Ontario Curriculum Resources Use these Ontario Curriculum resources to help you plan out your Language Arts, Social Studies, History, Geography and Science lessons in your classroom. Grade 7 and 8 teachers stop using your evenings
This is a project that I'm revisiting from a few years ago (initially posted here .) One of our curriculum goals in sixth grade social stu...
Ontario Curriculum Resources Use these Ontario Curriculum resources to help you plan out your Language Arts, Social Studies, History, Geography and Science lessons in your classroom. Grade 7 and 8 teachers stop using your evenings
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I love teaching science and social studies! My two favorite subjects. I think it is an interesting and fun subject! I do hear from many of
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This is a project that I'm revisiting from a few years ago (initially posted here .) One of our curriculum goals in sixth grade social stu...
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As a kid in school I loved when my teachers celebrated creativity in the classroom. In fact, when I reflect on my own education, the moments I remember the most were the creative ones. I vividly remember making salt maps of the state, book report mobiles, models, papier-mâché globes, interactive brochures, puppets, and dioramas. What about you? Are the instructional moments that you remember the most tied to creative activities? There's just something so powerful about hands-on learning with creative opportunities. Now, more than ever, in our assessment-focused world of education, it's time to infuse creativity into the classroom! Check out these fun ways to turn ancient history lessons into creative hands-on learning experiences! EARLY MAN During this project, students complete 5 different learning stations. Students complete their work on flame shapes that they can transform into a 3-D fire. Working both independently and with small groups, students learn about The Paleolithic Era, the Neolithic Era, the Great Migration, and elements of a civilization. (Learn more here.) ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA As students complete 6 learning stations about ancient Mesopotamia, they'll build a 3-D ziggurat. The stations focus on geography, religion, accomplishments, politics, economics, and society. The end result is a 3-D structure that students can display on their desks or around the classroom. (Learn more here.) ANCIENT EGYPT With this hands-on project, students learn all about ancient Egypt before turning their learning into an interactive sphinx. Students build flip-able parts of the sphinx poster while their progress through 6 different learning stations. The end result is a celebration of Egypt and their learning! (Learn more here.) ANCIENT CHINA Learning about ancient China is especially engaging with this fact hunt and doodle poster. Not only will students collect critical facts about the ancient civilization, they'll also display their learning with doodles that they create. The poster's extra-long size makes it unique and perfect to display in the classroom. (Learn more here.) ANCIENT INDIA If I have to pick a favorite hands-on World History project, this one might be it. During this project, students add information about ancient India to different layers of a lotus flower while progressing through 6 stations. When they're finished, they turn their learning into a 3-D lotus flower. The end result is a stunning collection of learning. (Learn more here.) ANCIENT GREECE This hands-on learning project includes 6 learning stations about ancient Greece. During the stations, students create an accordion-style book to showcase their learning. They'll assemble the foldable parts of the book to create a Parthenon accordion book. It's interactive and meaningful. (Learn more here.) ANCIENT ROME This ancient history project is especially fun. After completing 6 engaging learning stations about ancient Rome, students will turn their learning into a 3-D version of the Colosseum. And...to amp up the "fun factor" there are even 3 gladiator figures that students can design and display inside their Colosseum. (Learn more here.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These projects are the perfect combination of rigor and creativity. If you're looking for fun ways to mix up your Social Studies instruction, check out these hands-on units here: - Early Man - Ancient Mesopotamia - Ancient Egypt - Ancient China - Ancient India - Ancient Greece - Ancient Rome Thanks for stopping by! Mary Beth P.S. Save on the bundle for ALL of the resources HERE.
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With the pupils of Year 3 of Cherry Garden Primary School we realized these pop-up card to summarize their topic about the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. Every student realized a colorful pop-up c…
If you've visited my blog, you know that social studies is my first love. With that being said, I also enjoy teaching writing and I'm constantly looking for ways to combine writing and social studies.
You just never know if you will win, who knows maybe this is your lucky time. Go to my previous post and scroll down to enter or just click here to get you there. Today's post will be nice and short. We worked on land forms and made an anchor chart together. They each made a land form poster and they came out cute! And something waaaaay off topic. I left this cute little surprise in our fridge for my husband. Can't wait to see his reaction when he open the fridge door. And of course I added something sarcastic in the end hehe. There is nothing more awkward than walking in a store with beer in your hand and trying to hide from possible students. I'm pretty sure many teachers can relate! HA!
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Ontario Curriculum Resources Use these Ontario Curriculum resources to help you plan out your Language Arts, Social Studies, History, Geography and Science lessons in your classroom. Grade 7 and 8 teachers stop using your evenings
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As part of our geography unit, I wanted to teach my fifth graders about the seven continents, five major oceans and give them a better under...
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 from them by adding new content to old material as they make new connections throughout the school year. You can find the Interactive notebook kit complete with a study guide and test in my TPT store. We start off by exploring what maps are you can read more about that over at OTC. Our first entry in our notebook begins with the parts of a map. The notebooks are easy to assemble just print the contents at 75% and then have students cut and paste into journal. I teach them to neatly add glue dots from their glue stick onto the slim edge, the other area gets cut to create a window flap where they can add their picture or definition underneath. As part of our map exploration I put up a United States map, this one was found at Target, in the dollar section. Throughout the year we asked family & friends to send us post cards from around the country as new ones came in the students would add them to our board with a staple and some ribbon and then they would color the state if it hadn't been done already. One of our fun activities was creating a life island, this was a great beginning of the year activity. It helped me get to know my students better and they reinforced those map skills along the way. Each students drew the first letter of their name onto a piece of construction paper. They added a title, compass and key. Within the island they had to create areas that told me about them. For example if they love to dance they might have a ballet auditorium. When they were done they colored using colored pencils then I had them add water around their island using aqua watercolor paint (craft paint watered down). These turned out great and were fun to display for open house. As part of our common core standards we also had to learn our continents so we rolled our sleeves up and got a little messy with some paper mache globes. I was surprised how many of my students had never even heard of paper mache before. Simply put we covered balloons with a flour / water / glue mixture and newspaper strips. Set aside to dry for a few days and then repeat the process with blue tissue paper. Once dry the students could add their labels and continents. After making globe models we also tried our luck with creating physical maps. They took paper plates and used blue tissue paper squares to represent water. Then they added the United States onto their map. They used playdough to create mountain ranges, sand to create a desert area and twisted blue tissue paper to create the Mississippi River. Once they were done they labeled their physical map. The study guide and test in the geography kit are helpful for assessing the common core social studies benchmarks for third grade. They align with our current standards. My students found the study guide and their interactive journal really helped them to be prepared for their social studies test. I hope your students love trying out a few of these activities.
Are you doing a map unit study with kids this year? Make your own map with different types of landscapes, using a simple watercolour technique!
