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Free 1st grade social studies videos
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Veterans Day Activities: Heart Art Project, Roll-A-Dice Game, & Art Sub Plan
Veteran's Day Activities for November don't all have to be coloring sheets. Why not infuse some Arts Integration and have your students engaged in your lessons with drawing and painting? Watch how easy it is to paint with markers and get your students interested in caring about our armed forces on Veteran's Day.PURCHASE THIS "DESIGN A VETERAN'S DAY HEART GAME" HERE.These roll-a-dice games are great for one or two day art projects for art teachers and classroom teachers alike. Pair them with your
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1st - 8th
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History of the Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving Song
Extended Version Available with Activities in Your Grade Level Below
Find out all about the first Thanksgiving in this fun animated video about the Pilgrims, their Journey on the Mayflower, and their meeting with the Wampanoags. Samoset, Squanto, and Massasoit all make appearances as they share a 3-day feast with William Bradford, William Brewster, John Carver, and more!
Kindergarten Thanksgiving Fun Packet
1st Grade Thanksgiving Fun Packet
2nd Grade Thanksgiving Fun Packet
3rd Grade Thanksg
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K - 3rd
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Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Songs & Activities
May is Asian American, Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. An important celebration, but one that doesn’t typically draw the fanfare of February’s Black History Month, or Hispanic Heritage Month. However, with the popularity of Disney’s Moana and Lava songs, I have found an easy engagement piece that allows students to access a part of the world they might not be familiar with. By the time they found out these islands were made from volcanos they were totally hooked! Each song features a map
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PreK - 4th
Women in History (Musical Video Slide Show)|Women's History Month|Women Leaders
Introduce your students to National Women's History Month with this inspirational and musical video slide show of 10 notable women in history. Women included are Bessie Coleman, Clara Barton, Ellen Ochoa, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'keeffe, Jane Goodall,Marian Anderson,Michelle Kwan, Wilma Rudolph,and Shirin Ebadi.
Note: The file size and resolution of preview file has been modified. The full version has a larger file size (bigger size slides) and sharp resolution.
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1st - 6th
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Columbus Day / Christopher Columbus
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Columbus Day This is a mini-unit all about Columbus Day . Full of worksheets, mini book, and other fun activities for young learners.
Download included:
anchor chart,
Columbus Day KWL chart,
make and take mini book,
Columbus Day word search,
Columbus Day ABC order practice,
graphic organizer,
Columbus Day 2 writing papers,
acrostic poem,
Columbus Day describing words page,
coloring sheet!
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K - 2nd
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Community Helper Worksheets
Community Helpers
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Community Helper Cut and Paste Activity - CHEF
Community Helper Cut and Paste Activity - FARMER
Community Helper Cut and Paste Activity - FOREST RANGER
Community Helper Cut and Paste Activity - DOCTOR
Community Helper Cut and Paste Activity - FIREFIGHTER
Community Helper Cut and Paste Activity - DENTIST
Community Helper Cut and Paste Activity - POSTAL WORKER
Community Helpers Kindergarten
Labor Day Worksh
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PreK - 5th
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Presidents Day Video Freebie: Activities & Worksheets Available in Description
A link to the extended version of this video is below. Help us keep these holiday videos free by purchasing a fun activity set that goes along with the video.Click to Explore Extended Video & Activities✲´*。.❄¨¯`*✲。❄。*。¨¯`*✲ ✲´*。.❄¨¯`*✲。❄。*。¨¯`*✲Happy Presidents DayFrom the two of us at NUMBEROCK✲´*。.❄¨¯`*✲。❄。*。¨¯`*✲ ✲´*。.❄¨¯`*✲。❄。*。¨¯`*✲This Presidents of the USA song for kids Starts from George Washington and goes all the way to Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden. With some bluegras
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1st - 6th
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The Story of Halloween
A PowerPoint presentation that covers a brief history of Halloween including some fun facts and short video link.
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1st - 7th
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All About Government PowerPoint
This PowerPoint include local, state, and national government facts and people. It matches South Carolina's State standards for social students. Could be used for 2nd or even 3rd graders. Enjoy this free product made by Bethany's Creations.
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1st - 4th
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The Bill of Rights in 30 Seconds
Like a hot knife through butter, HipHughes cuts through 7 of the 10 amendments known as the Bill of Rights. Great for a warm up activity or as a fun mnemonic for your students.
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1st - 12th
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12 Ways to teach about September 11th (9/11)
This video introduces 12 ways to approach a lesson on 9/11. It is designed for ALL GRADE LEVELS. Pair this video with one of the resources linked below. Thanks!
Just like the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks were a defining moment for our time.
At this point, No K-12 public school students were alive when it happened, but for most teachers, we remember it vividly. I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing that Tuesday morning, and if you
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1st - 12th
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Thanksgiving PowerPoint
Use this FREE PowerPoint to help students understand the meaning behind Thanksgiving. The presentation has important facts and pictures about the journey of the Pilgrims. It also has a link to a fun and unique video about the first Thanksgiving. Enjoy!
