Social Studies

Geography lessons let your students travel the world without ever having to leave the classroom. They learn how to read and create maps, identify different landforms and bodies of water, and understand the relationships between cities, states, countries, and continents. When you think about it... that's a lot of really content-heavy stuff. You can take those vast geography skills and ...

It's finally fall! Time to break out the Pumpkin Spice, Fall decor, and my monthly-themed activities for October. Cross-curricular learning is the next level when it comes to higher-order thinking. Here are 16 engaging classroom activities for October that I'm sure your kids will love to do in their classroom this fall. October Classroom Activity 1. Pumpkin Math Get your ...

Overwhelmed! Exhausted! So much to do! Send help! And it is only September! Are you even a teacher if you are not feeling any of those at the start of the school year? ETTC educators have been there! We feel your tiredness in the posts and emails we receive! Now ETTC is here to help! We have so many September ...

"Show me the MONEY!" (Do you now have the scene from Jerry Maguire playing in your head??) Money... it is a favorite math unit in any classroom. Why? Because kids love money! Let's take that enthusiasm and dive deeper into money skills practice. Let's use these 23 money activities for kids to create engaging, no prep lessons, and small group ...

These 32 name writing activities are a fun and engaging way to get the school year started. We know name writing is at the top of the list at the beginning of the school year! This task doesn’t have to be stressful or frustrating for students or teachers. Try any of these activities to keep name writing fun and engaging ...