Social Studies Lesson Plans

Social Studies - Kindergarten

• All I Really Need!
• Author Study of Patricia Polacco's Family Stories
• Building Friendships
• Celebrating Family Traditions
• Community Helpers
• Fairy Tale Maps
• Family Centers
• Let's Take a Trip!
• Maori Stick Game
• Map the Path in My Father's Dragon
• Maps and Me
• Me on the Map!
• My Family is Important
• Our Families, Yours, and Mine
• Tortoise and Hare Races

Social Studies - Kindergarten (2024)

• A Bearrific Home Adventure
• A Book About Me
• ART, TECHNOLOGY, & SOCIAL STUDIES: Edward Curtis Style Portraits
• All I Really Need!
• American Founders and Constitution Month Constitutional Fitness
• American Symbols Unit
• Author Study of Patricia Polacco's Family Stories
• Building Friendships
• Celebrating Family Traditions
• Community Helpers
• Enhancing Peer Relationships
• Fairy Tale Maps
• Fairy Tale Maps
• Family Centers
• Hello's Heard Around the World
• I Am American!
• I Grow
• K - Act. 09: Our Families, Yours, and Mine
• K - Act. 10: My Family is Important
• K - Act. 11: Our School is a Community
• K - Act. 12: Our Community Helpers
• K - Act. 14: I Grow
• K - Act. 15: Lots of Labels
• K - Act. 16: Family Centers
• K - Act. 18: Project School
• K - Act. 19: National Symbol Patterns
• K - Act. 24: Vacation Matrix
• K - Act. 28: Map the Path in My Father's Dragon
• Let's Take a Trip!
• Maori Stick Game
• Map the Path in My Father's Dragon
• Maps and Me
• Me on the Map!
• My Family is Important
• Name Bingo
• National Symbol Patterns
• Occupations- A Genius Hour Lesson
• Our Community Helpers
• Our Families, Yours, and Mine
• Our School is a Community
• Project School
• Roles and Responsibilities of a Good Citizen
• Simple Symbols and American Children
• Tortoise and Hare Races
• Vacation Matrix
• Ways to Celebrate in the Winter
• We Are Alike and We Are Different
• We Are All Different in Many Ways!
• What Does a Cowboy Do?

Social Studies - 1st Grade (2024)

• 1st Grade - Act. 09: Freedom Quilt
• 1st Grade - Act. 21: Map Maker
• 1st Grade - Act. 25: Making Maps
• 1st Grade - Act. 26: Going Places
• 1st Grade Lesson Ideas: Code & Go Mouse
• American Founders and Constitution Month Constitutional Fitness
• Around the World
• Capturing Utah's Symbols and Landmarks
• Choices and Consequences
• Community Buildings Walking Field Trip
• Community Helpers
• Community Helpers
• Cottontail Tames Wood, Water, and Rock
• Cultural Lit. 4: Learning to Read a Map
• Cultural Lit. 5: Expanding Map Vocabulary
• Cultural Lit. 6: Learning to Read a Regional Map
• Delightful Directions
• Doing Our Jobs
• Family Responsibilities
• Folk Dancing Fun
• Games People Play
• Introduction to Inquiry Mysteries, Grades K-1
• Let's Party!
• Map Making
• Occupations- A Genius Hour Lesson
• Postc@rds from the Net
• School Workers Lesson Plan
• Ticky Goes to Jr. Map School
• Ticky Plans His Trip to Antarctica to See Tacky
• Time Capsule
• Traditions in Our Family
• Where in the World is Tacky the Penguin?
• Why Buzzard Is a Loner
• Why Do People Move?

