Elementary School Social Studies Resources : Page 9

Children use their investigative skills and powers of deduction to complete a series of questions and prompts about their local government.  

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, children will learn about the St. Johns River, the longest river in Florida.

Introduce your elementary student to the history of ancient Egypt with this fun activity worksheet, complete with a word search, quiz and word scramble.

Challenge your young citizen to find the names of national treasures, historical buildings, and more in this United States word search!

Learn how to read climate maps and why they're useful in this worksheet that shows the climate of Africa.

Use these mini states and capitals flash cards to help your child learn the 50 U.S. states and their capitals.

Has your child memorized the Pledge of Allegiance? Help her learn the words with this fill-in-the-blank worksheet.

Children discover what community service is, along with examples, in this thoughtful worksheet.

This worksheet introduces United States symbols for kids. Does your child know that every country has symbols that are special to its citizens?

Unwind the complicated language of the Declaration of Independence with this paraphrasing activity!

The 5 Great Lakes consist of Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Challenge your child with these basic trivia questions!

Don't let her proper posture and folded hands fool you -- Susan B. Anthony has a long history of speaking her mind!

Help your student memorize her 50 states region by region. This map needs its mid-western states to be filled in.

Take a historic trip back to the civil war period and color the soldiers from the two opposing forces.

Invite students to show off their knowledge of election-related key terms with this patriotic matching activity!

Learn all about the Year of the Horse!

Which types of landmarks do you recognize in your neighborhood? Get outdoors with your little one and explore your community.

This printable police badge is a great way to get kids familiar with helpers in their community, such as police officers.

This longitude and latitude worksheet challenges kids to find the locations of cities on a map. Practice geography with this longitude and latitude worksheet.

Step right up to the most famous wall on Earth! Spanning nearly four thousand miles, the Great Wall of China is one of the oldest wonders of the world.

Read about a few of the Native American tribes that Lewis and Clark encountered on their journey west.

Can you guess which state has the highest elevation point? Use this Elevations of the U.S. chart to help answer questions in other worksheets.

Children learn about the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, in this timeline activity.

Check out a fun and simple Olympic timeline which highlights some of the most memorable moments throughout history.