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Social Studies Worksheets for 1st Graders

4 strands4 ready to print94 worksheetsUS Letter or A4

Map skills, continents and oceans, good citizens, rules and laws, urban, suburban and rural communities, goods and services, and then and now.

The social studies year, in order

From maps and citizenship to communities and history, in the order many 1st grade classes teach them. Each strand links to its worksheets.

  1. Maps and geography

    20 sheets ready

    Parts of a map, map keys, cardinal directions, map grids, the United States, and the continents and oceans.

    Map skills

    Parts of a map, reading a town map, cardinal directions, a map grid, following directions, making a map and the United States and its neighbors.

    10 worksheets

    Continents and oceans

    A labeled world map, label the continents and oceans, color the continents, cut and paste, reading passages, riddles, a bar graph and a word search.

    10 worksheets

  2. Citizenship and government

    19 sheets ready

    Being a good citizen, voting, rules and laws, and the leaders who make them.

    Good citizen

    A good citizen poster, good citizen or not sorts, scenarios, citizen words, a reading passage, a class vote graph, a weekly chart and an award.

    10 worksheets

    Rules and laws

    Rules and laws, why we have them, rule or law sorts, who makes the rules, community and government leaders, safety signs and a new rule to write.

    9 worksheets

  3. Communities and economics

    22 sheets ready

    Urban, suburban and rural communities, places people share, producers and consumers, earning money and making choices.

    Urban, suburban and rural communities

    Urban, suburban and rural communities: a poster, sorts, cut and paste, riddles, a reading passage, places in a community and a my community page.

    8 worksheets

    Goods and services

    A goods and services chart, a sort and a cut and paste sort, where goods come from, a market story, store prices, paying with dollars and town services.

    14 worksheets

  4. History and family

    33 sheets ready

    Past, present and future, timelines, then and now, family trees and family traditions.

    Past and present

    Then and now poster, matching, long ago or now sorts, school and home long ago read-alouds, growing up in order and a grown-up interview, with keys.

    19 worksheets

    Family tree

    Three family tree templates, a family words chart, a read-aloud about different families, counting, home jobs and a family interview.

    14 worksheets

About social studies worksheets for 1st graders

First grade social studies widens a child’s world from the classroom to the town, the country and the whole Earth. Children read maps with a key, a compass rose and a grid, find the continents and oceans, learn what makes a good citizen, and explain why we have rules and laws.

These social studies worksheets for 1st graders follow four strands. Maps and geography pages use one town map from start to finish, then move out to the United States and the world. Citizenship pages cover good citizens, rules and laws, and the leaders who make them. Community pages compare urban, suburban and rural places and introduce producers, consumers and choices with money. History pages build timelines and compare life long ago with life today.

Every page is black and white with short directions a 1st grader can read, prints on US Letter or A4, and pages with right answers have an answer key on page 2.

Questions

What social studies do 1st graders learn?

Most 1st grade classes cover map skills, the continents and oceans, being a good citizen, rules and laws, kinds of communities, goods and services, and comparing life in the past with life today.

Can 1st graders read these pages on their own?

Directions are short and use simple words, so many 1st graders can read them on their own. Read the passages aloud for early readers.

Are there answer keys?

Yes. Every page with right answers has an answer key on page 2. Maps to draw, charts, family trees and writing pages have no key.