2nd - 4th Grade Common Core Social Studies Worksheets

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

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

Use this worksheet to help your child learn a little bit about the North Pole!

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!

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

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.

Learn all about The Mayflower, the famous ship the Pilgrims made their great journey in.

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

Learn about George Washington with this reading comprehension challenge.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Learn about the foundational process of American democracy in this essential worksheet!

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

Ask students to read an interesting biography about Dr. Mae Jemison and then answer questions about the text!

Learn about the Bill of Rights by Illustrating them!

The Underground Railroad helped thousands of enslaved Americans find freedom. In this worksheet, your student will learn about this historic network.

Do your students know the difference between Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Labor Day? This reading comprehension worksheet will teach them about the similarities and differences of the holidays. First, they’ll read a passage that provides facts ab

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

Practice telling time across time zones with this hands-on geography and map worksheet!

Let's learn about the Oregon Trail and the "Wagon Train of 1843" with this map of one of the main routes west!

With this worksheet your third graders will enjoy learning important facts about the Statue of Liberty and strengthen their vocabulary.

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.

How did our society become so advanced? Introduce your student to the Industrial Revolution with this reading sheet.