Social Studies teaching resources for Australia
Crash Course Sociology Episode Worksheet | 16 - Social Groups
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A video-companion worksheet guides students through fifteen short-answer questions on the Crash Course Sociology episode about social groups, from group types to the Milgram Experiment, with a full answer key included.
Author Ed Dynamic
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Tags Crash Course Videos, Crash Course Worksheet, Sociology Worksheet, Sociology Video, Comprehension Questions
Crash Course Sociology Episode Worksheet | 2 - Major Sociological Paradigms
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Fifteen prompts follow the episode’s introduction to paradigms and ask learners to distinguish several ways sociologists frame social life. The sequence moves from the purpose of a paradigm to structural-functional, conflict, and symbolic-interaction perspectives, including the levels and social features each emphasises. Learners respond while viewing, then use the separate completed pages for review.
Author Ed Dynamic
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Tags Crash Course Videos, Crash Course Worksheet, Culture, Diversity, Comprehension Questions, Sociology Worksheet, Sociology Video
Create A Candidate (Engaging Local Election Simulation)
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The simulation places learners in a fictional city election and asks them to build a complete candidate profile. Teams consider qualifications and public image, rank positions on local issues, make campaign-finance choices, plan advertising, and reflect on how polling or voter preferences can influence political behaviour. Duplicate packet pages support more than one group or version. The task integrates civics concepts with persuasion, budgeting, collaboration, and ethical discussion.
Author Ed Dynamic
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Tags Civics, Government, Campaign, Election, Roleplay
Crossword Puzzles about World Flags
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Fifteen region-by-region crosswords have students identify countries from their flags — South America through Africa, Europe, Asia, and Oceania — with hidden bonus words and full answer grids.
Author TheBrightestKid
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Tags Flags, Continents, Countries
Types of Houses Around the World – Activity
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Hut, bungalow, apartment, and three other house types are matched to twelve feature cards through a cut-and-paste sorting activity.
Author Educational Voice
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Tags Geography, Geography Facts, Geography Facts For Kids, House, Matching Activity
Five-Day Emergency Cover Plans: US Constitution
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The teacher overview lays out a five-day sequence built around warm-ups, an annotation sheet, and a reading passage that remains available throughout the week. A separate checklist prompts the classroom teacher to add essential local documents such as rosters, seating information, and collection procedures. Five dated feedback forms give the substitute consistent space to record attendance, behaviour, positive notes, and issues for each day.
Author Sarah Miller Tech
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Tags Sub Plans, Writing Prompts, Social Studies, Cross-curricular, Word Search
Equator and Prime Meridian Reading Packet
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A reading packet on the Equator, Prime Meridian, latitude, and longitude pairs an informational passage with a graphic organiser, matching tasks, and a multiple-choice quiz, all with a complete answer key.
Author Sarah Miller Tech
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Tags Equator, Prime Meridian, Geography, Cross-curricular, Graphic Organizers, Equator And Prime Meridian, Where Is The Equator And Prime Meridian, What Is The Equator And Prime Meridian, Reading Packet, Reading Comprehension Passage
US Capitol: Detailed Dot-to-Dot
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Connect the numbered dots to reveal the US Capitol building, then check the completed landscape-format drawing.
Author Tim's Printables
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Family Tree Template – Editable Graphic Organiser
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An editable Google Slides template lets students fill in immediate and extended family-tree graphic organisers in one of two colour themes.
Author Roombop
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Tags Family Tree, Graphic Organizer, Template, Family Tree Google Slide Template, Family Tree Graphic Organizer, Google Slides Graphic Organizer, Editable Graphic Organizers, Family, Google, Google Slides, Relationships, Editable
World Landmarks: Thirty Photo Cards
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Introduce thirty world landmarks with photo-and-name cards arranged six to a page.
Author Perfect_Printables
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Find the Parts of a Map Worksheet
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Map Elements guides students through observing an actual map rather than memorising isolated definitions. Separate sections name the title, legend, cardinal directions, and scale, with prompts to record what each element shows and how it supports map use. Learners can work from a classroom map, atlas page, or teacher-selected example. The repeated question structure encourages functional explanations, such as how a legend decodes symbols or a scale connects map distance with real distance.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Tags Maps, Parts Of A Map, Map Elements, Geography Skills, Map Reading, Label Parts Of A Map Worksheet, 5 Parts Of A Map, What Are The Parts Of A Map
Finding a Spot on a Map Worksheet
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The single page is headed as a map-location activity and gives a direct instruction to write coordinates for town places shown on the visual map. Learners must pair the map’s grid references with the labelled locations rather than plotting new points from a list. This supports systematic horizontal-and-vertical lookup in a practical town context. The task centres on locating existing places rather than plotting new points or drawing a route across the town.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Tags Graphing, Maps
Fire Truck Extreme Difficulty Dot-to-Dot / Connect the Dots PDF
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Fire Truck Extreme Difficulty Dot-to-Dot creates a detailed vehicle scene through a sequence extending beyond six hundred points. Dense labels require experienced number tracking and precise connections, especially where several parts of the vehicle meet. The second page provides the completed line image for reference. Learners will benefit from numerical checkpoints and short work sessions because accuracy depends on retaining place through a lengthy visual field.
