Social Studies

From KWLs to “foldables” and more, the Virginia Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! resource includes activities that will have students exploring their state's history, geography, people, government, economics, and symbols in a whole new way! A true-time saver, the Virginia Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! includes ready-to-use pages and instructions that make state-studies fun and successful for the whole class.

The Virginia Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! is more than just a notebook for taking notes—it's a way of collecting and thinking about information. The Virginia Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! helps students become creative, independent, and reflective thinkers, readers, and writers. Students learn to express their own ideas and apply skills learned in class. The Virginia Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! gives teachers ready-to-use pages, templates, instructions, writing prompts, and more, making it easy to start using their interactive notebooks today!

WHY USE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS?

Interactive Notebooks are great for students!

• Building an Interactive Notebook helps students build organization skills as they take responsibility for their learning resources.
• The Interactive Notebook provides students with an outlet to apply the knowledge they gain in ways that express their own ideas and creativity.
• Guided writing activities incorporated into an Interactive Notebook help your students develop into independent, creative, reflective thinkers.
• And, once completed, an Interactive Notebook becomes a comprehensive and engaging review tool to help your students master content and prepare for tests.

Interactive Notebooks are great for teachers!

• You can easily customize your instruction.
• You direct the learning process and pace.
• You determine where to dig deeper...and when and where to add pizzazz!
• You choose which projects to use as instruction, which projects to use as reinforcement, which projects to use as independent practice, and which projects to use as assessments.
• You can supplement activities with your own texts and projects.
• And, you meet the unique needs of your students—in each and every year!

A true time-saver!

• Step-by-step teacher instructions
• Ready-to-use, reproducible pages
• Writing and reflection prompts
• Student letter
• Supply lists
• Rubric
• And more!

This book is reproducible and has 68 pages.

Kids will learn about Mexico with an engaging, modern look, and timely, relevant, high-interest information and activities. Schools are integrating more and more world geography and events into the social studies curriculum. This educational book on Mexico includes information on its past and present and will come alive with food, culture, history, and famous people PLUS an introduction to the language.

These unlabeled, black and white maps of New York are excellent for testing and map exploration. Measuring 8.5″ x 11″, these laminated maps are economically bundled in packs of 50. Washable and markable with water based markers.

Students will participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations of history using historical documents. They will learn to make observations, generate questions, organize information and ideas, think analytically, write persuasively or informatively, and cite evidence to support their opinion, hypotheses, and conclusions. Each pack contains more than 20 historical documents including photos, maps, paintings, newspaper clippings, telegrams, lithographs, diagrams and letters in a mix of color, black-and-white, and sepia finishes, all printed on sturdy 8 1⁄2" x 11" cardstock. Includes free 15-page online Teacher's. Guide.

Among our most popular models. Striking colors invite students of any age to explore. The 12" blue-ocean globe offers a vibrant contrast to a metal gold-colored base. The Explorer contains more than 4,000 place names and distinctive political boundary markings.

The Black Heritage series has updated content and a new look. Using failures as the stepping stones to success. Lives lived with pizzazz! Perseverance in spite of all the obstacles. Each bio proves to young readers that you, too, "can do!" This educational book tells about how other people had to live their lives, how they chose to live their lives, and how everything you learn and do becomes a part of you that can often go on and do great things in spite of (and often because of) a hard life, poverty, discrimination, handicaps, and other negative things that only you can turn to a positive! This fascinating 35-page reproducible book also includes quotes, black history trail, noted black Americans, black servicemen, black lifesavers of the Outer Banks, and black heroes of September 11th.

A few of the biographies include:

• Chief Anderson
• James A. McPherson
• Lorraine Hansberry
• Ray Charles
• Jesse Owens
• Nat King Cole
• Harriet Tubman
• Thurgood Marshall
• Leontyne Price
• Ethel Waters

Using these historical documents, students make observations, generate questions, think analytically, and cite evidence to support their opinions and conclusions. Each pack contains 20 historical source documents including photos, maps, paintings, newspaper clippings, lithographs and letters in a mix of color, black-and-white and sepia finishes. Printed on sturdy 8-1⁄2" x 11" card stock. Includes free 15-page online Teacher's Guide.

Students will participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations of history using historical documents. They will learn to make observations, generate questions, organize information and ideas, think analytically, write persuasively or informatively, and cite evidence to support their opinion, hypotheses, and conclusions. Each pack contains more than 20 historical documents including photos, maps, paintings, newspaper clippings, telegrams, lithographs, diagrams and letters in a mix of color, black-and-white, and sepia finishes, all printed on sturdy 8 1⁄2" x 11" cardstock. Includes free 15-page online Teacher's. Guide.

Students will participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations of history using historical documents. They will learn to make observations, generate questions, organize information and ideas, think analytically, write persuasively or informatively, and cite evidence to support their opinion, hypotheses, and conclusions. Each pack contains more than 20 historical documents including photos, maps, paintings, newspaper clippings, telegrams, lithographs, diagrams and letters in a mix of color, black-and-white, and sepia finishes, all printed on sturdy 8 1⁄2" x 11" cardstock. Includes free 15-page online Teacher's. Guide.

Students rap along and learn the states and capitals of the U.S. in alphabetical and mixed order. Delayed answers allow kids to check their progress. Includes lyrics book with fun facts about each state. Approx. 27 minutes. Ages 10 & up.

Below is a list of all the educational and fun products you will receive when you purchase the Indiana Decorative Set:

• Indiana Borders for Bulletin Boards
• Indiana Bulletin Board Set with over 30 pieces
• Indiana Nameplates - Pack of 36
• Indiana Flag Poster that is 11” x 17”
• Indiana Big Timeline that is over 8' long
• Famous People from Indiana Photo Pack
• The BIG Indiana Reproducible Activity Book

Indiana Bulletin Board Set with over 30 pieces

Add Pizzazz to your classroom, hallway, bulletin board, wall or door! The Bulletin Board Set includes over 30 different pieces including the state bird, flag, tree and other state symbols plus original character art and colorful state photo postcards.

Indiana Borders for Bulletin Boards
Brighten your classroom and teach students about their state with Indiana Borders for Bulletin Boards! The Indiana Borders feature the Indiana official state tree, bird, flag, seal, and other symbols. Borders are 3” wide and 32' in total length.

Indiana Nameplates - Pack of 36
Students can learn the state tree, bird, flag, seal, and other symbols of Indiana right at their desk! State-specific nameplates will add pizzazz to your classroom decor and make learning about Indiana fun!

Indiana Flag Poster that is 11” x 17”
Decorate your walls with this 11” x 17” Indiana Flag Poster. The Indiana Flag Poster is printed on high quality, heavy, gloss card stock with a full bleed and ready to be framed.

Indiana Big Timeline that is over 8' long
This Timeline of awesome achievements and events will stimulate students' imagination to help them visualize important events in history! Over 8' long.

Famous People from Indiana Photo Pack
This photo pack includes photos or pictures of famous people in Indiana.

The BIG Indiana. Activities touch on history, geography, people, places, fictional characters, animals, holidays, festivals, legends, lore, and more.

The New York Shaded Relief Topographical Wall Map by Universal Map measures 28″ by 38″ and is full-color and laminated, making it durable, markable, and easy to clean.

Includes historical, anecdotal, and geographical information, an elevation scale measured in meters and feet, and a distance scale measured in miles and kilometers. Identifies county boundaries, state flag, motto, bird, flower, and tree, plus total area, population and origin of name.