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Kindergarten - 5th Grade Social Studies Lesson Plans : Page 2

What kinds of homes do we live in? In this lesson, students will explore and describe different types of homes. By the end of this lesson, students will have created a visual of their own homes and write about them!

Here Are Our Homes

Students will use their artistic and directional skills as they practice drawing maps and giving directions. By the time it’s done, everyone will know which way is the right way to go!

Plan That Trip

If you ask your students if they need ice cream, the answer may surprise you! In this lesson, your students will be able differentiate between wants and needs.

Do I Need It? Wants vs. Needs

Let's scout out the states in the United States! In this jigsaw lesson, students will explore individual states, create a state collage, and share their knowledge with other students in the class.

Scouting Out the States

In this cooperative economics activity, students learn about the division of labor in a real way. Students will be able to see first hand the advantages and disadvantages of the division of labor.

Division of Labor: Good or Bad?

This lesson is about Community Heroes. It describes what community heroes do. It gives your students a good idea of what makes community heroes special.

Heroes in Our Community

Children need to understand the differences between goods and services and why both of them are important. Children will learn that and more with this lesson that teaches them about everyone's roles in the economy.

Kindergarten Economics: Goods and Services

This lesson will introduce students to intermediate map directions northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast. It also offers practice writing functional texts using transitional words as well as both cardinal and intermediate directions.

Transitioning to Intermediate Directions

Teach your students about the people who decide which laws to pass. Activate the critical thinking skills of your students by having them decide the laws that they would like to modify!

The Branches of Government

Patriotism will abound as students learn more about the United States. After learning about its history, students will soon be seeing American flags everywhere with this lesson! 

A Classroom of Flags

Society and classrooms both require special helpers to keep things running smoothly. In this lesson, students will explore the people that help their community operate and take on some special jobs of their own to help in their classroom.  

Community and Classroom Helpers

Kids will enjoy hearing the story On Market Street as they become familiar with goods and services. From apples to zippers, students will understand how people buy goods, and how others provide services in our lives. 

Goods and Services: On Market Street

Can your students call out the names of the continents? In this exciting lesson, students will learn the names of the major continents through an interactive process of word and map identification.

Calling All Continents!

Help your students make the connection between what they're learning in school and how adults use math in everyday life with this art lesson. Students will sharpen their critical thinking skills and share their ideas for the future.

Career Math

Your students will be mesmerized with models after this engaging and hands on lesson that gets students up and moving as they explore their community!

Make a Model of Your Community

Your students will love learning about America's national bird as they watch a video, listen to a story, and play a fun game! Get your students excited to learn social studies with this lesson.


Bald Eagle: The USA's National Bird

What's the difference? In this lesson, your students will learn to describe what living in an urban, rural, and a suburban area is like.

Different Communities

Our community relies on different kinds of resources to operate successfully. In this lesson, your students will learn how capital, human, and natural resources are all important for the functioning of a productive society.

3 Types Of Resources

Students journey on a scavenger hunt around the school to put their knowledge of the Five Themes of Geography to the test!

Finding the Five Themes of Geography

An interesting lesson about our very special community helpers. Teach your students how important each job is for our safety and health. Encourage them to think about what they would like to be when they grow up.

Community Helpers: Their Roles and Tools

Help your kids learn about landmarks with this lesson that takes them on a field trip around the school and has them record their findings in writing.

Landmarks Scavenger Hunt

It’s not a bird! It’s not a plane! It’s a Super Citizen! In this superhero lesson on citizenship, students will learn about the concepts of good citizenship while simultaneously getting a lesson on positive behavior! 

Superhero Citizens

Explore a Native American legend with your students to discover the ways of life and beliefs of the Algonquin people.

Lost in Native American Lore

What do you use to make what you need? Resources! Students will explore the three kinds of resources producers use to create the products the use and sell. 

One, Two, Three Resources!

From teachers to farmers, many people and things together comprise a community. In this social studies lesson, students will identify and illustrate their dream community by making a pop-up card.

Pop-Up Communities

In this lesson, students collaborate to create a class-wide behavior contract. With your guidance, your class will develop and implement their own set of classroom rules.

Creating a Behavior Contract in Your Classroom

Make your students global citizens with this lesson that has them learn about the different cultures of the world.

It's A Small World: Different Cultures

Do your students respect their peers' opinions? This lesson teaches first graders that their opinions matter by encouraging them to write out opinions and back them up with reasons.

Do First Grade Opinions Matter?

In this lesson, your students will learn how to identify what direction they are going when they move from one place to another. They'll be able to visually see directions in the classroom.

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