Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth Colony provide incredible opportunities for inquiry-based learning.

Fun and unique ideas for teachers teaching about the Jamestown Settlement.

Discover engaging ways to teach the regions of the United States in 4th and 5th grade. Explore hands-on map activities, research projects, geography games, and interactive lessons that make learning U.S. regions fun and memorable.

Tips and strategies for teaching Americans Symbols and Landmarks.

A timeline of major causes and key events will help your students connect to the historical events surrounding the American Revolutionary War. To start off, let's talk about some timeline activities that you can implement in your classroom today. As they read and learn, it's important for students to create a social studies timeline of important events. Students should focus on the causes of the American Revolution and major events. American Revolution Timeline Activities:

When I moved to 5th grade and started teaching American history, I had to scramble to find interesting and engaging lesson on the thirteen colonies. I wanted my students to be able to understand the culture of colonial life within the New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, and Southern Colonies. Here are some books, videos, and independent activities for an awesome unit on the colonial regions. Books and Read Aloud: If you're looking for basic, straightforward information for

No matter where you are on the Social Studies teaching spectrum - from "I love Social Studies and could teach it all day long" to "Please just shoot me", it is hard to 1. engage students 2. just simply squeeze it in. Pioneers tell a story of hope, adventure, and new beginnings. There is also risk, despair, and death. With engaging lessons, students become enthralled in the dangerous perils each adventurous family had to face.Here are some ideas for engaging your students

What is Juneteenth? For the longest time, I did not know what Juneteenth was. No idea. I didn't learn about it in school. I never went to a Juneteenth celebration. Then, I started asking around and I found out many people have heard of Juneteenth, but can't exactly say what it is. Juneteenth celebrates the official end of slavery. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" w

Teaching the American Revolution can be a lot of fun. Kids love learning about history, especially when there's a power struggle between two sides, but how do we find time to teach Social Studies? Here are three ideas for kicking off your American Revolution unit. 1. Engage Students with Book Clubs Book clubs are a great way to get kids engaged in a topic. I Survived the American Revolution and Time Travel are historical fiction books that take place during the American Revo