Grade 1 social studies worksheets
Grade 1 social studies worksheets on LessonPrint cover asking questions, civics, economics, geography, history, weighing sources and informed action. There are 103 free printable sheets across 63 C3 Framework indicators, each with its own answer key and 25 versions so every student in the class gets a different paper. They are aimed at ages 6-7, print straight from the browser, and need no account.
103 worksheets63 standards63 with a lesson plan25 versions each
Developing Questions and Planning Inquiries
5 worksheetsD1.1.K-2Say why a big question matters to you.
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- Worth Asking About Our Street — why a question is worth asking
D1.2.K-2Name the social studies ideas a big question is about.
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- Sorting Street Questions — matching a question to a topic
D1.3.K-2Name the facts a smaller question needs.
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- What Would You Need to Find Out? — the facts a question needs
D1.4.K-2Show how a smaller question helps with the big one.
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- Street Questions, Big and Small — linking a small question to a big one
D1.5.K-2Work out what kind of source would help answer the question.
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- Which Notice Would Tell You? — choosing a source for a question
Civics
21 worksheetsD2.Civ.1.K-2Say what the people in charge are supposed to do.
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- Who Does What Around Here? — roles of people in authority
- Leading a Town, a State, a Nation — the roles of mayor, governor and president
D2.Civ.2.K-2Explain that ordinary people, not only leaders, matter in a community.
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- Neighbors Who Help — everybody plays a role, not just leaders
- Good Citizens From History — how people who were not leaders served others
D2.Civ.3.K-2Explain why rules exist, at school and outside it.
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- Library Rules and Bus Rules — where a rule applies
- Home Rule, School Rule or Law? — telling a home or school rule from a law
D2.Civ.5.K-2Say what a government is and name some things it does.
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- The Council or a Store? — what a government does
- Town, State or Nation? — which level of government does a job
D2.Civ.6.K-2Describe how a community shares out jobs to get things done.
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- A Street Working Together — how a community gets a task done
- What Leaders Are Responsible For — the responsibilities of town, state and national leaders
D2.Civ.7.K-2Show fairness, honesty and respect in how you take part at school.
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- Doing Right Out and About — civic virtues beyond school
D2.Civ.8.K-2Describe fairness, equality and respect for rules as things a group needs.
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- Fair for the Whole Street? — fairness and equality
- What Our Symbols Stand For — the ideas national symbols stand for
- The Pledge, Word by Word — what the words of the Pledge mean
D2.Civ.9.K-2Follow the agreed rules for a discussion and listen to others.
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- Talking at a Street Meeting — rules for a discussion
D2.Civ.10.K-2Compare what you think with what somebody else thinks.
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- Neighbors Who Disagree — comparing points of view
D2.Civ.11.K-2Explain how a class can make a decision together.
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- How a Street Decides — making a decision together
- How Americans Vote — how Americans vote for leaders
D2.Civ.12.K-2Explain what rules do in a classroom and a school.
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- What That Rule Is For — what a rule is for
D2.Civ.14.K-2Describe how people have tried to make their community better.
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- Improving Our Street — improving a community
- Giving to Help Others — what charitable giving is and how it helps
Economics
21 worksheetsD2.Eco.1.K-2Explain that because there is never enough of everything, people have to choose.
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- Need It or Just Want It? — scarcity and choosing
D2.Eco.2.K-2Name what you gain and what you give up when you make a choice.
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- The Cost of Choosing — the cost of a choice
- Spend, Save or Share? — spending, saving and sharing money
D2.Eco.3.K-2Describe the skills somebody needs to make a particular thing.
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- What Local Jobs Need — skills needed to make things
- A Job Well Done — what doing a job well looks like
D2.Eco.4.K-2Name what your community makes, and what comes from somewhere else.
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- From Our Area or Further? — local and distant production
- Good or Service? — telling goods from services
D2.Eco.5.K-2Find out what things cost in a local store or market.
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- Prices on the Board — prices in a local market
- Trading, Buying and Selling — ways people exchange goods and services
D2.Eco.6.K-2Explain how people earn money.
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- Earning a Living Nearby — earning an income
- Income Is Money You Earn — what income is
- Earn It, Then Spend It — adding up income and what it buys
D2.Eco.7.K-2Give examples of what it costs to make something.
