2nd and 3rd Grade Common Core Social Studies Worksheets

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

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

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

Learn about George Washington with this reading comprehension challenge.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

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

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.

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

Practice telling time across time zones with this hands-on geography and map worksheet!

Children review and identify the Southern United States in this map-labeling worksheet.

In this historical heroes worksheet, second and third graders read a short passage about Owens' life and legacy, then answer the comprehension questions to help determine their understanding.

Find presidential and historical words in this election-themed word search.

With this worksheet your third graders will enjoy learning important facts about the Statue of Liberty and strengthen their vocabulary.

Explore history with famous female navigator Sacagawea. Sacagawea was a Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark find their way across the west.

Children learn the inspiring life story of historical hero Frederick Douglass, who rose from slavery to become a preeminent leader of the abolitionist movement, in this worksheet.

This longitude and latitude worksheet challenges kids to find the locations of cities on a map. Practice geography with this longitude and latitude worksheet.

Children read the First Amendment, then complete a simple word scramble puzzle and answer reading comprehension questions.

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