Social Studies Teaching Resources
Take your students on a journey through world and US history with thousands of printable cross-curricular social studies worksheets, history teaching slides, anchor charts, Google Slide interactive activities, and thousands more teacher-created resources to turn every child into a tiny historian.
Are you teaching your primary grade students about community helpers and need engaging new materials? Or maybe you're teaching in the upper elementary grades where your students journey through the 13 colonies, the Revolutionary War, Civil War, or other historical events?
No matter the grade, this collection of teaching resources from Teach Starter's teacher team has curriculum-aligned options to help you cut down on the time-consuming task of lesson planning and help your elementary class meet both Common Core and state-level standards.
With editable options for many of the collection's digital and printable teaching resources, save yourself a ton of time with these ready-made social studies lesson plans.
Social Studies Lesson Plan Library
Our library contains thousands of resources designed by teachers for teachers to help you teach your primary level social studies topics, as well as upper elementary and middle school social studies curriculum. Find resources to teach a wide range of social studies topics, including
- Community helper teaching slides, printable community helper worksheets, and community helper crafts that make perfect additions to social studies for 1st grade
- Content-aligned task cards, games, printable maps, and teaching slide decks to teach American history for kids, along with printable Veterans Day Crafts, patriotic coloring sheets, World War II lesson plans PDF resources, and more
- Cross-curricular teaching resources including reading passages on Susan B. Anthony, Henry Ford worksheets, famous historical figure projects, and even anchor charts for social studies
- Printable blank maps of the 13 colonies, United States, continents of the world, and accompanying map skills worksheets
- Sorting activities, Google Interactives, active games, and worksheets covering wants and needs for primary grades
If you're looking for Social Studies games and resources specifically for higher grades, you'll find:
- Materials for teaching an entire Westward Expansion Unit — such as Westward Expansion worksheets, Lewis and Clark slide decks, vocabulary games, and even an Oregon Trail game to help you teach about early America
- Posters, anchor charts, interactive activities, and lesson plans for a unit on women's suffrage — discover female leaders of the time and their contributions to the passing of the 19th Amendment
- Government worksheets, mini books, and activities teaching the Bill of Rights for Kids
- Note taking-templates, worksheets, slide decks, and graphic organizers to uncover the causes of the American Revolution
Our Social Studies worksheet library spans a wide range of topics and social studies curriculum standards that are sure to save you a TON of time and cut back on the research and planning needed for engaging social studies lessons. Make sure you check out our 3rd-grade history, 4th-grade history, 5th-grade history, and 6th-grade history resources as well!
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Rosa Parks Timeline Activity
Craft an illustrated timeline for students to visually explore 6 events in Rosa Parks’s life.
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'I Have a Dream' Mobile
Celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. with this ‘I Have a Dream’ craft.
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Firefighter Thank You Card Templates
Thank a firefighter with our printable Firefighter Thank You Card Templates.
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My Family Portrait Templates
Encourage your students to explore their identity through these Family Portrait Worksheets Templates.
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Interactive Days of the Week Math Game
Introduce your little learners to the days of the week and months of the year with a self-checking interactive Calendar Math Game.
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Hello From Around the World Pennants
Decorate your classroom with this set of pennant banners that displays different ways to say hello around the world.
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Christmas Calendar - Advent Coloring Pages
Count down the days until Christmas in your classroom with printable advent coloring pages.
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Abraham Lincoln Activity Pack
Learn about the life and contributions of Abraham Lincoln with a comprehensive pack of Presidents’ Day Worksheets.
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Presidents' Day Activities - George Washington Worksheet Pack
Learn about the life and contributions of George Washington with a comprehensive pack of Presidents’ Day Worksheets.
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Who was Abraham Lincoln? Book
Learn about the life and contributions of Abraham Lincoln with a printable mini-book filled with facts and activities for early readers.
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George Washington Mini-Book
Learn about the life and contributions of George Washington with a printable mini-book filled with facts and activities for early readers.
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Making a Timeline of My Life Project
Teach your students how to make a timeline with a Create a Timeline Project.
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Jose Antonio Navarro Mini Book
Make a book with your primary-grade students to learn about the contributions of Jose Antonio Navarro.
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A Map of Our School - Mapmaking Project
Develop primary grade map skills with a map-making project for first and second grade.
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Community Helpers - Pictures/Posters
Show your students different community helpers and where they work with this set of 38 half-size community helpers picture posters.
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Transportation Themed Preschool Poster Pack
Teach your preschoolers about the different types of transportation with a set of printable posters.
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United States Patriotic Symbols - Holiday Worksheets
Build and write sentences about patriotic holidays in the United States with a group of six holiday sentence-building worksheets.
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American Symbols Mini-Book
Engage your students and inspire them to read and learn about American symbols and memorials with a printable book for 2nd grade.
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Effects of Physical Location Sort
Help children learn how the environment affects those that live in a specific area with a sorting activity.
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Mapping Our Classroom - Mapmaking Project
Develop primary grade map skills with a classroom mapping project.
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What is a Timeline? Instructional Slide Deck
Use this slide deck and accompanying materials to teach your students how to read, understand, and identify timelines.
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Celebrate America Mini Book
Read and write about the major national holidays in the United States with a printable mini-book for primary readers.
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Community Helpers Google Interactive
Identify community helpers and the tools they use in different locations around the community with a Google Interactive Activity.
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Needs and Wants Mini Book
Introduce the concept of needs and wants to your students with this easy-to-use printable mini book.
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Needs and Wants Interactive Clip Cards
Turn needs and wants lessons into digital learning experiences with Google Slides Interactive clip cards.
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This or That! Needs and Wants Slides Game
Practice identifying needs and wants with an active game designed to get your students moving and learning.
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This or That! Goods and Services Active Game
Practice identifying examples of goods and services with an active game designed to get your students moving and learning.
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Goods and Services-Google Interactive
Identify and sort goods and services in locations around the community with a Google Interactive Activity.
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Long Ago, Now, or In the Future Sort
Help your students develop a sense of history and how life, transportation, and communications have changed over time.
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Who Lives at My Place? – Template
A 'lift the flaps' template where students display the family members that live in their home.
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Color Posters with Images – Bilingual
A set of 9 posters exploring color.
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Printable Easter Crafts
Make this Easter season extra special with these printable Easter crafts—perfect for classrooms, homeschool settings, and creative family fun!
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