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- What It Costs to Sell — the costs of production
D2.Eco.9.K-2Describe what a bank is for.
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- The Bank on Main Street — the role of a bank
D2.Eco.10.K-2Explain why people save money instead of spending it.
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- Saving Up for It — why people save
- Saving a Little at a Time — how saving adds up over time
D2.Eco.12.K-2Name things the government provides, like roads and schools.
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- Who Provides It Around Here? — goods and services a government provides
D2.Eco.13.K-2Give examples of tools people work with and skills they bring.
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- Local Tools, Local Know-How — capital goods and human capital
- Old Tools, New Tools — how tools and machines changed home life and work
D2.Eco.14.K-2Say why people in one country buy and sell with people in another.
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- Why Buy From Abroad? — trading between countries
D2.Eco.15.K-2Name things made abroad and sold here, and things made here and sold abroad.
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- Which Way Does It Travel? — goods traded in and out
Geography
22 worksheetsD2.Geo.1.K-2Draw a map or chart of a place you know.
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- Mapping Our Street — what belongs on a map
- Map Title, Key and Compass Rose — the parts of a map and what they show
D2.Geo.2.K-2Use maps and photographs to describe a place and what shapes it.
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- Reading a Street Photograph — describing a place from a picture
- North, South, East, West — using the four cardinal directions
- Reading a Map in Words — following directions on a map described in words
D2.Geo.3.K-2Use maps and globes to spot what a place is like, naturally and culturally.
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- Street Map or Globe? — using maps and globes
- Where Our Landmarks Stand — where US landmarks are and what they honor
- Town, State, Country, Continent — where your town sits inside state, country and continent
D2.Geo.4.K-2Explain how weather and climate change how people live somewhere.
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- Weather on Our Street — how weather affects people
D2.Geo.5.K-2Describe how what people do changes a place.
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- How People Changed Oak Street — how human activity changes places
D2.Geo.6.K-2Name what makes a particular place what it is.
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- Grown or Built? — features of a place
- Songs About the American Land — what patriotic songs say about the land
- Families and Their Traditions — family customs and traditions
D2.Geo.7.K-2Explain why and how people, goods and ideas travel.
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- Moving Through the Street — movement of people, goods and ideas
- Traditions That Traveled Here — how families brought languages, foods and customs
D2.Geo.8.K-2Compare how communities use nearby and faraway places to get what they need.
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- Close By and Far Off — using near and distant environments
- How Families Meet Their Needs — comparing how families in different places meet their needs
D2.Geo.9.K-2Describe how the land in a place shapes the work done there.
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- Why That Work Happens Here — how the land shapes the work done
D2.Geo.10.K-2Describe how different parts of the world change.
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- Beyond Our Town — characteristics of world regions
- The United States and Its Neighbors — the United States, its neighbors and its oceans
D2.Geo.11.K-2Explain how what you buy links you to places far away.
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- Our Street and the World — consumption connecting distant places
D2.Geo.12.K-2Name ways a disaster affects the people living through it.
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- When the Street Floods — how a disaster affects people
History
21 worksheetsD2.His.1.K-2Put several events in the order they happened.
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- What Happened First? — sequencing events
- Which Day Is It: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow? — naming yesterday, today and tomorrow
- Past, Present or Future? — sorting events into past, present and future
D2.His.2.K-2Compare how people lived in the past with how we live now.
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- Oak Street Then and Now — comparing past and present
- Holidays Then and Now — how a holiday began and how it is kept now
- Inventors Who Changed Daily Life — how an invention changed daily life
D2.His.3.K-2Ask questions about the people behind a big change.
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- Questions for the People Before Us — questions about people who made change
- Leaders Who Shaped Our Nation — what national leaders did
- Washington and Lincoln — comparing the lives of two presidents
- Bell, Edison or Both? — comparing the lives of two inventors
D2.His.4.K-2Compare how people in the past saw things with how people see things now.
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- How They Saw It, How We Do — comparing perspectives past and present
D2.His.6.K-2Compare two accounts of the same event.
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- Two Neighbors, One Fair — comparing accounts of the same event
D2.His.9.K-2Name different kinds of historical source.
