California Social Studies | Teacher Created Materials

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Grade k

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Exploring Social Studies: California Grade K

Captivate young students with colorful texts and engaging lessons, hands-on primary sources and scripts that introduce history and social studies topics, and rich resources designed for early learners

For The Student

High-interest student texts with exciting visuals and key content
Student Guided Practice Book with Project-Based Learning activities
Primary sources and photographs to spark meaningful analysis of key concepts

For The Teacher

Standards-based lessons for whole- or small-group instruction
Assessments to document student growth
Embedded professional development and best practices
Copy of Student Collection

Exploring Social Studies: California Grade 1

Motivate students to explore a wide range of history and social studies themes with leveled readers, research-based lesson plans, and a variety of primary sources and digital resources that extend learning.

For The Student

High-interest student texts with exciting visuals and key content
Student Guided Practice Book with Project-Based Learning activities
Primary sources and photographs to spark meaningful analysis of key concepts

For The Teacher

Standards-based lessons for whole- or small-group instruction
Assessments to document student growth
Embedded professional development and best practices
Copy of Student Collection

Exploring Social Studies: California Grade 2

Encourage critical thinking with rich informational texts, scripts, and other resources that cover four strands of social studies: history, geography, economics, and government/civics.

For The Student

High-interest student texts with exciting visuals and key content
Student Guided Practice Book with Project-Based Learning activities
Primary sources and photographs to spark meaningful analysis of key concepts

For The Teacher

Standards-based lessons for whole- or small-group instruction
Assessments to document student growth
Embedded professional development and best practices
Copy of Student Collection

Exploring Social Studies: California Grade 3

History and social studies themes and topics come to life with captivating images and texts that explore the United States government, famous people in history, community service, our natural resources, and more.

For The Student

High-interest student texts with exciting visuals and key content
Student Guided Practice Book with Project-Based Learning activities
Primary sources and photographs to spark meaningful analysis of key concepts

For The Teacher

Standards-based lessons for whole- or small-group instruction
Assessments to document student growth
Embedded professional development and best practices
Copy of Student Collection

Exploring Social Studies: California Grade 4

Standards-based resources tap into students' natural curiosity about California's fascinating history and geography, covering important grade-level topics and building content-area literacy.

For The Student

High-interest student texts with exciting visuals and key content
Student Guided Practice Book with Project-Based Learning activities
Primary sources and photographs to spark meaningful analysis of key concepts

For The Teacher

Standards-based lessons for whole- or small-group instruction
Assessments to document student growth
Embedded professional development and best practices
Copy of Student Collection

Exploring Social Studies: California Grade 5

Early explorers, American Indians, and the reasons for a revolution are among the diverse social studies topics that students will explore in depth with nonfiction texts and engaging print and digital resources.