Social Studies - 2nd Grade (2024)

• 2nd Grade - Act. 09: A Similar Look at Another Text
• 2nd Grade - Act. 13: Horton Hears a Who
• 2nd Grade - Act. 16: Who Do You Want for Your Friend?
• 2nd Grade - Act. 17: Source Relay
• 2nd Grade - Act. 21: Me On the Map
• 2nd Grade - Act. 22: The World Game
• 2nd Grade Lesson Ideas: Code & Go Mouse
• 2nd Grade Lesson Ideas: Ozobots
• 2nd Grade Social Studies Standard 1-Cultures
• A Cinderella Story (Grade 2)
• ART, TECHNOLOGY, & SOCIAL STUDIES: Edward Curtis Style Portraits
• Algebra I Unit/Algebra II Intro Unit
• American Founders and Constitution Month Constitutional Fitness
• Choices Have Consequences
• Community Culture Trunk
• Continents and Oceans
• Cool Collectibles and Super Sorts
• Cottontail Tames Wood, Water, and Rock
• Coyote and Frog Race
• Cultural Museum
• Document Analysis
• Family Cultural Traditions
• Give and Take
• Grandma Thinks It's Cake Baking Weather
• Influential People in History
• Joshua Disobeys!
• Legend of the Sleeping Ute: A Ute Mountain Ute Tale
• Maps
• My Kind of Friend
• Off to See the World!
• Paiute Storied Rocks
• Personal Patriots
• Postc@rds from the Net
• Predicting with Coyote and the Rolling Stone
• Social Studies: Key Figures in U.S. History
• Symbols, Geographic Features, and Community: A Digital Storytelling Project
• The Cinderella Projects
• Tortoise and Hare Races
• Welcome to My World!
• Where do you live?
• Why Do Many People Celebrate on the Fourth of July?
• Why Do We Need Maps?
• Workers at Our School

Social Studies - 3rd Grade (2024)

• Aldean and the Red-Tailed Hawk: A White Mesa Ute Story
• American Founders and Constitution Month Constitutional Fitness
• Communities and Their Environment
• Constitution EXPLAINED: Who Chooses the President?
• Election Foundations
• Electoral College
• Father Sky & Mother Earth: A Navajo Legend
• Four mini-lessons on presidential debates
• Free and Fair Elections
• Geography and Settlement
• How Badger, Skunk and Sage Hen Were Marked
• Musically Mapping the Continents and Oceans
• Northwestern Shoshone Fish Song
• The American Revolution Genius Hour Plan
• The Eye Juggler Coyote

Social Studies - 4th Grade (2024)

• 4th Grade Lesson Ideas: Dash Robots
• 4th Grade Lesson Ideas: Ozobots
• ADVOCATES FOR CHANGE: COMPARING SUSAN B. ANTHONY, FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AND EMMELINE B. WELLS
• American Founders and Constitution Month Constitutional Fitness
• Angel Island
• Archaeology in the Marshes Around the Great Salt Lake
• Connecting to Utah's Diversity
• Cottontail Shoots the Sun
• Coyote Loses His Eyes
• Coyote Steals Fire
• Coyote and Duck: A Paiute Tale
• Coyote and Mouse Make Snow
• EXAMINING (AND DEBATING) WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE ARGUMENTS AND MEMORABILIA
• Ghost Town Awakening
• Governments of Utah Past and Present
• HONORING THE EARLY STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE IN UTAH: PLANNING A MEMORIAL
• How Badger, Skunk and Sage Hen Were Marked
• How the Meanings of Colors Transmit Navajo Culture
• Immigration in Utah
• Japanese Internment
• MARTHA GOES TO WASHINGTON: EQUAL REPRESENTATION IN NATIONAL STATUARY HALL
• Mountain Men of Utah
• NHMU: Cultural Clutter - Tales In The Trash
• NHMU: The Fremont People
• Native American Round Dance
• Paying Tribute: Memorializing 9/11
• Physical Attributes of Utah
• Physical Attributes of Utah
• Playground Grid
• Rethinking First Contact: the Effects of European...
• Shoshone Seasonal Land Use and Culture
• Social Studies: Quilts
• State of Utah Report
• Storytelling in the Transmission of Goshute Culture
• THE LIFE OF MARTHA HUGHES CANNON: WRITING & ILLUSTRATING SHORT HISTORICAL STORIES
• The Art & Technology of Utah's 5 Unique Indian Cultures
• The Bear Dance as an Expression of Ute Culture
• The Pony Express
• The Trade Economy of the Southern Paiutes
• Utah Ghost Towns - Consumers vs. Producers
• Utah Historical Figures
• Utah Native American Homes Nearpod
• Utah Symbols
• Utah Women's Suffrage: Reader's Theater and Voting Simulation
• Ute Indians: Past and Present
• Voting to Make Your Voice Heard
• Where Do the People in Utah Live?
• Why the Moon Paints Her Face Black
• Why the North Star Stands Still: A Paiute Tale

