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.

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

Use this worksheet to help your child learn a little bit about the North Pole!

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

Give budding historians practice reading and interpreting timelines with this engaging social studies worksheet!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Learn what time zones are, and how to use them to calculate time across regions, in this math-meets-geography worksheet.

Help your budding reader learn how to spice up a boring biography by asking him to add in the details that make good writing even better.

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

Teach your little leprechaun about the various St. Patrick's Day traditions and other fun parts of this special Irish heritage day.

Children learn about the history and legacy of Eatonville, Florida, one of the first all-black towns formed after the passage of the 13th Amendment.

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

In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

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

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?

Grab a map and get some states and capitals practice! Kids identify states by capital city and shape, building knowledge of U.S. geography.

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.

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the "shot heard around the world" and began the American Revolution.

Students will read a short biography of Keller, then answer a thoughtful prompt designed to help them reflect on what they have read.

Practice calculating elapsed time with this time zones worksheet!