Common Core Social Studies Resources : Page 11

There are lots of stories around the world for the rabbit moon: a rabbit image seen in the shadows on the moon's face. Here's one for young moon-gazers!

Write your own Abraham Lincoln biography using a simple essay template.

Practice reading primary sources with the help of a celebrity: inventor Thomas Edison!

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

Children color in the tools and clothing doctors use at work, then label them using a word bank.

Your child might be unaware of the community services that help her family every day. She'll keep track of the places and people that assist her in a week.

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.

Help students organize their ideas with this versatile storyboard graphic organizer! Children can use it to respond to text, organize the order of events, or even as a pre-writing tool to collect ideas.

Edison was one of the most productive inventors, inventing the telephone, the light bulb, and of course, the motion picture.

Use Election Night to teach your child about politics and government, and have them add up the electoral votes each presidential candidate earns throughout the night.

Young readers can discover the history of the Choctaw Native American tribe with this history worksheet.

Your young historian can explore the Mohawk tribe. This Native American group played an important role in American history.

Look at this scene of a mining town during the Gold Rush and create an advertisement that persuades people to travel to California.

Students will share Ibn Battuta's adventures with this fun reading comprehension and writing worksheet.

Sail away to the exotic and mysterious Easter Island!

Convert prices of supplies from the California Gold Rush to today's monetary values. What you find in this fun history and math exercise may shock you!

Color in this cool scene at the White House, and learn a few White House facts too!

Did you know that Queen Isabella of Spain paid for Columbus' expedition to the New World? Read more about this interesting woman in history.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

The Battle of Trenton was a turning point for the Americans in the Revolutionary War. Your young historian will learn the facts with this worksheet.

Your young historian will learn about the Iroquois League with this worksheet. He'll learn some important U.S. history as he practices his reading.

Help your child learn more about Founding Father Alexander Hamilton with this word-scramble worksheet.

Children learn about Olympian Florence Griffith Joyner, a record-breaking silver and gold medalist in track and field, in this sports biography worksheet.

Get to know Meriwether Lewis, more widely known as one half of the Lewis and Clark duo! Read about his life before and after the expedition.

Many families, some with young children, made the treacherous journey west in wagon trains. What would your child think of making such a journey?

Learn more about how to use primary sources by peeking into the life of one of the most heroic Americans: Sojourner Truth.

In this worksheet, children read about the March on Washington, the ideals that inspired it,  and the people who attended it.

Use this worksheet to show how historical maps reflect what people thought of the world long ago.