Social Studies - 5th Grade (2024)

• 5th Grade Lesson Ideas: Dash Robots
• 9/11 and Civil Liberties
• ADVOCATES FOR CHANGE: COMPARING SUSAN B. ANTHONY, FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AND EMMELINE B. WELLS
• American Founders and Constitution Month Constitutional Fitness
• Bill of Rights
• Boston Massacre
• Can Words Lead to War?
• Cartoons and Art at the time of the American Revolution
• Conflict between Ukraine and Russia in 2022 (shared by GA Dept. of Ed.)
• Constitution Day Rap
• Did the American Dream Come True for Immigrants Who Came to New York?
• EXAMINING (AND DEBATING) WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE ARGUMENTS AND MEMORABILIA
• Ellis Island Stations
• HONORING THE EARLY STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE IN UTAH: PLANNING A MEMORIAL
• History Detectives 5th Grade Standard IV Object. 1
• History Detectives 5th Grade Standard IV Object. 2
• History Detectives 5th Grade Standard IV Object. 3
• History Detectives 5th Grade Standard IV Object. 4
• History Through My Eyes
• How Did Laws, Courts, and People Impact Civil Rights in the Late 1800s?
• How Did Sugar Feed Slavery?
• How a Bill Becomes a Law
• How did the English and the Wampanoag move from contact to cooperation to conflict?
• Impact of World War I on the United States
• MARTHA GOES TO WASHINGTON: EQUAL REPRESENTATION IN NATIONAL STATUARY HALL
• Maps Through Time
• Maps and Exploration
• Mayflower Compact
• Modern Day Pilgrims
• Ozobots and Westward Expansion
• Paying Tribute: Memorializing 9/11
• Rethinking First Contact: the Effects of European...
• Revolutionary War
• Revolutionary War Debate
• Slavery
• Social Movements of the 20th Century
• Social Studies: Quilts
• State Report
• THE LIFE OF MARTHA HUGHES CANNON: WRITING & ILLUSTRATING SHORT HISTORICAL STORIES
• Taxation without Representation
• The Battle of Bunker Hill
• The Changing Face of Lower Manhattan and its Connection to 9/11
• The Constitution: The Country's Rules
• The Great American Bison
• The Industrial Revolution
• The Preamble
• The Supreme Court
• U.S. and Utah Constitution Comparison
• Utah Women's Suffrage: Reader's Theater and Voting Simulation
• Was It Destiny to Move West?
• Was the American Revolution Avoidable?
• Were Suburbs Good for America?
• Why Do Countries Declare Independence?
• Why was the Revolutionary War Important?

Social Studies - 6th Grade (2024)

