2nd grade social studies projects

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

Teach 1st or 2nd grade communities with ease with these common core social studies lesson plans. Curriculum includes civics lesson plans, rural, urban, and suburban communities, goods and services, nonrenewable resources vs renewable resources, community helpers activities and community places crafts.

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

I love social studies and how it mixes so well with everything that we are doing in ELA!! Right now, we are reading “The Lemonade War”! My kiddos love it and so do I! The best part is that it fits perfectly into our Economics standards! We use this novel study to go through the ... Read More about Market Day Economics Project

Landforms

Kids will have fun while learning where do I Live with this printable activity perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students.

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…

“Me on a Map” activity for 1st grade Social Studies. Great community activity for students to visualize where they are on a map.

Well, it is time for the second installment of my “An Apple a Day” Linky Party. This week’s topic is… Classroom Management! Before I was hired for my current position, I worked as a substitute for several schools in my district. This allowed me to see many different types of classroom management practices, from […]

We spent the last few weeks of school studying Arkansas history and our state symbols. We started by reading Me on the Map and talking about what our map would look like. Read to see our colorful anchor charts and flipbooks we made in first grade!

Bodies of Water Anchor Chart

SSKCG2 Describe examples of positive character traits exhibited by good citizens such as honesty, patriotism, courtesy, respect, pride, and self-control.

Learning about the American symbols is one of the most important social studies units I cover with my first and second graders. I'm sharing my favorite activities, books, and videos for learning about U.S. symbols.

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.

Following the first couple weeks of school when we have discussed our classroom and school community, it is time for expanding our explorations. Now we find our place in a larger community out to the world. Simultaneously, we learn types of communities and how to be responsible citizens.

I've taught this project before in both Honduras and in Ecuador . I absolutely love it. It brings out such interesting information abou...

Are you looking for a fun unit to teach continents and oceans? This unit from The Chocolate Teacher provides all the activities you need to introduce and practice continents of the world and oceans! Activities included are informational books for kids, worksheets, a 3D map project, and a continent lapbook. Use this unit with your first and second grade students! These engaging social studies activities are sure to delight your students!

Communities Anchor Chart: a social studies teaching idea

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

Being a good citizen anchor chart for social studies.