Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Common Core Social Studies Resources

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

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!

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

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

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

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

Learn about George Washington with this reading comprehension challenge.

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

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.

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

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

The origin of Valentine's Day is a mystery made up of legends and history. Learn about the possible origin of Valentine's Day in this Venn diagram worksheet.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

In this playful matching activity, learners will connect workers to their tools and equipment by drawing lines from each job title to the correct corresponding item.

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

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!

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.