1st - 5th Grade Social Studies Resources for 'yesterday and today'

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1st - 5th Grade Social Studies Resources for 'yesterday and today'

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Thinking Past and Present: Long Ago or Today?

Worksheet

Thinking Past and Present: Long Ago or Today?

First Grade

Social Studies

Kids learn that how we live today is different than how we lived in the past by labeling each picture of everyday life as from today or long ago.

Worksheet

Thinking Past and Present: Long Ago or Today?

Worksheet

Thinking Past and Present: Long Ago or Today?

Kids learn that how we live today is different than how we lived in the past by labeling each picture of everyday life as from today or long ago.

First Grade

Social Studies

Worksheet

Make a "Today Is" Poster

Activity

Make a "Today Is" Poster

Pre-K

Reading

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Activity

Make a "Today Is" Poster

Activity

Make a "Today Is" Poster

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Step back in time with this workbook that helps the youngest historians understand the difference between long ago and today.

Step back in time with this workbook that helps the youngest historians understand the difference between long ago and today.

First Grade

Social Studies

Workbook

How Many Ancestors Do You Have?

Worksheet

How Many Ancestors Do You Have?

Second Grade

Community and Culture

This family tree activity helps gets kids thinking about just how many people it took to get them where they are today.

Worksheet

How Many Ancestors Do You Have?

Worksheet

How Many Ancestors Do You Have?

This family tree activity helps gets kids thinking about just how many people it took to get them where they are today.

Second Grade

Community and Culture

Worksheet

History of the Helicopter

Worksheet

History of the Helicopter

Fifth Grade

Reading

Take flight with this ode to inventors! See the history of the helicopter, from its conception in ancient China to the modern vehicle it is today.

Worksheet

History of the Helicopter

Worksheet

History of the Helicopter

Take flight with this ode to inventors! See the history of the helicopter, from its conception in ancient China to the modern vehicle it is today.

Fifth Grade

Reading

Worksheet

Civil Rights Vocabulary

Interactive Worksheet

Civil Rights Vocabulary

Fifth Grade

Vocabulary

Explore the special vocabulary that applies to the civil rights movement, both the one in our American history and those going on today.

Interactive Worksheet

Civil Rights Vocabulary

Interactive Worksheet

Civil Rights Vocabulary

Explore the special vocabulary that applies to the civil rights movement, both the one in our American history and those going on today.

Fifth Grade

Vocabulary

Interactive Worksheet

Color the World! Chichen Itza

Worksheet

Color the World! Chichen Itza

Second Grade

Geography

Learn about world history with this Color the World page about Chichen Itza, one of the oldest and most significant sites in both Mexico and the world today.

Worksheet

Color the World! Chichen Itza

Worksheet

Color the World! Chichen Itza

Learn about world history with this Color the World page about Chichen Itza, one of the oldest and most significant sites in both Mexico and the world today.

Convert prices of supplies from the California Gold Rush to today's monetary values. What you find in this fun history and math exercise may shock you!

Convert prices of supplies from the California Gold Rush to today's monetary values. What you find in this fun history and math exercise may shock you!

Fourth Grade

Economics

Worksheet

Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Lesson Plan

Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Fourth Grade

Reading

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th century writer and philosopher who today is considered one of the first documented feminists and advocates for women’s education. In this lesson, students will read two nonfiction texts about Sor Juana and discuss her life and accomplishments before writing an opinion piece about her.

Lesson Plan

Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Lesson Plan

Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Fourth Grade

Reading

Lesson Plan

Thinking Past and Present: Then and Now #1

Worksheet

Thinking Past and Present: Then and Now #1

First Grade

History

This worksheet helps your kid distinguish between life in the past and the present. He'll look at scenes from the past, then draw modern day equivalents.

Worksheet

Thinking Past and Present: Then and Now #1

Worksheet

Thinking Past and Present: Then and Now #1

This worksheet helps your kid distinguish between life in the past and the present. He'll look at scenes from the past, then draw modern day equivalents.

First Grade

History

Worksheet

Thinking Past and Present: Then and Now #2

Worksheet

Thinking Past and Present: Then and Now #2

First Grade

Social Studies

People used to use candles to light houses and quill pens to write letters. Challenge your child's logical thinking skills with this past and present worksheet.

Worksheet

Thinking Past and Present: Then and Now #2

Worksheet

Thinking Past and Present: Then and Now #2

People used to use candles to light houses and quill pens to write letters. Challenge your child's logical thinking skills with this past and present worksheet.

Decode the history of Morse code with this reading comprehension activity.

Decode the history of Morse code with this reading comprehension activity.

Third Grade

History

Worksheet

Frederick Douglass Coloring Page

Worksheet

Frederick Douglass Coloring Page

First Grade

History

Celebrate Black History Month with a coloring page of Frederick Douglass - a social reformer, writer and eloquent speaker.

Worksheet

Frederick Douglass Coloring Page

Worksheet

Frederick Douglass Coloring Page

Celebrate Black History Month with a coloring page of Frederick Douglass - a social reformer, writer and eloquent speaker.

First Grade

History

Worksheet

All About Ancient Egypt

Worksheet

All About Ancient Egypt

Third Grade

Community and Culture

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

Worksheet

All About Ancient Egypt

Worksheet

All About Ancient Egypt

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

Third Grade

Community and Culture

Challenge your child to differentiate between past and present with this quick picture quiz.

Challenge your child to differentiate between past and present with this quick picture quiz.

