1st and 2nd Grade Social Studies Resources : Page 2

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

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

Students investigate the roles of producers and consumers in this one-page social studies worksheet! 

To be a proper pirate, every child must learn to read a map. With this basic treasure map grid, help your child identify and locate sites!

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

Celebrate Black History Month with this coloring page dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most important figures in Civil Rights history!

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.

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

From voting to cleaning up to just plain common courtesy, this social studies worksheet gives a few examples of how to be a good citizen.

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

How many stars and stripes do you see? Get in the mood for 4th of July with this fun American Flag coloring sheet.

Young children are introduced to civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr. with this coloring worksheet.

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

Ask students to read an interesting biography about Dr. Mae Jemison and then answer questions about the text!

Search for a few of your favorite national parks on this printable map of the 50 states!

Find and circle the names of ten U.S. states in this geography word search puzzle!

In this worksheet, children will follow prompts to draw three pictures of people working, writing the name of each job and a brief description of what they do.

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.

Put your child's cartographic skills to the test by having him assemble this puzzle that features the 50 U.S. states.

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

Children use their investigative skills and powers of deduction to complete a series of questions and prompts about their local government.  

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

Learn the basic facts about the U.S. flag and see the different places where it's waved.

Find and circle the names of ten U.S. states in this geography word search puzzle!

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.

Use this civics and government worksheet to help second and third graders learn about elections!

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.