• 6th Grade Lesson Ideas: Dash Robots
• A Look at Current Issues
• Ancient Civilizations and the Modern World
• Ancient Greek and Roman Mythology Puppet Show
• Athenian Democracy
• Barter School House Rock
• Black Death Math/Economics
• Building the Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
• Causes of WWI (An Introductory Lesson)
• Comparison of Utah and Cultures of Various People
• Conflict between Ukraine and Russia in 2022 (shared by GA Dept. of Ed.)
• Crispin/Medieval Manor
• Digital Storytelling in 6th
• Does It Matter How Leaders Are Chosen?
• Egypt's Golden Empire: Lesson 7: Touring Ancient Egypt
• Egyptian Pyramids
• Emperor or President?
• French Revolution
• Geography-Religion and Movement
• Global Issues using primary sources
• How Can I Help Change the World?
• How Did Sugar Feed Slavery?
• How did Nature Impact the Development of Ancient Societies? Comparing Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
• I'm Going on an Immigration
• Industrial Revolution
• Japanese American Incarceration: Through Primary Sources: The Diary of Stanley Hayami
• Looking Toward a Higher Deity
• Martin Luther
• Newspaper Lesson Plan
• Printing Press Simulation
• Propaganda and its effects on WWI
• Purpose of Government - Lesson Plan
• Renaissance 'Movers & Shakers.'
• Renaissance 'Movers and Shakers'
• Renaissance Trade and Exchange
• Revolution Jigsaw Lesson
• Revolution Synectics Lesson Plan
• Revolutionary Characteristics
• Rights "Then and Now"
• Rights and Responsibilities
• Roman Republic
• Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler
• Teaching Japanese American Incarceration Through Comics & Graphic Novels
• The French Revolution
• The Middle Passage
• The Reformation
• The Scientific Revolution
• Types of Governments Challenge - Lesson Plan
• WWI-Impact on Soldiers, Families, and Land
• Was American Expansion Abroad Justified?
• Was It Destiny to Move West?
• Wax Museum
• Were Suburbs Good for America?
• World War I: Lessons and Legacies (Educator's Guide)
• World War One Main Events Using Primary Sources

Social Studies - United States Government & Citizenship

• "A Glorious Liberty Document": The U.S. Constitution and Its Principles
• 1st Amendment Fridays
• 270 to Win
• 9/11 and Civil Liberties
• 9/11 and the Constitution: On American Identity, Diversity, and Common Ground
• A Conversation on Judicial Interpretation
• A Conversation on the Fourteenth Amendment
• A Conversation on the Nature, Origin and Importance of the Supreme Court
• A Deep Stain on the American Character: John Marshall and Justice for Native Americans
• A Lesson Plan for Independence Day, the Fourth of July
• Acts of Parliament
• Background Beliefs
• Balancing Three Branches at Once: Our System of Checks and Balances
• Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2013)
• Bush v. Gore (2000)
• Celebrating Constitution Day
• Checks and Balances
• Citizenship Nearpod
• Citizenship and the U.S. Constitution
• Colonial Experience with Government and Economics
• Congressional Oversight of the Executive Branch
• Congressional Power of Impeachment
• Constitution Clips Virtual Scavenger Hunt
• Constitutional Connection: Electing the President
• Constitutional Connection: Impeachment and the Constitution
• Constitutional Convention
• Early Challenges in the Constitutional Republic
• Enumerated and Implied Powers of Congress
• Federalist 10
• Federalist 51
• Federalist Paper No. 78 Lesson Plans
• Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
• Harvard Case Method Project Curriculum
• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
• Historical Analysis of Constitutional Amendments
• How Has Speech Been Both Limited and Expanded, and How Does it Apply to You and Your School?
• How Has the Second Amendment Been Interpreted?
• James Madison (1751-1836)
• Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (1992)
• Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
• Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission (1987)
• Popular Sovereignty and the Consent of the Governed
• Pottawatomie v. Earls (2002)
• Religious Toleration and Religious Liberty
• Reno v. ACLU (1997)
• Responsible Citizens
• Rights and the Declaration of Independence
• Roe v. Wade (1973)
• Rule of Law
• Schenck v. United States (1919)
• Texas v. Johnson (1989)
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Constitutional Convention
• The Path to Independence
• The Purposes of Government
• Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
• Two Views of the Relationship of Church and State
• What Are the Origins of the Bill of Rights?
• What is Incorporation?
• What is Property? Why Protect It?
• What is the Commerce Clause?
• Women and the Right to Vote

