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Social Studies Activities Kids Can' T Resist!: 40 Sensational Activities for the Topics You Teach

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I teach fifth grade, and my students had gotten bored with the same social studies activities. Then I stumbled across this book. This book's activites teach more than just social studies skills. Math, art and creative writing are part of a number of these lessons.

My students have enjoyed making historical biography paper dolls. This activity has students make paper dolls with clothes that would be appropriate for the time in history being studied. Then they write a brief biography about their doll describing the doll's daily live experiences.

Another popular activity was 'I won!'. Each student wins an imaginary $10,000 trip for two. Students can choose where they want to go. Then research how much their trip will cost and create a budget.

With activites like these, I don't dread teaching social studies any more!

This book contains a wide variety of activities that will make social studies fun. I love the materials list for each activity and the authors created templates or gave examples for all of the projects. While the title states there are 40 ideas, the "alternative activities" sections easily double that number. The ideas are open-ended and teachers will find a million ways to use these easy-to-follow ideas. Any elementary teacher who needs to add sparkle to a lesson will find this book a great investment!

It can be difficult to think of new and creative ideas when teaching students fulltime. Yet, when you have resources like this book, you have a place to look for creative ideas. This book is a wonderful resource for teachers who want their children to learn through personal experience.

I highly recommend this book for classroom teachers.

I teach 7th grade Social Studies and bought this book for my classes. It turns out most of the projects really didn't work for my classes but it got me brainstorming and with a few modifications I hope to use the book next year. If you teach elementary school kids this book would be perfect as it is written. If you teach middle school then you might have to change the projects a little bit which creates more work for an already overworked teacher.

This book is great fun for my daughter, it has wonderful activities to do, but you're learning while you do them.

THis book is wonderful for making social studies come alive in your classroom. I like that the activities are open-ended and can be used over and over again with a freshness that the students enjoy. They get very excited about these activities. It helps make social studies fun---try it you will like it!