Elementary School Social Studies Resources : Page 3

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

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

Help your child learn the basics of reading a map with this simplified county map. He'll color and circle the different items that appear in the map key.

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.

America the beautiful! Can your fifth grader name all 50 state capitals in the U.S.? Challenge him to match each capital to the correct state.

Children will refer to a map, a key, and a compass rose to answer eight questions in this colorful map-reading 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.

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.

This isn't your usual crossword puzzle. You find the answers by identifying states on the U.S. map.

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.

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

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!

Check out this one-page constitution worksheet that introduces kids to the Constitution of the United States.

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

This page is both informative and fun to color--a double whammy! Whether your second grader's Jewish or not, you can help her learn all about the Seder plate.

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.

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

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

This simple game dares kids to mix up the names of all 50 states, then put them back in alphabetical order.

Confused about continents? Get better acquainted with all the continents on earth with this word scramble.