Social Studies - United States History I

• "A Glorious Liberty Document": The U.S. Constitution and Its Principles
• 6 Primary Sources from the American Civil War
• A Classroom Constitutional Convention
• A Lesson Plan for Independence Day, the Fourth of July
• A Movement in the Right Direction (Infographic)
• A Simulated Election
• A crash course on voting and the US political system
• Abraham Lincoln and Habeas Corpus
• Abraham Lincoln and the U.S. Constitution
• Actions of the First Congress
• African Americans in the Gilded Age
• All Legislative Powers Herein Granted – The Legislative Process 1789-1860
• An "Apple of Gold" in a "Picture of Silver": The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution
• Ancient Republics and European Charters
• Antietam 360: Natural and Man-made Features Lesson Plan
• Background on the Patriot Attitude Toward the Monarchy
• Becoming a Voter
• Being an Informed Voter
• Citizenship Nearpod
• Civil War Prisoners: The Civil War in 4 Minutes
• Colonial Encounters: George Washington and Native Americans
• Columbian Exchange
• Constitution Day Scavenger Hunt with 60-Second Civics
• Constitution EXPLAINED: The Presidency Changes
• Constitution EXPLAINED: Who Chooses the President?
• Debating the Electoral College
• Election Foundations
• Electoral College
• Four mini-lessons on presidential debates
• Free and Fair Elections
• Getting the Nomination
• Great Debates | We The Voters
• History of the American West 1830-1930
• Native American Cultures Across the U.S.
• One Person, One Vote: Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v. Sims
• Political Parties
• Popular v. President
• Presidential Election Lesson 1: Slogans in Presidential Elections
• Presidential Election Lesson 2: Where Do the Candidates Stand?
• Presidential Election Lesson 3: The Candidates Debate
• Rank Your Choice (Infographic)
• Shelby County v. Holder | FRONTLINE
• Should the Electoral College Stay or Go? | PBS NewsHour
• Slavery, Secession, and States’ Rights
• The 1828 Campaign of Andrew Jackson and the Growth of Party Politics
• The Civil War Animated Map: Video and Lesson Plan
• To Amend or Not to Amend, That's Been the Question…Many Times
• What Is A Good Rule? Creating Initiatives
• What's In a Name?
• What’s the Role of Primary Elections and Caucuses?
• Why Midterm Elections Are Important | Things Explained
• Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less

Social Studies - United States History II

• A Civil Rights Investigation: Mississippi Burning
• A Movement in the Right Direction (Infographic)
• A Simulated Election
• A crash course on voting and the US political system
• African-American Soldiers in World War I: The 92nd and 93rd Divisions
• American Diplomacy in World War II
• American Transportation Revolution: Railroads
• Becoming a Voter
• Being an Informed Voter
• Berlin Airlift Primary Source Activity
• Beyond Rosie the Riveter: Women's Contributions During World War II
• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
• Building Suburbia: Highways and Housing in Postwar America
• CSPAN Classroom Bellringers
• Cesar Chavez: American Civil Rights Activist
• Children on the Homefront
• Competing Voices of the Civil Rights Movement
• Constitution EXPLAINED: The Presidency Changes
• Constitution EXPLAINED: Who Chooses the President?
• Election Foundations
• Free and Fair Elections
• Great Debates | We The Voters
• Henry Ford and Assembly Line
• Henry Ford and Model T
• Henry Ford and Productivity
• Historical Analysis of Constitutional Amendments
• History Brief: The Berlin Airlift
• How the US Government Used Propaganda to Sell Americans on World War I
• Nearpod - The Vietnam War: Key Events & Protests; 7-12
• On the Brink: From the Bay of Pigs to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 2006
• One Person, One Vote: Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v. Sims
• Organizing the Farm Worker Movement
• Presidential Election Lesson 1: Slogans in Presidential Elections
• Presidential Election Lesson 2: Where Do the Candidates Stand?
• Presidential Election Lesson 3: The Candidates Debate
• Railroads: The "Engine" to Promote National Unity and Economic Growth
• Rank Your Choice (Infographic)
• Reality Check: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
• Reform Movements in the United States
• Rethinking Manifest Destiny: Westward Expansion...
• Shelby County v. Holder | FRONTLINE
• The Berlin Blockage/Airlift
• The Cuban Missile Crisis
• The Farm Worker Movement
• The Gilded Age: The 'High' Point in America's History
• The Long Walk and the Escape to Utah
• The Men Who Build America: Traits of a Titan
• The Progressive Era: Crash Course US History #27
• The Progressive Era: Politics, Women, and Reform
• The Roaring Twenties Explained in 11 minutes
• The Spanish-American War
• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, March 25 1911, from 1989 video Those Who Know Don’t Tell
• The protest song “El Picket Sign” (Lyrics on handout) (written by a farm worker in 1965)
• Titans of Industry
• Topaz
• Wealth and Poverty in the Gilded Age
• What Is A Good Rule? Creating Initiatives
• What’s the Role of Primary Elections and Caucuses?
• Women and the Right to Vote
• Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less
• World War I, African American Soldiers, and America’s War for Democracy
• World War I: Homefront