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PreK - 8th
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Columbus Day Free Resources
Need some great, FREE resources to teach your students about Columbus? Download this packet to learn more about the free resources provided by Brain Pop Jr. and Scholastic News. I've hyperlinked the web addresses within this document so you can go directly to the websites. If you want to extend your teaching of Columbus and incorporate ELA standards (asking and answering questions, character traits, imaginative writing and note taking) in a fun and practical way, check out my full product on Co
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1st - 4th
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Residential Schools in Canada
I have created this video as a way to teach children about residential schools within Canada. It has been written in a sensitive way that does not include too explicit of details for young ears. It can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnng6Oc_fTo
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PreK - 8th
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Declaration of Independence Lesson (30 min)
Our FREE turn-key lesson features the following items and can be used as a supplemental social studies or government lesson: Themes & Values, Learning Objectives, Key Terms, Introduction, Teacher Lesson, Six-minute Cartoon Episode, Activity, Worksheet, and more. All of our materials are meant to be supplemental; therefore, are not written to specific state or national standards. View our Scope and Sequence and additional lessons and resources via our website: www.littlepatriotslearning.com.
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1st
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Mount Rushmore
This is a 3 minute video asking "Where are we?" It is simple by design so that students do not need past knowledge of Mount Rushmore.
There is no music or narration. The presentation pauses so that the students can see the map. The teacher can pause the video if extra time is needed for teaching/discussion.
The WOW factor is at the end when the students see the full picture of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The Presidents names are added at the end.
* * I can produce a 2-3 minute
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1st - 6th
The Medicine within - an Indigenous learning resource with Puppets!
This resource is designed to be used with the following videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6eMAjUUsfghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUyJubY7gr4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klIhvV902t4These resources speak to the topic of "good medicine" and how you can be good medicine in the world. The stories focus on Indigenous ways of knowing and being and how we can learn from the Moose Hide Campaign to join in on the journey of truth and reconciliation. This is a great resource to use in primary
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PreK - 4th
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Election & Voting: Election Day Hat Art Project, Roll-A-Dice Game, & Sub Plan
Election and Voting for November don't all have to be coloring sheets. Why not infuse some Arts Integration and have your students engaged in your lessons with drawing and painting? Watch how easy it is to paint with markers and get your students excited about U.S. Government, Uncle Sam, or whatever Election Day fun you're teaching! PURCHASE THIS "DESIGN A ELECTION DAY HAT GAME" HERE.These roll-a-dice games are great for one or two day art projects for art teachers and classroom teachers alike.
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1st - 7th
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Black History With Mr.Dodson
Twelve Black History videos highlighting African Americans who have made an impact on the world around us, along with video posters with lines for notes.
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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This is Your Life: George Washington
This is Your Life: George WashingtonThis is the first of the Founding Fathers Series. All items in this series will contain general facts, quotes, the Fun Five, links to videos, virtual tours (where possible), and more!The George Washington edition contains:The truth about the cherry tree Fun Five Fact pageGeneral statistics: Career, life, politicsVirtual Tour of Mount VernonVirtual Tour of the Fred W Smith Library to Study George WashingtonVideo link to a discussion of the first InaugurationQuo
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1st - 8th
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Meet My E-motions - learn about feelings
My E-motions characters represent the elements within us, each element has their own dominant emotion. Ryangry, (wood element) represents anger, Dramamia (fire element) is happy but gets overwhelmed... Kids can easily relate to these 5 characters and therefore more eager to engage in My E-motions SEL activities
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PreK - 4th
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Free-Kids Finance: Is it better to save or invest your money? With Mr. O
Should you save the money under the pillow or should you invest it?Grow Money Kids with Mr. O the Hip Hop Teacher.Learn the basics of growing your money with Mr. O the Hip Hop Teacher and Friends!Subscribe on YouTube @thehiphopteacher Mr.O#ocalaflorida
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PreK - 5th
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Mickey Mouse's First Movie: Steamboat Willie Video
This video is about how Walt Disney first created Mickey Mouse as the star of the first animated film with synchronized sound, Steamboat Willie, which opened on November 18, 1928, the date that would become known as Mickey's birthday.Check out the accompanying differentiated reading comprehension passage with questions by clicking here: Mickey Mouse's First Movie Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions.
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K - 5th
Latino Culture: Latin America
Video version: https://youtu.be/EFo0VKfhj60Latin America is a region made up of Mexico, Central America, and South America. Some of the islands of the West Indies, in the Caribbean Sea, also are included. The area is known as Latin America because most people speak languages that came from Latin (the language of the ancient Romans). These languages include Spanish, Portuguese, and French.Many Latin Americans have a mixture of American Indian, European, and African ancestry. Most people speak Sp
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1st - 5th
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- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
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