Author Tim's Printables
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Tags Fire Truck, Fire Fighter, City, Dot To Dot, Math, Numbers, Printable, Activity, Puzzle, Join The Dots
Landforms Flashcards – 30 Geography Cards
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The visible card set begins with a cover and supplies individual cards for seven geographic features. Each page isolates one term, including coastal, icy, and land-water formations, making the cards easy to present one at a time. Teachers can use them for vocabulary introduction, quick recognition checks, sorting, or oral description games.
Author Better Teaching Resources
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Tags Landforms, Geography, Earth, Places, Words, Landforms Flash Cards
France Country Study Worksheet - Europe - Geography
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The paired pages organise a broad country study into concise prompts. Learners identify foundational geographic and language facts, investigate historical figures and events, describe the economy and government, consider regional or international membership, and list attractions in the capital. The open-response design requires outside research rather than providing a reading passage. Teachers can divide sections among groups or use the pages as a culminating country profile.
Author Learning with Alan
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Tags Country Study, Social Studies, Geography, Europe, France, French, Worksheet, Research, Project
French Revolution: Complete Graphic Organiser
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A four-section graphic organiser traces the French Revolution from its economic and social causes through the Reign of Terror to Napoleon's rise and fall.
Author EduPal Learning
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Tags Graphic Organizer, World History, European History, Cause And Effect
French Revolution Three Estates – History Project
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A two-day project pairs an estates-comparison chart with a cartoon project, and the teacher instructions describe two answer key pages the database says don't exist.
Author DrDrew
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Tags Europe, France, World History
Geography: Countries Bordering Austria
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Austria's eight neighbouring countries, its capital, and the Danube River's source and mouth are covered in a short labelling exercise.
Author Elementary Resources 4 U
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Tags Geography, Austria, Bordering Countries, Capital City, Danube River
Germany Country Study Worksheet - Europe - Geography
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Germany's continent, capital and demonym open a two-page research sheet whose prompts run from the country's borders and climate through Charlemagne, Martin Luther and 1989 to the currency, seven Berlin attractions and an open section on German culture.
Author Learning with Alan
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Tags Germany, Worksheet, Country Study, Social Studies, Europe, Geography, Culture, German
Gold, God, and Glory: Reasons for Exploration | Comprehension Worksheet
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The reading organises motives for exploration around the familiar themes of wealth, faith, and prestige while adding competition, trade access, imperial ambition, and curiosity. Learners encounter how demand for valuable goods and alternative routes intersected with religious expansion and rivalry among European powers. The accompanying comprehension work asks readers to distinguish those motives and connect them with the broader era.
Author DrDrew
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Tags Exploration, World History, Social Studies, U.S. History, Europeans, God Gold Glory, Gold Glory And God
Golden Gate Bridge Activity
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Craft sticks coloured red and lengths of yarn glued along dotted lines become a simple Golden Gate Bridge model on a one-page landmark craft.
Author Educational Voice
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Tags California, Geography, Crafts, Landmarks, Fine Motor
Greece Map Resources – 12-Map Geography Pack
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Twelve maps of Greece showing the country's outline, major bodies of water, and major cities are provided as a combined PDF and as individual PDF, PNG, and JPEG image files.
Author Mr Gray History
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Tags Greece Map Resources, Physical Geography, Major Settlements, Global Studies, Visual Learning
Heliocentric vs Geocentric Theory – Labelling Activity
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Students label the planets, Sun, and Moon on matching geocentric and heliocentric solar-system diagrams using a shared word bank.
Author DrDrew
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Tags Astronomy, Science Printable, Science Activity, Geocentric, Solar System, How Does The Geocentric Model Differ From The Heliocentric Model, Heliocentric Vs, What's The Difference Between Heliocentric And Geocentric, Heliocentric Vs Geocentric Model, What Is The Difference Between Geocentric And Heliocentric, Labeling
Historical Timeline Worksheet
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The research sequence concentrates on dates from the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Rather than supplying a word bank, it requires students to investigate each date and determine an important event connected with it. The response spaces call for concise summaries that fit the chronological layout. Teachers can extend the work by comparing event categories or sources while the listing avoids revealing the exact prompted dates and their matches.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Tags History, World History Timeline Project, Reading A Timeline Worksheet, Timeline Activity Worksheet, Reading A Timeline Worksheet Pdf