Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources
Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources
Social Studies

Free Document Based Worksheets

Each of these documents are snippets from history, and they provide a window into the past. Students will be engaged and challenged to use their observation, logic, and reasoning skills to answer the questions included with each document. Help your students relate in a personal way to events of the past and promote a deeper understanding of history as a series of events involving real people, just like them.
Free Document Based Worksheets


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Document Based Activity Themes

United States
    The Civil War (1861-1865) document based activities
    American Revolution document based activities
    Colonial America (1492-1776) document based activities
    After the Civil War (1865-1870) document based activities
    The 1900's document based activities
    The 1910's document based activities
    A Nation Divided (1840-1861) document based activities
    The Great Depression (1929-1945) document based activities
    The United States Grows (1865-1900) document based activities
    National Parks and Monuments document based activities
    World War II document based activities
    A New Nation (1776-1830) document based activities
    American Government document based activities
    Cold War (1947-1991) document based activities
    The 1960's document based activities
    The 1940's document based activities
    The 1930's document based activities
    The 1950's document based activities
    World War I (1914-1918) document based activities
    The 1920's document based activities
    Lewis and Clark (1804-1806) document based activities

Social Studies
    Ancient Greece document based activities
    Renaissance document based activities
    Famous Educators document based activities

Science
    Earth document based activities
    Earthquakes document based activities

Health
    Food Pyramid document based activities
    The Human Body document based activities
    Skeletal System document based activities

General
    State of Alaska document based activities
    State of Oregon document based activities
    Gettysburg Address document based activities
    Poetry Activity Printable: "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow document based activities
    Alexander Graham Bell document based activities
    When Man Took Flight document based activities
    State of California document based activities
    Wendy's World- Three Branches document based activities
    Statue of Liberty document based activities
    Money: document based activities
    State of Texas document based activities
    Vietnam document based activities
    Winter Olympics document based activities

January Themes
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Theme Unit document based activities
    Polar Regions Theme Unit document based activities
    Chinese New Year document based activities
    Community Maps document based activities
    Penguins Theme Unit document based activities
    Puzzles Day Theme document based activities

February Themes
    Black History document based activities
    President's Day document based activities
    Groundhog Day document based activities
    Music document based activities
    Endangered Animals document based activities

March Themes
    Women's History document based activities
    Pi Day document based activities
    Dr. Seuss document based activities
    Mammals on the March document based activities
    Pizza document based activities

April Themes
    Inventors and Inventions document based activities
    Spring document based activities
    Earth Day document based activities

May Themes
    Immigration document based activities
    Disabilities Theme Unit document based activities
    Mother's Day document based activities

June Themes
    Flag Day document based activities

July Themes
    U.S. Independence Day document based activities
    Ocean Theme Unit document based activities

August Themes
    Pets document based activities

September Themes
    Constitution Day document based activities
    Map Skills document based activities
    Teddy Bears document based activities
    Rain Forests document based activities
    Back to School document based activities
    Farm document based activities
    Hispanic Heritage document based activities
    Autumn document based activities

October Themes
    Explorers document based activities
    Halloween document based activities
    Dinosaurs document based activities
    Crime and Terrorism document based activities

November Themes
    Native Americans document based activities
    Thanksgiving document based activities
    Pilgrims document based activities
    Veteran's Day document based activities
    Great American Smokeout document based activities
    Birds document based activities

December Themes
    Wild West document based activities
    Christmas document based activities
    Transportation document based activities
    Hanukkah document based activities


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