Social Studies - Utah Studies

• Bear River Massacre
• Beyond Rosie the Riveter: Women's Contributions During World War II
• Children on the Homefront
• Constitution EXPLAINED: Who Chooses the President?
• Dominguez & Escalante Expedition
• Farewell to Manzanar: Japanese Internment Camps During World War II
• Female Leaders Throughout Paiute History
• How the Meanings of Colors Transmit Navajo Culture
• How the Miss Navajo Competition Reflects...
• Mormon Pioneer Settlement of Utah
• Native American Digital Storytelling Project
• Pony Express and Transportation Changing the West
• Rethinking First Contact: the Effects of European...
• Rethinking Thanksgiving: The Reality of Indian-English...
• Storytelling in the Transmission of Goshute Culture
• The Art & Technology of Utah's 5 Unique Indian Cultures
• The Ingenuity of Utah's Indian Leaders
• The Telegraph vs the Pony Express
• Topaz
• Utah Settlement Patterns: Mormon Pioneer and Non-Mormon
• Utah Wars & Battles Speaking Assignment & Rubric
• Utah's Mountain Men
• We Shall Remain: Seventh Grade Assessment
• Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less

Social Studies - World Geography

• 7 Billion: Where Do You Stand?
• A Refugee's Story
• A Tapestry of Multicultural Diversity
• A Vanishing Island
• At-Risk Communities
• Comparing and Contrasting Global Migration Policies
• Creating DOK Pamphlets Using iPad
• Cultural Diffusion in Korean Society
• Culture, What You See and What You Don't
• Far from Home
• Features of Culture
• Gapminder Dollar Street
• Global Issues
• Government 101: What Is A Government?
• Haitian Migrants at the US–Mexico Border
• How did the colonization of Africa shape its political and cultural geography?
• Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring Our World
• Is Democracy at Risk? A Lesson Plan for U.S. and Global History Classes
• Maps
• Modern Globalization and Its Effects
• Nelson Mandela and Apartheid in South Africa
• Part 1: Travel Guide Video Project
• People on the Move
• Power of the Pyramids
• Push and Pull Factors of Human Migration
• Reclaiming Rivers
• Rethinking the Fabrics We Wear
• Students learn about how food security affects the US and the world.
• Sustainable Development Goal PSA
• Teaching About Cultures
• The Quilters of Gee’s Bend: Art and Resilience
• What's In a Name?
• Why Do People Migrate?
• Why Don’t We Just Make Everything Ourselves?

Social Studies - World History

• African-American Soldiers in World War I: The 92nd and 93rd Divisions
• American Diplomacy in World War II
• Ancient Egyptian Religion: Teaching with Primary Sources
• Create a Podcast About Your NHD Project
• Geography, Economy, and Trade in Ancient Egypt
• Islam in America
• Jewish Traditions
• Mesopotamian Literacy Now and Then
• Neolithic Revolution
• The French Revolution Lesson Plan
• The Industrial Revolution PBL
• World History: Labor Conditions in the Industrial Revolution