Elementary School Social Studies Worksheets

Label the continents with this cut-and-paste worksheet!

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!

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

The Pilgrims weren't always THE Pilgrims -- read all about their lives before they landed at Plymouth Rock.

Practice using a compass to find the directions!

This statue is a common Japanese figure; a cute cat thought of as a good luck charm. Keep one on your wall as a coloring page!

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

Immigrants at Angel Island were often given confusing questions designed to keep them from passing into the USA. Try out some historical questions yourself.

Give this worksheet to your 4th grader and see if she knows what these countries are or where they are.

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.

Want to make a Day of the Dead skull this year, but don't actually want to, you know, make one? Try this paper version of a sugar skull!

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.

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

Kids use a U.S. map to locate and color their home state and show where they've been and where they'd like to go on this third grade social studies worksheet.

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

Little explorers take a mini-tour of the United States on this third grade geography and social studies worksheet. Kids use a map to answer geography questions.

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!

Here's a great geography worksheet that doubles as a coloring page! Your child will get to practice reading a simple map of a park.

Discover the difference between wants and needs with this kindergarten and first-grade worksheet!

On this worksheet, students read about this important historical document and complete the sentences using what they learned.

The Underground Railroad helped thousands of enslaved Americans find freedom. In this worksheet, your student will learn about this historic network.

Learn about latitude and longitude in this map skills sheet.

Challenge your third grader to put all 50 states in alphabetical order, and brush up on U.S. geography while they're at it!

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