1st - 5th Grade Social Studies Worksheets

Practice identifying and interpreting nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Label the continents with this cut-and-paste worksheet!

Get a quick rundown of the differences between two types of government, democracy and monarchy, to help get your child ready for 5th grade history.

Your 5th grader learns all about freedom in history class. Take a time-out to ask what freedom really means to your kid.

Practice using a compass to find the directions!

In this worksheet, learners will put their geography skills to the test as they label all 13 colonies on a map.

This patriotic printable reviews historic battlefields and cities through an American Revolution word search.

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

The Pilgrims weren't always THE Pilgrims -- read all about their lives before they landed at Plymouth Rock.

How light can you pack? When immigrants came to Ellis Island, they didn't have moving trucks or big comfy suitcases; they brought what they could carry.

Immigrants at Angel Island were often given confusing questions designed to keep them from passing into the USA. Try out some historical questions yourself.

It's a spelling unscramble challenge using names and places of the American Revolution!

Give this worksheet to your 4th grader and see if she knows what these countries are or where they are.

In this Martin Luther King Jr. Cut-and-Paste Timeline worksheet, students will learn about the life of an important historical figure.

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

Want to make a Day of the Dead skull this year, but don't actually want to, you know, make one? Try this paper version of a sugar skull!

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about soul music and the history of African-Americans in pop music, all in this Hip-Hop Music worksheet!

Kids use a U.S. map to locate and color their home state and show where they've been and where they'd like to go on this third grade social studies worksheet.

In this two-page worksheet, learners will read excerpts form Dr. King's moving and powerful speech, then reflect on his vision by drawing an illustration inspired by his words.

This Martin Luther King, Jr. coloring page features the most famous and most influential civil rights activist himself!

Invite children to get to know their home state a little better with this series of questions and prompts.

On this worksheet, students read about this important historical document and complete the sentences using what they learned.

Little explorers take a mini-tour of the United States on this third grade geography and social studies worksheet. Kids use a map to answer geography questions.

Learn about latitude and longitude in this map skills sheet.

In this puzzle, children will find and circle eight words related to the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Here's a great geography worksheet that doubles as a coloring page! Your child will get to practice reading a simple map of a park.

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

Challenge your third grader to put all 50 states in alphabetical order, and brush up on U.S. geography while they're at it!

Learners will test their knowledge of some of the key players and events of the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.