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- Sources About Our Street — identifying kinds of historical source
D2.His.10.K-2Explain how a source helps you study the past.
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- Using a Local Source — using a source to study the past
- Holidays Long Ago and Today — what old sources show about how holidays were kept
D2.His.11.K-2Work out who made a source, when, and where, from the source itself.
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- Who Wrote It, and When? — the maker, date and place of a source
- Our Anthem, Our Pledge, Our Bell — who made a national song, pledge or symbol, and when
D2.His.12.K-2Ask questions about a source and the event it comes from.
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- Questions for an Old Cutting — generating questions about a source
D2.His.14.K-2Suggest reasons something happened in the past.
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- Why Might the Street Have Changed? — possible reasons for a past event
- Why We Have These Holidays — why a holiday began and who it honors
D2.His.16.K-2Say which of several reasons is the more likely explanation.
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- The Likelier Explanation — choosing between explanations
Evaluating Sources and Using Evidence
4 worksheetsD3.1.K-2Gather what you need from one or two sources, choosing them for a reason.
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- Finding It in a Notice — gathering information from a source
- Reading a Class Calendar — finding dates and events on a calendar page
- Reading About Famous Americans — finding facts about a famous American in a text
D3.2.K-2Judge a source by telling fact apart from opinion.
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- Checkable or Just a View? — telling fact from opinion
Communicating Conclusions and Taking Informed Action
9 worksheetsD4.1.K-2Make an argument and give reasons for it.
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- What Do You Think, and Why? — making an argument with a reason
D4.2.K-2Explain something in the right order with the details that matter.
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- Explain How It Works — explaining with the right sequence
D4.3.K-2Share a summary of an argument, in writing, out loud, or on a screen.
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- Passing It On — presenting a summary
D4.4.K-2Ask and answer questions about an argument.
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- Questioning a Neighbor's Reason — questioning an argument
D4.5.K-2Ask and answer questions about an explanation.
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- Finding the Gap — questioning an explanation
D4.6.K-2Name problems near and far, and some ways people are tackling them.
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- Close to Home or Far Off? — problems near and far
D4.7.K-2Name ways to help with a problem near you or far away.
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- Something We Could Do — ways to take action
- Time, Things or Money? — ways to help others by giving
D4.8.K-2Use listening, agreeing and voting to decide what your class will do.
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- Deciding as a Street — listening, agreeing and voting
Grade 1 social studies worksheets — questions teachers ask
What social studies topics do the Grade 1 worksheets cover?
Developing Questions and Planning Inquiries, Civics, Economics, Geography, History, Evaluating Sources and Using Evidence and Communicating Conclusions and Taking Informed Action — the C3 Framework strands taught in Grade 1. That is 103 worksheets across 63 indicators, grouped on this page by the indicator each one practices rather than by topic name, so a sheet can be matched to the code you are teaching to.
How many free Grade 1 social studies worksheets are there?
103, each one practicing a distinct sub-skill rather than repeating a sibling under another title. Every sheet is published in 25 versions, so Grade 1 has 2575 printable papers in total, all free and all with an answer key.
What age are Grade 1 social studies worksheets for?
Grade 1 is typically ages 6-7 in the United States. The sheets are grouped by C3 Framework indicator rather than by age, so a student working above or below their grade level can be given the sheet that matches the indicator they are on.
Do the Grade 1 worksheets include answer keys?
Every one. The key is generated from the same problems as the questions and prints on its own sheet of paper, after them, so it does not go out with the class. That holds for all 25 versions of every Grade 1 sheet, not only the first.
How do I give each student a different Grade 1 worksheet?
Open any sheet and pick a set number from 1 to 25, or download set 1's class PDF, which contains all 25 versions in one file. The problems are fixed to each address, so the key you photocopied on Monday still matches on Friday.
Are the Grade 1 worksheets really free?
Yes. Every Grade 1 worksheet, answer key and PDF here is free to print and photocopy for your class. There is no account, no email capture before a download, and no sheet that turns out to need a subscription at the last step.
Are there Grade 1 lesson plans as well as worksheets?
63 of the 63 Grade 1 indicators on this page have a full lesson plan written — timed section by section, with the exact wording where it matters, the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Each one is linked beside its standard above.