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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Continents and Oceans Task Cards
Practice identifying and describing the 7 continents and 5 oceans with a set of task cards.
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Major U.S. Rivers Brochure Template
Research the major rivers in the United States with a brochure project.
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Goods and Services Advertisement Project
Engage your learners with an end-of-unit Goods and Services project.
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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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Maps and Globes Task Cards
Practice identifying features of maps and globes with a set of map and globe task cards.
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Goods and Services Bingo
Practice identifying examples of goods and services with a few rounds of Goods and Services Bingo!
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Goods and Services Task Cards
Use the Goods and Services Task Cards to practice identifying goods and services.
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Cover It! Continents and Oceans Game
Turn geography into a fun and educational learning experience using our Cover It! Continents and Oceans Game
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Continents and Oceans Interactive Clip Card Center
Turn geography into a digital learning experience with a Google Slides Interactive Continents and Oceans activity!
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Texas Landmarks Task Cards
Identify and locate significant landmarks in Texas with a set of task cards.
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What Do They Do? Community Helpers Worksheet Pack
Engage kindergarten and first-grade students in writing about 25 amazing community helpers with a worksheet pack.
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Westward Expansion Word Search
Increase academic vocabulary with a Westward Expansion word search.
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Continents and Oceans Bingo - Geography Game
Turn geography into a fun and educational learning experience by using our Continents and Oceans Bingo Game!
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Major U.S. Land Features Worksheets
Discover and identify the major rivers, mountains, and landforms in the United States with an easy-to-use set of worksheets.
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School, Home, and Community Jobs Worksheet
Introduce preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students to jobs performed at school, home, and in the community with a cut and paste worksheet.
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Me on the Map - City Map Project
Engage young learners in developing their map skills with a design-your-own map project.
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Countries of North America Exit Tickets
Assess student knowledge of the features and countries in North America with quick and easy exit tickets.
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U.S. Mountain and River Exit Tickets
Assess your students’ knowledge of the major rivers and mountains in the United States with a set of exit tickets.
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Labeling Texas Regions Worksheet
Supplement your Texas Social Studies curriculum with a region of Texas map labeling worksheet.
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Good Citizens Charades - Role Play Activity
Teach your social studies class about being a good citizen with a game of Citizenship Charades!
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Move It! Needs and Wants Slides Game
Get up and moving with an active game while identifying and describing examples of needs and wants.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition - Cloze Worksheet
Practice and review concepts associated with the Lewis and Clark Expedition using a cloze passage.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition - Crossword Puzzle
Practice and review vocabulary associated with the Lewis and Clark Expedition using a crossword puzzle.
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Differentiated Geographic Location Project-Primary and Upper Elementary
Uncover how geographic location affects the culture, customs, clothing, food, and overall lifestyle of humans with a differentiated research project.
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U.S. Geographic Features - Bodies of Water Worksheet
With this worksheet, students will understand reflexive pronouns and how they are used in sentences.
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Great Depression Constructed Response Worksheet
Use this nonfiction constructed response worksheet to teach your students about the Great Depression.
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Jane Addams Biography - Worksheet
Use this biographical constructed response worksheet to teach your students about Jane Addams.
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U.S. Land Features Matching Worksheet
Apply knowledge of the major U.S. rivers, mountains, and land features with a matching worksheet.
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Susan B. Anthony Constructed Response Worksheet
Integrate reading, writing, and American history with a constructed response worksheet about Susan B. Anthony and the women’s rights movement.
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Daniel Boone Constructed Response Worksheet
Integrate reading, writing, and American history with a constructed response worksheet about Daniel Boone and American Westward Expansion.
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Elements of a Map Match-up Activity
Answer the question "What are the key elements of a map?" with a map element matching activity.
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Traits of Good Citizens - Exit Tickets
Assess and analyze student understanding of what makes a good citizen with a set of 20 exit tickets.
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