5th and 6th Grade Social Studies Resources : Page 11

G'day, mate! Get to know the country down under with pictures and trivia about Australia and its landmarks.

Help your fifth grader memorize the states and capitals with this fun crossword puzzle.

Stop by London with this coloring page of Big Ben. Give your child's geography and history smarts a boost!

Explore how federal elected officials get into office with this civics and government graphic organizer!

Learn the major landform regions of the United States, then find the words that best sum each one up at the end.

Learners will read descriptions of nine important events in U.S. history, then place them in the correct order on a timeline.

Empress Wu Zetian ruled China when the western world was in the Dark Ages. This 2nd grade worksheet that balances history with reading comprehension skills.

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.

Students conduct research to explore some of the defining characteristics of Native American cultures of the Southwest in this helpful graphic organizer.

Learn more about the Missouri Compromise, an act that changed America both culturally and geographically.

Take a trip to the Canada-U.S. border with an inspiring coloring page of Niagara Falls that has fun facts of the world around him!

You've learned your states...now see if you can recall them from memory!

Bring the American Revolution to life with this board game, a fun way to test your child's knowledge of geography and historical facts.

Young historians get to put themselves in the shoes of the Pilgrims and report back to the Queen herself about life in the New England colonies.

Does your kid love rocket ships and space? Here's a great way to slip in a geography lesson and reading practice: a coloring page of Kennedy Space Center!

Use this simple graphic organizer to map out a new word and explore it in depth.

Beautiful Brazil is waiting for you! Come find out all about Brazil's famous landmarks in this colorful and educational worksheet.

Any kid studying the American Revolution will likely have to memorize this famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!

Your budding explorers will enjoy learning to read and understand the contours of a topographic map! They'll get to answer some questions and solve a maze.

Meet a few of America's most inspirational female figures with this history sheet. Your student will match up each woman with her accomplishment.