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Practice using a compass to find the directions!

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Learn about George Washington with this reading comprehension challenge.

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.

This civics and government worksheet helps second and third graders learn facts about elections and practice identifying key vocabulary terms.

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

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

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

Election season is here, and what better way to introduce your future voter to politics than by learning about the federal government?

Children discover what community service is, along with examples, in this thoughtful worksheet.

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

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?

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.

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

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

Learners get a brief introduction to the capital of the United States in this worksheet.

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