Fifth grade social studies projects

Interactive Notebooks are a great way to engage students in class, use multiple learning styles and for students to take ownership in the learning process.

Students can travel across the globe without leaving the classroom. Check out these fun geography lessons for any grade and curriculum.

Learning about ancient civilizations doesn't have to be a bore. Make lessons about ancient Greece, ancient India, ancient Rome, and other ancient civilizations exciting with this collection of hands-on Social Studies projects. Perfect for any middle school classroom, these ancient history lessons combine creativity and rigor.

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Attention 5th grade social studies teachers! This blog post will help you sequence, plan, and implement engaging, purposeful lessons for your students.

If you need ideas for how to start the year in 5th grade social studies, let me help! Check out my five tips for starting the right way!

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Do you want to do a project that interests your students, but don't have a lot of time to plan? Use these FREE pages from Enchanted Learning to research the 50 states!

Learn how to use social studies stations in the Middle & High School classroom to increase student engagement. Includes link for a free station activity!

For this social studies and writing project, we explored nonfiction books to learn about U.S. States. The students loved this fun research idea!

Bring Age of Exploration history to life for kids with this interactive unit complete with lesson plans, activities, projects, and answer keys! Help your students fall in love with history! These lessons and projects are especially great for kids in 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade. Save yourself a ton of prep time and check it out today! #5thGrade #MiddleSchool #Interactive

Read about 5 of my favorite ways I'll be using using white boards in social studies this year.

If Montezuma had an Instagram account, what would he say when Cortez arrived in…

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

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I have done a lot of different activities to introduce the motives for early exploration, however, this year I really wanted to incorporate some Close reading, note taking, and summary. My theory is that if I sneak reading and writing skills into social studies I can get away with teaching it more ;0) I always try to have some sort of hands-on, tangible item for the kiddos to feel, smell, use, etc. to help them stimulate their thinking. I kept those items the same which included a flag, a…

The first week of school, before you even begin to teach history, is more important than most teachers realize. It can make or break your year. Unfortunately, it is the week most beginning teachers have the least experience with and the most questions about. This is the week when you teach your expectations and set […]

Use these fun history activities for middle school in your Grade 7 History and Grade 8 History classes as well as your Grade 6 Social Studies program. These engaging history activities are also useful for your middle school history classroom. Try these ideas with your 6th grade social studies, 7th grade social studies and 8th grade social studies students. Read about 13 ways to make middle school history class engaging for your students.

Students will quickly see how exciting history is with these fun history projects for 5th graders! Teachers will love these hands-on lessons.