5th Grade Social Studies Resources

In this worksheet, learners will put their geography skills to the test as they label all 13 colonies on a map.

This patriotic printable reviews historic battlefields and cities through an American Revolution word search.

Get a quick rundown of the differences between two types of government, democracy and monarchy, to help get your child ready for 5th grade history.

Your 5th grader learns all about freedom in history class. Take a time-out to ask what freedom really means to your kid.

How light can you pack? When immigrants came to Ellis Island, they didn't have moving trucks or big comfy suitcases; they brought what they could carry.

It's a spelling unscramble challenge using names and places of the American Revolution!

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

Learn about latitude and longitude in this map skills sheet.

Invite children to get to know their home state a little better with this series of questions and prompts.

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!

Learn how to calculate time across time zones in this math and geography worksheet!

In this hands-on social studies worksheet, learners will match each of eight roles to their corresponding branches of government.

In this two-page worksheet, learners will read excerpts form Dr. King's moving and powerful speech, then reflect on his vision by drawing an illustration inspired by his words.

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.

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

Children will write the state capital next to the state in this fun geography worksheet.

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

Children will learn about the eight regions of the United States in this hands-on mapping worksheet.

Learners will put their knowledge of the 50 states to the test with this fun sorting worksheet.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Learners will test their knowledge of some of the key players and events of the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

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!

Explore the geography of ancient Egypt in this informative history worksheet!