Elementary School Social Studies Resources : Page 3

Here's a geography challenge for your fifth grader: can she label the map of the United States with the correct state abbreviations?

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

Your fifth grader can see how well he knows the ten amendments by matching the amendments with their descriptions. He'll have all ten memorized in no time!

America the beautiful! Can your fifth grader name all 50 state capitals in the U.S.? Challenge him to match each capital to the correct state.

Learn about the USA's three branches of government and where each one works.

In this reading sheet, students will find out about everyday life during the Civil War.

Inspire kids to learn about black changemakers all year by displaying this poster at home or in the classroom.

Quiz your kid on different landforms in this quick match-up geography drill.

Children will learn how to identify and use a compass rose, including finding a compass rose on a map, and using it to find both cardinal and intermediate directions.

Children will refer to a map, a key, and a compass rose to answer eight questions in this colorful map-reading worksheet.

Get to know the White House and the U.S. Capitol in this social studies matching worksheet!

Introduce learners to 42 inspiring Black American innovators, artists, thinkers, and leaders with this seven-page set of cut-out cards.

Check out this one-page constitution worksheet that introduces kids to the Constitution of the United States.

Learn about the Bill of Rights by Illustrating them!

What is a service job? This worksheet helps your students think critically about the different jobs people have and what they do in those jobs.

This Earth Day worksheet promotes discussion and cooperative work among kids as they try to fill out this school house grid.

Help your child learn the basics of reading a map with this simplified county map. He'll color and circle the different items that appear in the map key.

Introduce children to physicist Albert Einstein — and a bit of theoretical physics — with this mini biography.

In this inventive map-reading worksheet, children will practice using a map and a legend to uncover information.

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Challenge your students to demonstrate their understanding of rural, urban, and suburban communities with this vocabulary worksheet.

Teach your little leprechaun about the various St. Patrick's Day traditions and other fun parts of this special Irish heritage day.

Use the word bank to fill in the community helper sentences, then match the completed sentence to the correct picture.

In this intro-to-the-Earth worksheet, kids can cut out the seven continents and place them on the globe.

Test your knowledge of some of the most important figures in the American Revolutionary War! 

How many stars and stripes do you see? Get in the mood for 4th of July with this fun American Flag coloring sheet.

Test your scholar’s knowledge of our government system with a fill in the blanks diagram. Use the graphic organizer to reflect on the three main branches of government, and the parts that make up each branch.