Kindergarten - 3rd Grade Common Core Social Studies Worksheets

Teach your little leprechaun about the various St. Patrick's Day traditions and other fun parts of this special Irish heritage day.

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

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.

Help your first grader learn basic terms for position and direction. He'll practice identifying left or right, as well as the cardinal directions, and more!

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

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

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

Children use their critical thinking skills and knowledge of community helpers to select the odd picture out.

Learn about George Washington with this reading comprehension challenge.

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

Learn more about marches for freedom during the civil rights movement with the worksheet The Selma to Montgomery March.

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

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

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

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.

What is a service job? This worksheet helps your students think critically about the different jobs people have and what they do in those jobs.

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

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

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

Children use their critical thinking skills and knowledge of community helpers to select the odd picture out.

Celebrate the contributions of famous Irish Americans with this worksheet. Read a bit about each famous figure and complete a comprehension exercise.

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.

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

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

In this playful matching activity, learners will connect workers to their tools and equipment by drawing lines from each job title to the correct corresponding item.

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Children practice differentiating between past and present in this Venn diagram sorting activity.

Get your rafts ready, it's time to take a trip down the major rivers of the United States! Read the clues to figure out how to lable each river on this map.

In this historical heroes worksheet, second and third graders read a short passage about Owens' life and legacy, then answer the comprehension questions to help determine their understanding.

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