2nd Grade Social Studies Worksheets : Page 2

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

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

Check out a fun and simple Olympic timeline which highlights some of the most memorable moments throughout history.

This worksheet is a brief introduction to the human rights activist and feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Children learn about the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, in this timeline activity.

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

Read a short biography of Abraham Lincoln and answer the quiz questions.

Children are introduced to author, activist, and poet Maya Angelou in this historial heroes worksheet.

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

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.

Children learn all about Mississippi as they color in the state bird and other symbols on this social studies coloring page.

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

Introduce young children to George Washington Carver, who rose from slavery to become a leading agricultural pioneer, innovator, inventor, and educator, with this coloring worksheet.

Use this worksheet to help students write sentences about the first African American women to enter space, Mae Jemison.

If your child is learning about local resources, try this fun activity that has him turning pictures of edible exports into a food map.

Color in a picture of George Washington according to the color-by-number guide.

Learn the names of the New 7 Wonders of the World with this word search, and encourage your child to explore these wonders on her own.

Westward Ho! All you explorers, have fun coloring and building your own paper covered wagon with this printable project.

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

The 5 Great Lakes consist of Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Challenge your child with these basic trivia questions!

Introduce second and third graders to W.E.B. Du Bois, writer, sociologist, and civil rights advocate, with this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

Help your child learn different payment methods, and what each one is typically used for, in this easy money worksheet.

Introduce young children to one of the pioneers of the civil rights movement in the United States with this coloring activity.

Read the text to this page aloud to your child as she colors, and talk about your family's heritage. Did her ancestors sail past The Statue of Liberty?