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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Christmas Vocabulary Word Wall
Spread holiday cheer with 60 Christmas-themed vocabulary cards for your word wall.
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Goods and Services Worksheet
Determine examples of goods and services with an economics 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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Firefighter Thank You Card Templates
Thank a firefighter with our printable Firefighter Thank You Card Templates.
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Christmas in the Philippines - Parol Craft Template
Learn traditions related to Christmas in the Philippines with a printable Filipino Parol craft template.
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All About Community Workers - Community Helper Slide Deck
View and discuss the various community helpers with a slideshow about community helpers for kindergarten and preschool.
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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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Where to Buy Goods and Services Worksheet
Identify places and people in the community that provide goods and services with a cut and paste sorting worksheet.
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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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Christmas Gnome Craft Template - Sweden
Introduce your students to one of Sweden’s most popular Christmas figures with a printable “tomte” or gnome craft template.
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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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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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Printable Community Helpers Booklet
Use this Community Helpers Booklet to review or introduce community workers to your primary grade students.
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Community Needs and Wants Worksheet
Enhance your primary-level economics instruction with a wants and needs worksheet.
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What Are Needs and Wants? Task Cards
Use these free Needs and Wants Task Cards to practice identifying things that are needs and things that are wants.
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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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Color It! Good or Service Worksheet
Practice identifying examples of goods and services with a coloring activity .
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Move It! Goods and Services Slides Game
Practice identifying examples of goods and services with an active game designed to get your students moving and learning.
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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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Teaching Goods and Services Presentation
Teach your students to identify and describe examples of goods and services with an interactive teaching presentation.
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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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Money – Word Wall Template
A set of money-themed word wall cards.
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Multiple Choice PowerPoint - Google Slides Trivia Template
Create an interactive warm-up, review, or assessment activity for any subject area with this Google Slides Trivia Template.
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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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Lunar New Year Decorations - Snake Craft
Create simple Lunar New Year decorations to bring festive cheer and cultural celebration into your classroom!
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Fire Truck Printable Math Worksheets (PK-K)
Build number and 2D shape identification skills with our Fire Truck Printable Math Worksheets for Pre-K and Kindergarten.
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Firefighter & Fire Truck Coloring Sheet Set
Highlight the brave heroes that protect the community with a printable Firefighter & Fire Truck Coloring Sheet Set.
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Transportation Word Wall Vocabulary
Create a fun transportation word wall with a set of printable word and picture cards featuring different modes of transport.
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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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Flags of the World Chart Pack
A set of 195 posters depicting the flags of the world's nations.
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Kwanzaa Vocabulary Word Wall
Celebrate Kwanzaa with holiday-related vocabulary cards for your word wall.
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