Third-3rd Grade, Fourth-4th Grade and Fifth-5th Grade Smart Board Interactive Social Studies Games, Activities and Lessons
Teachers and students can use these Smart Board games, activities and lessons to learn about Social Studies in Third, Fourth and Fifth Grade. Some of the topics covered are: Communities, Our Nation, Government, Work, State History, States, Geography, American History, America Post Columbus, Europeans, The Colonies, The Expansion of the Nation, Early Industrial Nation, The Civil War
Tell stories with pictographs in “Stories From the Past. – Students drag pictographs in order to tell a story about the past. The activity points out the early use of pictures in caves to record history.
Practice geography as students find Buster based on three clues in “Postcards from Buster.” – Students will get three clues from a postcard. They will then type in the two letter state abbreviation. Practice geography skills as well as state abbreviations.
Learn to read the compass to determine direction in “Landscapes: Compass Skills.” – Students will learn the coordinates of the compass and how to use this in this informative activity.
Develop map skills in “Landscapes: Map Symbols and Keys. – Students learn to read map symbols and develop map reading skills in this game. Informtion is presented followed by interactive quizzes.
Learn facts about the U.S. or the World with GeoNet – GeoNet is an interactive game that lets students first select to learn about the United States or the World. Students are then prompted to select a category such as the physical characteristic, the population, the environment, and more!
Timeline Maker – Create a timeline on the smartboard!
US Government – Our Nation, Historical Documents, Branches of the Government, How laws are made, National vs. State Government, Election Process, Citizenship, Symbols Games, Activities and Lessons for the Smart Board
Famous Americans – Ben Franklin, George Washington, Paul Revere and more on the Smart Board
USA Activities – Fun activities about the USA!
US Geography – United States Geography games for the smartboard. Excellent smartboard games!
Congress – Lessons for Congress – Smartboard interactive
US Government – Learn about the US Government – Smartboard Interactive
Interactive Online Maps – Interactive Online Maps – Smartboard
American Centuries – Explore American History with hands-on activities, exhibits, lessons, historic documents and artifacts.
US State Locations – You choose to place state on map with or without state outlines. A third option is placing the name of the state in the correct location
Timeline – Read/Write/Think – Create a timeline – you won’t be able to save it, but you can print it.
USA – United States Geography Games – This site allows students to practice with the USA capitals
National Geographic Maps – Interactive Map