First Grade

Social Studies

Worksheet

Gutenberg Printing Press

Worksheet

Gutenberg Printing Press

Fourth Grade

Reading

Did you know that people used to write whole books by hand? Learn about Gutenberg's printing press, an invention that revolutionized book-making.

Worksheet

Gutenberg Printing Press

Worksheet

Gutenberg Printing Press

Did you know that people used to write whole books by hand? Learn about Gutenberg's printing press, an invention that revolutionized book-making.

Fourth Grade

Reading

Worksheet

Egyptian Goddess Isis

Worksheet

Egyptian Goddess Isis

Fifth Grade

History

Learn about an important part of cultural history: the gods and goddess of ancient Egypt! Over Read a bit about the goddess Isis, and give her some colors.

Worksheet

Egyptian Goddess Isis

Worksheet

Egyptian Goddess Isis

Learn about an important part of cultural history: the gods and goddess of ancient Egypt! Over Read a bit about the goddess Isis, and give her some colors.

Learn more about this rich agricultural region and how it shaped America in this writing exercise.

Learn more about this rich agricultural region and how it shaped America in this writing exercise.

Use this worksheet to show how historical maps reflect what people thought of the world long ago.

Use this worksheet to show how historical maps reflect what people thought of the world long ago.

Fourth Grade

Geography

Worksheet

Landmarks Scavenger Hunt

Lesson Plan

Landmarks Scavenger Hunt

Kindergarten

Community and Culture

Help your kids learn about landmarks with this lesson that takes them on a field trip around the school and has them record their findings in writing.

Lesson Plan

Landmarks Scavenger Hunt

Lesson Plan

Landmarks Scavenger Hunt

Help your kids learn about landmarks with this lesson that takes them on a field trip around the school and has them record their findings in writing.

Kindergarten

Community and Culture

Lesson Plan

Starting a Business for Kids

Worksheet

Starting a Business for Kids

Third Grade

Economics

Start your young entrepreneur on the right track by letting her imagine her own business. What would she sell? Who would be her business partners?

Worksheet

Starting a Business for Kids

Worksheet

Starting a Business for Kids

Start your young entrepreneur on the right track by letting her imagine her own business. What would she sell? Who would be her business partners?

Learn about the Tuskegee Institute, an important site in American History. It was one of the first universities made to help educate African Americans.

Learn about the Tuskegee Institute, an important site in American History. It was one of the first universities made to help educate African Americans.

Benjamin Franklin wasn't just a Founding Father of the United States of America—he was so much more. In this lesson, students will learn how Ben Franklin changed the shape of Philadelphia.

Benjamin Franklin wasn't just a Founding Father of the United States of America—he was so much more. In this lesson, students will learn how Ben Franklin changed the shape of Philadelphia.

Fifth Grade

History

Lesson Plan

Items from the Past 1

Worksheet

Items from the Past 1

First Grade

Social Studies

This beginning history worksheet will challenge your student to think about items we used in the past versus ones we use in the present.

Worksheet

Items from the Past 1

Worksheet

Items from the Past 1

This beginning history worksheet will challenge your student to think about items we used in the past versus ones we use in the present.

First Grade

Social Studies

Worksheet

Items from the Past 2

Worksheet

Items from the Past 2

First Grade

Social Studies

Give your first grader an introduction to history! He'll have to think about past and present items in this matching worksheet.

Worksheet

Items from the Past 2

Worksheet

Items from the Past 2

Give your first grader an introduction to history! He'll have to think about past and present items in this matching worksheet.

First Grade

Social Studies

Worksheet

Ideas of The Harlem Renaissance

Worksheet

Ideas of The Harlem Renaissance

Third Grade

Reading

In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

Worksheet

Ideas of The Harlem Renaissance

Worksheet

Ideas of The Harlem Renaissance

In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

Third Grade

Reading

Worksheet

The History of African American Spirituals

Worksheet

The History of African American Spirituals

Fourth Grade

Reading

In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

Worksheet

The History of African American Spirituals

Worksheet

The History of African American Spirituals

Fourth Grade

Reading

Worksheet

History in the Kitchen: Civil War Cornbread

Activity

History in the Kitchen: Civil War Cornbread

Fourth Grade

History

Give your child a taste of life in Civil War era America by mixing up a batch of old-fashioned cornbread, adapted from a 19th century recipe.

Activity

History in the Kitchen: Civil War Cornbread

Activity

History in the Kitchen: Civil War Cornbread

Give your child a taste of life in Civil War era America by mixing up a batch of old-fashioned cornbread, adapted from a 19th century recipe.

Fourth Grade

History

Activity

Celebrating Juneteenth

Worksheet

Celebrating Juneteenth

Third Grade

History

Introduce learners to Juneteenth—past and present—with this inviting social studies worksheet!

Worksheet

Celebrating Juneteenth

Worksheet

Celebrating Juneteenth

Introduce learners to Juneteenth—past and present—with this inviting social studies worksheet!

Third Grade

History

Worksheet

History of the Guitar

Worksheet

History of the Guitar

Fourth Grade

History

Children discover the fascinating history of the guitar, from the kithara to the classical guitar.

Worksheet

History of the Guitar

Worksheet

History of the Guitar

Children discover the fascinating history of the guitar, from the kithara to the classical guitar.

Fourth Grade

History

Worksheet

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1st - 5th Grade Social Studies Resources for 'yesterday and today'

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1st - 5th Grade Social Studies Resources for 'yesterday and today'