2nd and 3rd Grade Common Core Social Studies Resources

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

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

Use this nonfiction comprehension worksheet to help second and third graders learn all about Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre.

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

Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.

Children learn about the life and legacy of civil rights activist Rosa Parks in this history worksheet.

Get to know pioneering astrophysicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Learn about George Washington with this reading comprehension challenge.

Track important events in the life of an important woman with this Sojourner Truth timeline, a great way to get used to reading and writing nonfiction.

Children read a brief history of fireworks, then answer a series of questions designed to help them reflect on what they have learned.

Celebrate the contributions of famous Irish Americans with this worksheet. Read a bit about each famous figure and complete a comprehension exercise.

Give budding historians practice reading and interpreting timelines with this engaging social studies worksheet!

Help your child visualize the passing of time in this easy timeline craft.

Use this fun and interesting worksheets about maps to help your students use sentence level context clues, examples, and logic to decode text and become more fluent in reading informational text.

Children learn about the history and legacy of Eatonville, Florida, one of the first all-black towns formed after the passage of the 13th Amendment.

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Children are introduced to the life and accomplishments of aeronautics pioneer Amelia Earhart in this fascinating worksheet.

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

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

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

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

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

Use this worksheet to help students write sentences about the first African American women to enter space, Mae Jemison.

Young historians learn about four pioneering female scientists as they hone their research skills in this Who Am I? Women in Science worksheet.

This fun worksheet will expose your learners to important female changemakers in the African American community.

Children learn the inspiring life story of historical hero Frederick Douglass, who rose from slavery to become a preeminent leader of the abolitionist movement, in this worksheet.

Get your rafts ready, it's time to take a trip down the major rivers of the United States! Read the clues to figure out how to lable each river on this map.

Children are introduced to author, activist, and poet Maya Angelou in this historial heroes worksheet.

History students can learn all the first modern first lady in this biography worksheet, and can develop their reading comprehension skills as well.