Activities for Social Studies in 1st grade
Interactive World Map
Embark on a global adventure with our interactive world map. Explore, connect, and discover by placing pins and sharing interesting facts about yourself or locations. Let the exploration begin!
Hagan's Research Template with GAS
Students are curious kiddos. Teach them how to research with the GAS strategy. G - Goals, what do you want to learn? A - Answers, find the answers. S - Share, share what you learned. Knowing what they are supposed to look for helps them stay focused when searching for the answers. Then they can share what they learned by summarizing it real quick on the last page with a video, voice comment, or voice typing.
Guess the Emotion
Help your child develop emotional awareness with our basic emotions worksheet! Designed for young learners, it teaches how to identify and express feelings.
Sonia's Gallery Walk
Use this template to show off student work and work on proper peer feedback with Sonia's Gallery Walk using the TAG strategy. T - Tell your classmates something you like about their work. A - Ask them a question about it. G - Give a suggestion for how they can improve their work. Students can place a snapshot, screenshot, video, or show their work in the space provided, and then peers can provide multimedia feedback on the side. Use Kami's Split and Merge to create a portfolio collaborative activity or to remove the directions page to assign individually, then merge them all together after the work is done.
Madison's Presentation Template
Once the research is done and they know what the presentation is going to showcase, give students this template to help them make a simple presentation in a flash. They can insert images, text, draw on it, and even add stickers to make it fun! Then they can present with confidence!
Circles of Support
A Circle of Support template is a tool used to document the people and resources in your network who provide support and encouragement.
Interactive Basic Emotions
Help your students develop emotional awareness with our basic emotions worksheet! Designed for young learners, it teaches how to identify and express feelings.
Building a Grid Template
Use the Grid Method to create a student-centered, competency-based framework for any subject.
Creating a Digital Citizenship Pledge
Use this template to discuss digital citizenship and how your students wish to behave while online. Discuss proper behaviors and inappropriate actions. Students can collaborate on page one, placing ideas with voice, video, and text. Then, use page two to place a complete pledge for students to sign with the drawing tool.
Circles of Support | Orange
A Circle of Support template is a tool used to document the people and resources in your network who provide support and encouragement.
Earth Day Poster | Portrait
Get creative! Color this Earth Day coloring sheet and celebrate our planet with your favorite colors.
Earth Day Sorting Activity
Sort the below into things that help the Earth and things that hurt the Earth.
World Map Activity
Piece together the world with our interactive Puzzle World Map activity!
Earth Day Acrostic Poem | Light Blue
A fun & creative way to celebrate Earth Day! Write a poem using each letter of the word "EARTH" to express love & appreciation for our planet.
World Map | Puzzle Pieces
Piece together the world with our interactive Puzzle World Map activity!
Earth Day Poster | Landscape
Get creative! Color this Earth Day coloring sheet and celebrate our planet with your favorite colors.
