Social Studies

Skills Sharpeners: Geography engages your child in exploring the world while learning important map skills and geography concepts. The cross-curricular activities integrate the most current geography standards. Each geography topic includes nonfiction reading selections, comprehension questions, vocabulary practice, writing prompts, and authentic activities that bring the concepts to life. These activities invite your child to be creative while using higher-order thinking skills. Activities incorporate geography concepts such as: • Map skills• Places and regions• Continents and oceans• HabitatsIncludes answer key.

The Coping Cue Cards™ Distraction Deck is a deck of cards designed to help kids learn healthy coping skills. The Distraction Deck has 44 coping skills cards with simple distraction strategies children can use. Play is a natural stress reliever for children, and this deck offers tons of play ideas to help kids decompress. Sometimes kids also need to take a break before they're ready to deal with their stress, anxiety, or anger. This deck offers lots of ideas for creative and fun ways for kids to take a break until they're ready and able to process their thoughts and emotions. We know that not all coping skills work in all places. To make it easier, we've included cheerful divider cards to help you sort skills by different settings like when traveling, at school, at social events, and in stores & restaurants. There are so many ways to use the Distraction Deck: to help kids identify which coping skills they already use and love, as a visual reminder to use a coping skill, or as a way to find new coping skills to expand their toolbox.

Smart Poly™ material has been designed for the classroom and home. The material is strong, durable, water resistant, and does not need lamination. The learning mat features the U.S. Presidents and U.S. First Ladies, years served, Presidential number and political party. Heavy duty double-sided surface for fun and colorful learning on both sides. Write-on/wipe-off surface. Use with dry erase or water based markers and washable crayons. Each side is an interactive lesson. Mat measures 12" x 17". Pack of 10 learning mats.

This book provides students with step-by-step introduction to the principles of economics and real-world applications, including how to balance a checkbook, calculate interest, develop a budget, buy a car, file taxes, and other concepts vital for economic literacy. Introduce students to the principles of economics with this dynamic, socially-relevant resource. Economics & You features an in-depth, real-world simulation activity designed to reinforce the economic and math concepts taught previously while introducing students to the consumer world. Students will learn how to balance a checkbook, calculate interest, develop a budget, buy a car, file taxes and much more. It is also correlated to state, national, and provincial standards. 64 pages

This political version of our Kid's Map invites budding young explorers to identify continents, oceans, countries, capitals and borders. This fun and colorful peel and stick map is re-positional, safe for walls, leaves no sticky residue and goes on quick and easy, making it ideal for decorating and educating. Map Measures 42" L x 30" H (3.5 ft x 2.5 ft). Printed on 260 gsm/11 mil Peel and Stick Repositionable Media.

The political map of North America features trademark National Geographic detail and accuracy. The map shows country boundaries, place-names, major highways and roads, bodies of water, and more. An inset map shows the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska.

The Replogle Explorer 12" Desktop Raised Relief Blue Ocean World Globe is among our most popular models. Striking colors and vast amount of information will peak the interest of any geographical connoisseur. This blue ocean globes features over 4000 place names and political boundaries. The globe is held by a gold painted durable, sturdy base and numbered semi meridian that marks the earth's degrees of latitude. The raised relief embossing reveals the world's main mountain ranges in a three dimensional way. This world globe is a great value and the perfect size and for desktops and book shelves. A great STEM teaching tool for classrooms or at home learning.

The Replogle Traveler 12 inch diameter Raised Relief Desktop Blue Ocean World Globe is a great STEM learning tool for high school and college students.This wonderful world globe features over 4000 place names and political boundaries. This globe is held by a durable, scratch resistant base and semi meridian. The semi meridian features the degrees of latitude. Standing 16" tall, this globe is affordable and one of our best selling models. It is perfect for the home, office or dorm room. The size lends itself to fit nicely on shelves, desktops or conference room tables. The vivid colors highlight the raised relief embossing and political/geographical aspects of this up to date globe map. A great value and a wonderful gift, this world globe is perfect for home schooling or for the student with a interest and love for geography. Recommended for ages 8 and up.

A simple question, Will You Fill My Bucket?, is fervently asked by children from twelve different countries. Sweet rhyming prose and vividly captivating illustrations delight the senses and express the deep joy and love we hope for all children. Will You Fill My Bucket? and the responses given will touch the heartstrings of people young and old around the world. Bucket filling, the essence of being loved and loving others, occurs in those little moments in a day when you stop and just listen, cuddle, play, or spend time with a child

Provide students with an overview of historical America through photographs of familiar U.S. landmarks and symbols, as well as representations of important events, places, and people in American history. The set includes 34 two-sided 6" x 8" (15.2 x 20.3 cm) photo cards (68 numbered photos) and a teacher guide identifying the subject of each photo.

Explore the vast landscape that is Asia, the world's largest continent. Find and label the Gobi Desert, Himalayas mountain range and Mekong Delta on a map of Asia. Find out how the city of Mumbai's location affected how it developed as a city. Record information about your chosen country in a flow chart graphic organizer. Learn how China's landscape is being changed by the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. Interview your parents to find out where your family originated, how and when they moved about, and how they eventually came to live in your present home. Compare an ancient Asian civilization with the one that exists there now on the Regions Change Over Time organizer. Look at the Asian continent on a world map to compare its location to the rest of the world. Aligned to your State Standards and the Five Themes of Geography, additional maps, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. Includes 60 pages. For grades 5-8.

Convenient, useful learning tools that decorate as they educate! Each chart measures 17" by 22." Related lessons and activities are provided on the back of every chart.