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US Geography - Elementary geography standards activities

These activities were shared by Janice Lumsden from King Springs elementary.

 SS3G1 The student will locate major topographical features of the United States of America.
a. Identify major rivers of the United States of America: Mississippi, Ohio, Rio Grande, Colorado, Hudson.
b. Identify major mountain ranges of the United States of America: Appalachian, Rocky

 SS5G1 The student will locate important places in the United States.
a. Locate important physical features; include the Grand Canyon, Salton Sea, Great Salt Lake, and the Mojave Desert.

SS4G1 The student will be able to locate important physical and man-made features in the United States.
a. Locate major physical features of the United States; include the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Great Plains, Continental Divide, the Great Basin, Death Valley, Gulf of Mexico, St. Lawrence River, and the Great Lakes.

Download Important Places in the United States (3rd and 5th)

Download 3rd grade geography

Download 4th grade geography

Download 5th grade geography

Download 1.5 pictures

Thankful Cookie Bars - Recipe

Thankful Cookie Bars are layer cookies.  As we added each layer, we named something we were thankful for.  I am using small aluminum foil pans so that we can work in small groups.  Each group can generate their own thankful list.  You can use them to compare and contrast, graph the results, or make a powerpoint out of the lists.  Use if you can.  Happy Thanksgiving.  Susan Murray

Download Thankful cookie bars 1

Download Thankful cookie bars 2

Download Thankful cookie bars 3

Download Thankful Cookie bars 4

Thanksgiving Social Stories.

       Social Stories for Thanksgiving created by Emily  Orr and Kim Friedman.  Thanks for sharing.  If you have any social stories or Thanksgiving activities to share, please send them to juanita.pritchard@cobbk12.org

    Download Thanksgiving Cooking-manners

       Download Thanksgiving Cooking-rules and hygiene

Regions of United States

 
Here is a mini-poster of the regions of the United States.

Download Regions of the USA

This is a powerpoint with very nice pictures and graphics related to the regions of the US.

Download The_regions_of_the_US

 

Check out the Archives - Sept 2008 for more activities on Regions of GA

http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2008/09/regions-of-geor.html

 
 

Decades - Time Line - Match concept of sequencing numbers

These activites were designed to use the timeline concept to meet the math standard related to sequencing numbers.   MM1A1  f

This is NOT a social studies standard but a math standard.

Thanks again to Jane Martin at Lassiter HS.  Most of these activities were created with BoardMaker and require that software to open.

Download Timeline sequencing Math 1

Download Timeline1

Download Timeline2

Download Timeline3

Download Timeline4      Download Timeline5        Download Timeline6

Download Timeline7       Download Timeline8       Download Timeline9

Download Timeline10

These pictures are in word to use with the previous timelines.  Or look for your own at

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade00.html

Download Decades Timeline    Download 1910-1919 picture

Download 1920-1930          Download 1930-1940

Download 1940-1950

 

 

 

Renaissance: Michelangelo & Da Vinci Part III

Bingo activities for Renaissance unit - 

        Hard with 9 choices    Download Michelangelo Bingo

 

   Easy with 4 choices - add tactile cues to assist students   

Another simple book on Renaissance painters:

done in Boardmaker      Download Cover

Download Page 1     Download Page 2     Download Page 3 

Download Page 4     Download Page 5   Download Page 6

Download Page 7    Download Page 8

 

Great site for Da Vinci -  http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html

Georgia Studies

   Thanks to Ginny Pinegar at Dickerson MS for this powerpoint that introduces many of the concepts covered in 8th grade social studies standard  SS8G1 that deals with the physical features of Georgia.

           Download Georgia studies powerpoint

Here are some maps of Georgia that can be used in the classroom.

  View this photo    from  http://www.amaps.com/mapstoprint/GEORGIADOWNLOAD.htm

more maps from:  http://www.infoplease.com/statemaps.html

Download Kt_map_ga          Download Kt_map_ga_cap       Download Kt_map_ga_geog

If you have any additional materials to share on Georgia Studies please contact us.

SS8G1

Commercial materials to support Michelangelo

Here are some books and activities related to Michelangelo from Dover Publishing that are on sale right now.  I’m not promoting any particular site or vendor, but the topics and prices were good and I thought I’d pass them on.   http://store.doverpublications.com/index.html

	Michelangelo Life Drawings
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	Michelangelo: 16 Art Stickers
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Michelangelo Art Tattoos
						From the world's greatest single fresco comes the inspiration for these 4 ... addition to portraits of a pair of ancient seers.Dover Original.
		Sistine Chapel Coloring Book
				Unique book includes 30 adaptations of Michelangelo's beautiful designs for the Sistine Chapel's celebrated ... , The Creation of Eve, and other magnificent works.Dover Original.
	Michelangelo Art Activity Pack
			Spectacular 3-book set!• Sistine Chapel Coloring Book: Unique collection of 30 ready-to-color adaptations of the celebrated frescoes• 16 Art Stickers: Miniatures ...

 Materials on Da Vinci also  

St. Patrick's Day

Enjoy St. Patrick's day with your students: 

 

Here are a few St. Patrick's Day goodies from Karen B. in Dekalb county.  Thanks Karen.

Download Marchtrace

Download St. Patrick's Day

Download StPatmilkshake

Thanksgiving fun plus more

Here are some fun activities related to Thanksgiving.  Many of them are geared to elementary level - so be sure they are age appropriate for your students.  There are several activities within each pdf.   Some of these were posted last year - the new ones are courtesy of teachers in Dekalb County.

Another Thanksgiving site - (more at bottom of page)

http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/

REMEMBER that powerpoints are great for single switch users - the switch hit turns the page.

Download Is this for Thanksgiving (Powerpoint)

Download Pilgrim,Pilgrim   (Powerpoint)

Download The Smell of Thanksgiving  (Powerpoint)

Download Thanksgiving Songs

Download The Turkey on the Farm

Download Thanksgiving1.pdf

Download Thanksgiving2.pdf

Download Thanksgiving3.pdf

Download Thanksgiving4.pdf

This is an interactive booklet where students can place the turkey in the correct position - over, under, on, beside, etc.  Download positional_works_for_turkey.pdf

Download indians.ppt A simple powerpoint on American Indians just in time for Thanksgiving

Check out www.schoolexpress.com  and register to receive via email a thematic unit each month.  This month is a unit on Thanksgiving. Download thanksgiving_from_schoolexpress.pdf