Common Core Social Studies Resources : Page 2

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Children learn about American Civil Rights and Abolitionist pioneers in this word search puzzle worksheet.

Children learn about Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman to become a self-made millionaire in the United States, in this Finding the Main Idea 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.

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

Invite students to travel the world as they explore the New Seven Wonders of the World with this engaging research activity!