American Symbols 3rd Grade

In third grade our first unit for social studies is a fun one.....geography. The kids get very excited and love to start exploring maps and globes. Take a peek at a few of my favorite classroom activities for geography. I start the year off by introducing interactive notebooks. I explain to my students that these are notebooks that will keep track of our ideas, discoveries and information to help us grow. These are unique in the fact that they are never truly complete, the students learn…

Social Studies doesn't have to be boring! Create this Mystery Explorer using a Pringles can!

Bring your social studies curriculum to life with fun, engaging and interactive activities for students. Your third, fourth and fifth grade students will love creating their own notebook filled with social studies vocabulary, dates, people and places. Find out how to use #interactivenotebooks in the classroom to increase student engagement and save you time. #Elementary #UpperElementary #SocialStudies #INB #3rdGrade #4thGrade #5thGrade

Social studies projects for the end of the year. Perfect for upper grade classrooms!!

Looking for a fun end-of-unit project for your Economics unit? Look no further! My third graders loved designing their own food truck and me

Biography bags are a great interdisciplinary project based learning artifact! Check out this post about how to get started!

Try something new in Geography and World Cultures class. Have students create a one-pager assessment to highlight key features for each of the five themes of Social Studies (Geography, History, Economics, Government, Culture).