2nd Grade Social Studies Worksheets

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

Practice using a compass to find the directions!

Get to know your world map! Here's a great introduction to world geography, where your child can color and label important locations in the world.

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

Find and circle ten different states in this fun word search.

Learn about George Washington with this reading comprehension challenge.

Help your young student learn how to write their address with this fun envelope template!

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

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 refer to a map, a key, and a compass rose to answer eight questions in this colorful map-reading worksheet.

Students investigate the roles of producers and consumers in this one-page social studies worksheet! 

To be a proper pirate, every child must learn to read a map. With this basic treasure map grid, help your child identify and locate sites!

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.

From voting to cleaning up to just plain common courtesy, this social studies worksheet gives a few examples of how to be a good citizen.

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

How many stars and stripes do you see? Get in the mood for 4th of July with this fun American Flag coloring sheet.

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!

Search for a few of your favorite national parks on this printable map of the 50 states!

Find and circle the names of ten U.S. states in this geography word search puzzle!

In this worksheet, children will follow prompts to draw three pictures of people working, writing the name of each job and a brief description of what they do.

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.

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

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

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

Learn the basic facts about the U.S. flag and see the different places where it's waved.

Find and circle the names of ten U.S. states in this geography word search puzzle!

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.