1st and 2nd Grade Social Studies Worksheets

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

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

Practice using a compass to find the directions!

Can your young learner recite their phone number? Use this cute template to help them learn an important bit of information.

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.

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!

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!

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.

Inspire kids to learn about black changemakers all year by displaying this poster at home or in the classroom.

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

Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.

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.

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.

Get to know your world map! Here's a great introduction to world geography, where your child can color and label important locations in the world.

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

Get to know pioneering astrophysicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson in this reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Find and circle ten different states in this fun word search.

Learn about George Washington with this reading comprehension challenge.

Help your child practice reading a map and using the cardinal directions. 

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.

Children are introduced to 24 changemakers from around the world with this set of Women Who Dared to Dream cards.

Help your young student learn how to write their address with this fun envelope template!

Featuring artists, dreamers, rebels, and entrepreneurs, this Women Who Dared to Dream poster showcases a selection of women from around the world paved the way for others.

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.

Use a compass rose to orient yourself on a U.S. map in this map-reading worksheet!

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

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

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!

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