Search 2nd Grade Informational Text Social Studies Educational Resources

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

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

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 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.

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

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?

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

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.

Help your child learn more about her American heritage with these coloring pages that are chock-full of history featuring the Declaration of Independence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Your beginning geography student can practice using coordinates to find a city on a map with this intro to latitude and longitude worksheet.

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

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