Know: Inventor, Phonograph, Light Bulb, Camera

Cover Page (to make a booklet)

Printable Worksheets:

-Who Was Thomas Edison (tree map)

-Fill in the Blank with Word Bank

-I Can Describe Thomas Edison

-I Can Describe the Lightbulb

-I Can Describe the Phonograph

Cut and Paste Timelines:

-Early Life Timeline

-Invention Timeline

Writing Pages:

A Great Inventor

Thomas Edison

5 Facts About Thomas Edison

All About Thomas Edison

If I Invented a Phonograph

If I Invented a Lightbulb

2 Answer Keys

For Texas Teachers, this bundle is related to the following 2020 TEKS:

1.15c (2.14) identify the contributions of scientists and inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and Garrett Morgan. 

Community Helpers

1. Cover Page

-All About Community Helpers (to create a booklet)

2. Vocabulary

-16 Community Helper Cards

-Service Jobs

-Production Jobs

3. Sorting Cards

-Service v. Production Jobs

4. Printable Worksheets

-KWL

-Community Helpers (with word bank)

-Service Jobs

-Production Jobs

-I can Describe a Firefighter

-I can Describe a Police Officer

-I Can Describe a Construction Worker

-I Can Describe a Doctor

-I Can Describe a Mechanic

-I Can Describe a Forest Ranger

5. Cut and Paste Activities

-3 sets of activities, 2 levels of difficulty

Level 1: cut, paste and trace

Level 2: cut, paste and write

6. Writing

-When I Grow Up

-What I Learned about Community Helpers

7. Interactive Journals

-Farmer & Firefighter

-Teacher & Doctor

-Chef & Post Master

8. Answer Keys (3)

9. Digital Activities

-17 pages of digital activities for Google Classroom included

-Facts

-KWL Chart

-All About Community Helpers

-Community Helpers cut and paste (6 pages)

-What I’ve Learned About Community Helpers

Describing with Adjectives

-Construction Worker

-Forest Ranger

-Mechanic

-Firefighter

-Police Officer

-Doctor

For Texas Teachers, this bundle is related to the following 2020 TEKS:

1.9a describe the tools of various jobs and the characteristics of a job well performed; and 

1.9b (2.6a) describe how various jobs contribute to the production of goods and services. 

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