Social Studies

Gallopade has created the Ohio Decorative Set to make shopping easier for you AND at a fantastic price! The Ohio Decorative Set has six decorative products including bulletin boards, borders, nameplates, a map, a big timeline, and a poster. The Ohio Decorative Set is discounted approximately 30%! Perfect for decorating your walls, windows, hallways, doors and more. Great for the classroom, home or office.

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

Ohio Borders for Bulletin Boards
Ohio Bulletin Board Set with over 30 pieces
Ohio Nameplates - Pack of 36
Ohio Flag Poster that is 11” x 17”
Ohio Big Timeline that is over 8' long
The Ohio Experience Poster/Map which is 22” x 34”

Ohio 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.

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

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

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

Ohio 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.

The Ohio Experience Poster/Map which is 22” x 34”
This 22" x 34" poster map features a map of the state with neighbors, cities, counties, and landmarks plus state symbols, a state timeline, geography and history information, and lots more.

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.

180 Days of Geography for Third Grade provides teachers and parents with 180 days of daily practice to build students' geographical knowledge and skills. Through these weekly units, grade 3 students will improve their geographic background knowledge, critical thinking and reasoning skills, map and spatial skills, and answer photo- and text-dependent questions. This essential social studies resource provides teachers with the tools they need to provide detailed instruction on map skills, key geographical concepts, and the five themes of geography: location, place, human environment/interaction, movement, and region.

With the world becoming more connected, learning about different places through a geographic lens will equip 21st century students with the skills they need to betterunderstand diverse cultures and regions in an increasingly interdependent world. An introductory two-week unit focuses on teaching the map skills that students will use throughout the rest of the book. Subsequent units will introduce students to a new place or a type of map, and will explore the relationship between geography and culture. This book helps teachers meet National Geography Standards and state standards in their classrooms. Digital files are included.

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.

Students read, observe, and analyze primary and secondary sources to answer document-based questions (DBQ) that range from identifying cause and effect, predicting possible outcomes, explaining point-of-view, summarizing main ideas, defining vocabulary from textual clues, and much more!

DBQs (Document-Based Questions) integrate literacy, standards-based content, and critical-thinking.

The U.S. Founding Documents: The Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights includes:

• Literacy DBQs students read, analyze, and write.
• Rigorous DBQs challenge students to use critical-thinking, reasoning, and problem-solving skills.
• DBQs connect reading and analysis to purposeful writing supported by evidence.

The U.S. Founding Documents: The Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights has higher-order thinking questioning techniques to help students build inquiry skills! Students learn to support their conclusions with evidenceóan essential 21st Century skill.

The U.S. Founding Documents: The Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights include:

• Text, Data, & Primary Source Analysis
• Writing
• Charts & Graphs
• Inference
• Cause & Effect
• Point of View ï Categorization
• Technology
• Experiments
• Order of Events
• Categorization
• Predict Possible Outcomes
• & Lots More!

Add critical thinking and rigor to your classroom!