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Second Grade Social Studies (14 products)

Social Studies Teaching Resource 2nd - 3rd GradeBest of The Mailbox: Social Studies

Grade Level: Second - Third Grade
Price: $14.95
Product #: 2060938
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Reinforce key social studies skills and concepts with these teacher-tested ideas and student reproducibles. Use these popular units to integrate social studies across all areas of your curriculum and increase your students' understanding of key topics.

You know social studies is a fascinating topic, but how do you get your students exited about it? This teaching resource can do the trick! Inside this easy-to-use resource, you'll find the best social studies units selected from The Mailbox magazine's kindergarten and primary editions.

The activities and ready-to-use reproducibles inside will build your students' understanding of the social studies topics you must teach, reinforcing a variety of important skills and concepts along the way. No more searching for effective, easy-to-do (and fun!) activities to supplement your social studies curriculum. Now they're all here in one handy book !

Inside you'll find the following:

  • social studies-based thematic units with across-the-curriculum activities
  • center ideas
  • fun, skill-based games
  • songs
  • cooking activities
  • arts-and-crafts ideas
  • independent and small-group activities
  • literature links
  • student reproducibles
  • timesaving patterns
  • easy-to-do projects

Units include:

  • Communities
  • Building Character
  • Geography
  • The United States
  • Black History
  • Economics
  • Rx for Earth
  • 'Tis the Season for...Grandparents
  • Christmas Celebrations Around the World

112 pages
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Our complete collection of The Best of The Mailbox series of books
The Mailbox Magazine

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Instant Social Studies Teaching MaterialsInstant Social Studies

Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
Price: $15.99
Product #: 1002062
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Use this teaching resource to enhance your social studies program and give your students something fun to do and think about every single day. This book contains calendar-related lessons for every week of the year. Each lesson includes five activities-a week of instant social studies! As an extra bonus each lesson contains a language arts component to supplement your regular curriculum.

This resource can be used in two ways: by date (the lessons are in chronological order) or by subject (consult the index).

This teaching resource will respond to several needs of teachers. It will provide fresh material for experienced teachers and materials for the entire calendar year-a necessity in the increasingly popular year-round school and one that is not addressed by traditional curriculum resources.

Pages: 160
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Full-Color Social Studies Literacy Activities
Social Studies Through the Year
A Year of Themes: Science and Social Studies

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Social Studies Teaching ResourceSocial Studies Through the Year

Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
Price: $25.99
Product #: 1002467
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This book provides a wealth of ideas to link social studies with literature, writing, math, music, creative arts, and technology. The ready-to-use activities, sample weekly schedule, and detailed instructions for the activities reduce the time needed for planning and preparation.

Each section of the book is arranged around a social studies theme. A weekly activities calendar will help teachers in planning their lessons. This calendar can be sent home along with the parent letter to keep parents informed of the children's social studies learning experiences.

The overview pages in each theme unit give complete, easy-to-follow instructions for carrying out the theme during the week. These pages contain suggestions for the following areas of study:

  • Theme Activities - ways to introduce the theme and generate interest, including discussion ideas
  • Curriculum Connections - activities which provide a link to other subject areas such as math and technology
  • Literature Time - book selections which feature the theme
  • Language Arts - reading and writing activities to enhance and extend the theme
  • Creative Arts - a variety of activities to encourage creative expression such as music, art, and cooking

In addition to the weekly chart and day-by-day overview plans, each theme section includes the following: a theme sign, a parent letter, a list of journal topics, a mini-book or idea for a class book, and a variety of activity pages. These materials will enable teachers to carry out the theme with minimum preparation time.

The appendix contains other useful materials such as a theme-related bibliography, maps, a journal format, and samples of technology projects.

Pages: 384
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Full-Color Social Studies Literacy Activities
Instant Social Studies
A Year of Themes: Science and Social Studies

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social studies activitiesFull-Color Social Studies Literacy Activities

Grade Level: First - Second Grade
Price: $21.99
Product #: 1003172
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A wonderful addition to any first or second grade social studies curriculum. This book was created especially for the busy teachers of young students.

The hands-on, developmentally appropriate activities are based on the latest social studies standards and are sure to provide your students with fun-filled learning experiences. The activities are full color and will add some spice to the regular classroom materials.

The contents in the book provide a variety of ways to reinforce social studies concepts and skills while maintaining student interest. The activities are easy to implement with little or no preparation at all.

The activities are meant to support and be a resource for teachers as they teach these content skills. The activities provide review and practice in the following areas of social studies:

  • reasons that Americans celebrate certain national holidays
  • important buildings, statues, monuments, and symbols that are tied with state and national history
  • picture timelines
  • beginning, middle, and end of historical stories
  • key figures and roles they played in national history
  • comparisons of items from now and long ago
  • the importance and the reasons for rules and that when rules are not followed, consequences will follow
  • the political system of the U.S. and opportunity for participation
  • the many types of transportation used to move people and products
  • the origin of food items found in the local stores by tracing their routes from place of origin
  • the effects of specialization and interdependence of people
  • the use of a map key to interpret symbols and cardinal directions to locate place
  • names and locations of continents, countries in North America, oceans, and the United States

Each activity is set up with an easy-to-follow lesson. First, each lesson states the objective or learning skill and the materials needed. Most of the materials are provided inside this book. Next, the lesson outlines in what kinds of groupings the activity can be implemented. Most of the activities can be adapted in multiple ways and can be "custom tailored". They can be implemented as a whole class lesson, small group, partners, independently, or in a center. The activities can also be adapted for a variety of student levels.

