3rd - 6th Grade Social Studies Resources : Page 3

In this civics worksheet, students learn about separation of powers within the U.S. government and explore how the three branches perform checks and balances.

Here's a geography challenge for your fifth grader: can she label the map of the United States with the correct state abbreviations?

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

Use this two-page social studies worksheet to introduce middle school students to the four types of economic systems: traditional, market, command, and mixed.

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

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

Students investigate how prices are based on supply and demand in this economics worksheet for middle grades! 

Use this stand-alone timeline as a handy reference for key events leading up to the beginning of the Civil War in 1861.

America the beautiful! Can your fifth grader name all 50 state capitals in the U.S.? Challenge him to match each capital to the correct state.

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

This isn't your usual crossword puzzle. You find the answers by identifying states on the U.S. map.

We all love a good prank on April Fools' Day, but how did April 1st come to symbolize such silliness? Find out with this reading worksheet!

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

Students gain familiarity with some of the great artists from Renaissance Italy in this engaging art-centered social studies worksheet!

Investigate the difference between primary and secondary sources with this helpful social studies worksheet!

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

Your fifth grader can see how well he knows the ten amendments by matching the amendments with their descriptions. He'll have all ten memorized in no time!

Check out this one-page constitution worksheet that introduces kids to the Constitution of the United States.

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Explore and analyze four main types of ancient Greek governments with this two-page world history worksheet!

In this middle school history worksheet, students identify which inventor from the word bank is associated with the listed inventions.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

Learn all about the role of the legislative branch of the federal government with this graphic organizer!

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

Explore the difference between facts and opinions in the context of colonial history with this engaging social studies worksheet!

Students explore the various resources and advantages available to the North and South during the Civil War and examine why neither side had a clear path to victory.