Smart and Simple Social Studies
Discover a variety of social studies resources designed to engage and empower your upper elementary students with the All-Access Membership and Texas School Subscriptions!
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Here’s what educators love about Smart & Simple Social Studies:
It’s simple to implement
No more searching through countless folders and random purchases.
Saves hours of planning + prep time
Teachers consistently mention how much easier lesson planning becomes.
STUDENTS ARE MORE ENGAGED
Lessons are interactive & student-friendly. You AND your students have more fun!
resources are simple to implement
Everything is practical, usable, and designed for real teachers & real classrooms.
structure + flexibility
Use the pacing guides as-is or customize lessons to fit your classroom.
The library keeps growing!
Kirsten continues to add resources based on teacher needs and feedback.
STEP ONE
PLAN
We’ve done the heavy lifting. The curriculum, topics, and activities are already mapped out – you just decide which resources fit your class that day.
STEP TWO
TEACH
Walk into class with a complete, ready-to-go lesson every single time.
No last-minute searching, no scrambling, no building from scratch.
STEP THREE
ENGAGE
Purposefully designed activities your students will actually enjoy. Not busy work, but engaging resources that make the content stick and come alive.
STEP FOUR
ASSESS
Know exactly what your students learned with ready-to-use assessments that are already built, already aligned, and waiting in your library.
Check out what teachers appreciate about the resources included!
ENJOYABLE ACTIVITY!
★★★★★
The Roaring 20s WebQuest – Internet Scavenger Hunt Digital Inquiry Activity
My students enjoyed this activity so much. It was a wonderful way to learn more about the Roaring 20s.
Leslie C., Alabama teacher
SUPER HELPFUL!
★★★★★
3rd Grade Social Studies Curriculum – Maps and Globes Skills Geography Unit
I teach in Ohio, and we don’t have a set social studies curriculum, so this has been super helpful with hitting some of our standards!
KATE, OHIO TEACHER
ENGAGING RESOURCES
★★★★★
Social Studies Worksheets & Daily Passages for Reading Comprehension
I am not a TX teacher, but I was looking for something that would be short enough to fill the small amount of time I had to teach history during the school day. This bundle has so much in it! There are resources that I would not have thought of in here. I appreciate that the reading passages are relatively short for students, and they are engaging.
KATHLEEN, CALIFORNIA TEACHER
INFORMATIVE & ENGAGING
★★★★★
3rd Grade Social Studies Curriculum 3 Branches of Government Unit Activities
This is a great unit for learning about government. The slideshows are informative and engaging. My students enjoyed the lessons.
Lauren D.
MEET KIRSTEN
I built the membership I desperately needed as a teacher.
I spent years doing what most elementary teachers do – searching all over the internet for social studies resources that were actually aligned to standards, weren’t too easy or boring for my students, and didn’t take half my Sunday night to find and prep. After all, most schools don’t supply a social studies curriculum at all, which means teachers are either using Studies Weekly, cobbling together random resources, or quietly skipping social studies when the schedule gets tight.
When I finally started creating my own resources from scratch, I noticed something.
When I paired structured guided notes with interactive slideshow lessons, my students stayed engaged. They weren’t reading from a boring 20-year-old textbook. They were discussing, filling in notes, and building something they could actually refer back to all year long. I realized I wasn’t just making resources – I was building a system.
You never have to start from scratch, never have to wonder what to do with a resource, and never have to open another tab and go down the rabbit hole to find something of quality for your classroom. I can’t wait for you to join us!