Activities for Social Studies in 1st grade

Introduce a Frayer Model to your class with this fun template!

Frayer Models are great tools for students to better understand new and important concepts by listing examples, non-examples, facts, and definitions.

This activity can be assigned as an individual or group activity, or as a teacher model.

Compare and contrast two concepts with a Venn Diagram!

Download this template to start brainstorming with your class today.

Compare and contrast two concepts with a T-chart!

Download this template to start brainstorming with your class today.

Give your students a way to reflect deeper with a Notice and Wonder Notes template!

Start by providing your students with a link to any sort of visual resource to reflect on – this could be a photo, video, or piece of art.

Students are then prompted to write things they notice about the visual, and what questions those thoughts inspire! Finding the answers can then be assigned as personal tasks, or something to collaborate on as a class (especially if there are any common themes that arise).

Create your own comic strip with our customizable template! Add your own characters, dialogue, and backgrounds for endless storytelling possibilities.

Create your own comic strip with our customizable template! Add your own characters, dialogue, and backgrounds for endless storytelling possibilities.

Send a message from anywhere with our "Greetings from..." postcard template.

This template is a great way to help students organize and clarify information, and to understand the relationships between different ideas.

Create your own comic strip with our customizable template! Add your own characters, dialogue, and backgrounds for endless storytelling possibilities.

This template is a great way to help students organize and clarify information, and to understand the relationships between different ideas.

Send a message from anywhere with our beach vacation postcard template.

Create your own comic strip with our customizable template! Add your own characters, dialogue, and backgrounds for endless storytelling possibilities.

A double bubble map is a visual tool used to compare and contrast information in a clear and organized way.

This template is a great way to help students organize and clarify information, and to understand the relationships between different ideas.

A double square map is a visual tool used to compare and contrast information in a clear and organized way.

Visual cause and effect relationships are better with a Fishbone Chart!

Use the head of the fish as the effect, the tips of the fins as the causes, and the individual lines on the fins as the details about each cause.