Suggestions are listed in the actual directions of the activity or they are suggested in the "Ideas" section. The "Ideas" section contains many helpful hints on such things as storage of materials or ideas to either enhance or extend the activity. Overall, the book is an asset to any first or second grade teacher.

Pages: 176
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Full-Color Math Literacy Activities
Full-Color Science Literacy Activities
Full-Color Language Arts Literacy Activities
Instant Social Studies
Social Studies Through the Year
A Year of Themes: Science and Social Studies

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map skills second grade social studies teaching suppliesMap Skills for Today: Grade 2

Grade Level: Second Grade
Price: $5.95
Product #: WR00602
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Bigger and better than ever! The Map Skills for Today series has been redesigned with a fun, motivating style and all-new, up-to-date maps. Working with experts in social studies and map building, more hands-on maps activities were added, more dynamic maps were created, and the content was revised to support current curriculum requirements in geography and map skills.

The "Finding Your Way" section of this teaching resource book teaches the use of maps and basic map vocabulary. The students will learn what a globe is, how to find their way on a map, how to use a map, and how to read and use a map key, a scale and a grid.

The students using this teaching resource book will also use a map to go on a treasure hunt, learn how to make their own maps, and invent their own city and make a map of it.

The questions in this book are separated into 4 different kinds of activities:

  • Use Your Skills - This activity feature asks children to practice interpreting maps and finding specific information.
  • Map It! - This interactive feature asks children to engage directly with a map.
  • Think It Over - This activity feature asks children to think critically about the maps they have studied and the text they have read.
  • Your Turn Now - This feature asks children to complete a project that may involve research. It often extends the lesson by asking children to apply their skills beyond the original topic.

48 pages, full-color maps and illustrations, paperback.
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Know Your Map Skills Geography Centers

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Map Skills Social Studies Teaching Supplies & ResourcesKnow Your Map Skills Geography Centers

Grade Level: First - Second Grade
Price: $17.95
Product #: WR00167
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This teacher resource features 10 self-contained and enjoyable learning centers—with manipulatives, reproducibles, colorful maps, and activities—that help reinforce key geography skills. Each center includes a combination of high-interest, hands-on activities and reproducibles that can be easily stored in a folder and used in independent and small group settings.

The centers reinforce a range of geography skills including understanding neighborhood, state and U.S. maps, the compass rose, map keys and symbols, directions words, location, place, regions and more. These concepts and activities have been developed in accordance with state standards and the National Geography Standards set forth by the National Council for Geographic Education.

Each center includes:

  • Colorful photos and captivating illustrations
  • High-interest, hands-on activities
  • Reproducibles
  • Teacher instructions
  • Self-checking answer keys
  • Student progress checklist

By using the engaging activities in these learning centers, students will:

  • Recognize direction words
  • Understand what a map is
  • Identify land and water on a globe
  • Learn about map keys
  • Practice using a compass rose
  • Become familiar with regional relationships

128 pages, full color.
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Map Skills for Today Gr. 1
Map Skills for Today Gr. 2
Our entire collection of Second Grade Learning Centers / File Folder Centers

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science themes teaching materialsA Year of Themes: Science & Social Studies

Grade Level: First, Second Grade
Price: $11.99
Product #: 1003715
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Familiar stories and rhymes immerse children in written and spoken language while building content area skills. The children will become immersed in print and use their developing language and social studies/science skills in purposeful activities. Students will learn phonetic sounds, hear rhyme and rhythm, and begin to understand language structure and scientific concepts.

This teacher resource is divided into nine units-one for each month of the school year (see sample pages for complete table of contents). Each segment is based on a theme and has a literature selection and math activities. Each segment in this book is organized to include some or all of the following activities:

  • lesson plans
  • related literature suggestions
  • guest speaker suggestions
  • learning centers
  • scientific activities/demonstrations
  • journal writing ideas
  • exposure to nonfiction text
  • reproducible little books
  • science/social studies games
  • group discussion
  • art projects
  • story-related visual aids
  • drama activities
  • scientific experiments

Listed below are the objectives and skills that are taught in this teaching book:

Social Studies

  • Recognize school rules and their importance
  • Identify traits and characteristics that make each of us unique
  • Identify friendship traits
  • Identify and locate holidays on a calendar
  • Describe the jobs that people do in the community

Science

  • Identify the five senses and what they do
  • Identify basic earth materials
  • Perform simple comparison and experiments
  • Identify how the weather affects daily activities

Pages: 96
You may also like:
Full-Color Social Studies Literacy Activities
Full-Color Science Literacy Activities
Social Studies Through the Year
Instant Social Studies
Our collection of Second Grade Science teaching materials
Our collection of Second Grade Themes / Thematic Units

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