Teaching social studies elementary

You're teaching social studies, yay! If you need ideas on how to start the year in 5th grade social studies, you've come to the right place! The first week of social studies class sets the

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

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

Check out my favorite time-saving social studies resources that you can use with any unit or lesson in the elementary grades!

Enhance geography skills with FREE printable 7 Continents and Oceans worksheets for elementary students: maps, facts & more!

Are your students loving their social studies classroom or are they feeling that it is an extension of their ELA class? Are you wondering how to increase student engagement in the classroom so that your student cannot wait to come into your classroom and learn? Keep reading for ideas to incorporate all learning styles into ... Read more

Hands-on activities for studying world history are the best way for your kids to get a deeper understanding of the country all around us.

Teaching social studies is the same as teaching nonfiction reading. Find out why and how here! Integrating social studies and writing is a also a great way to save time. Win-win!

Don’t you wish there was one reading strategy that would unlock the secret to Social Studies reading comprehension? In a perfect world, there would be. Instead, we teachers continuously strive to find and learn new ways to help our 3rd-grade students improve their reading comprehension of Social Studies content. In this post I share a few activities that you can use to improve student success with Social Studies materials. See how this would work in your Social Studies & Reading classroom he

In this blog post, I am sharing the best citizenship resources for your elementary school students. This lesson plan and activities are perfect for back-to-school season and for teaching students to understand the qualities of good citizens. Students will be able to describe the purpose of rules/laws. Here you will find 17 total pages of engaging activities to build a stronger classroom community of learners. Students will love these hands-on activities! Read more information here.