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Social Studies Lesson Plans - Multiple / Other

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Community & Sociology:

Here's a great Community Thematic Unit:

This heart-warming first day of school idea builds classroom community

Culture:

Environment - Other:

Here's a unit on Natural Disasters:
A fun, well-developed unit on Garbage and Recycling that makes use of the Internet:

Family:

Geography - Nations - Costa Rica:

Four great Social Studies lessons for teaching about Costa Rica

Geography - US:

This is an introductory lesson on the New England States

Geography - World History:

An interesting unit on the Colonization of Australia (invasion or settlement?):
This one is on Egyptian Irrigation
Here is a complete, fully-developed unit on Relief Sculpture and Glyphs in Pre-Columbia Mesoamerica:
This lesson is on Ancient Egypt and involves students creating a Slide Show Presentation
Here's a large and in-depth unit on Writing About The Holocaust:

Geography - Other:

Government:

These three lesson plans all deal with presidential elections (various grade levels):
Here's an idea for creating a Bill of Rights Mural
A detailed lesson plan on Government, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights
This brief lesson idea covers Federalism, Separation of Powers, and Checks and Balances
Here is a great election idea from a combined pre-school/after school care facility

Morals & Life Skills:

News & Current Events:

Research:

US History - Native Americans:

The unit below on Native Americans ties in with another unit on this site - Charlotte's Web and Spiders
In this lesson students create model Native American Homes
Students create a "Tribal Fact Book" in this Native American lesson plan
This Native American lesson involves Painting an Event, Story, or Person from Native American History
Students develop Indian Chief Biographies and Presentations in this lesson
This Native American lesson uses "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee"
A Native American lesson on Indian Chiefs that uses Venn Diagrams

US History - People:

US History - War:

US History - Other:

This is an idea to celebrate the end of the school year with a Juneteenth Presentation Celebration

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This lesson on Violence involves creating Memorials for September 11th through Poems & Painting

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