1st - 4th Grade Common Core Social Studies Worksheets

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!

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

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!

Children read a brief history of fireworks, then answer a series of questions designed to help them reflect on what they have learned.

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

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

Learn about George Washington with this reading comprehension challenge.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Quiz your kid on different landforms in this quick match-up geography drill.

Children will learn how to identify and use a compass rose, including finding a compass rose on a map, and using it to find both cardinal and intermediate directions.

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

Learn about the Bill of Rights by Illustrating them!

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.

Introduce children to physicist Albert Einstein — and a bit of theoretical physics — with this mini biography.

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

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

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

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

In this intro-to-the-Earth worksheet, kids can cut out the seven continents and place them on the globe.

In this Martin Luther King Jr. Cut-and-Paste Timeline worksheet, students will learn about the life of an important historical figure.

Let's learn about the Oregon Trail and the "Wagon Train of 1843" with this map of one of the main routes west!

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

Learn about the foundational process of American democracy in this essential worksheet!