Upper elementary social studies

Diversify & integrate your social studies units by blending subjects together to tell the full story. They're History Minutes! Teach together, teach it all!

Fun virtual field trips in the Social Studies classroom can make your lessons more engaging and content-filled! Try these suggestions! Ideas are included for US History, World History, Government and more!

The Social Studies in Color Freebie will have your students thinking, tasting, and writing at the very beginning of the year!

Learn how to tackle the challenge of teaching the five U.S. regions with limited time, using these practical tips and resources!

Themes and Essential Questions dig into the big ideas of Social Studies and push students to think critically. Approaching your Social Studies instruction through the lens of these tools will make a tremendous impact in your class that extends beyond the four walls of your room and 180-days of the s

If you have 10 minutes left in your social studies class and don't know what to teach, you will love these creative social studies teaching strategies!

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).

With this social study review your students are going to love learning. Go here:

There's nothing better than listening to your teacher read a book about the historical event/time period you're learning about in class! I have been an upper elementary teacher for my entire teaching career (15 years) and

Social Studies websites for teachers. Love this list of social studies websites for elementary teachers! TheAppliciousTeacher.com