3rd Grade U.S. History Handouts (by date, oldest first)

Constitution Day Word Search Puzzles for Grades 1-6

Hello, awesome educators! Ready to celebrate Constitution Day with your students in a fun and engaging way? Our Constitution Day Word Search Puzzles are perfect for introducing this important holiday to your 1st to 6th graders!

What’s Inside:

• Constitution Day Word Search Puzzles: Enjoy 2 challenging and educational puzzles designed specifically for upper elementary students. These word searches will help reinforce important Constitution Day vocabulary while providing a fun and interactive learning experience.
• Helpful Hints: Includes 2 hints to support students as they work through the puzzles, making the activity both educational and enjoyable.

Details:

• Number of Worksheets: 3
• Format: PDF

These word search puzzles are a great way to make Constitution Day lessons both informative and entertaining, ensuring your students have a meaningful and memorable experience.

Note: Our Constitution Day Word Search Puzzles are a fantastic addition to your ELA curriculum, combining educational content with interactive fun. Grab your pack today and celebrate Constitution Day with engaging activities for your classroom!

Interact with this printable United States of America. A colored map which breakdowns the USA by region, and a black and white map that can be used to label region, states, or as a basic coloring sheet.

Looking to study individual states as well check out

50 states quick fact and coloring sheet

Are you having problems finding the perfect State Report questions for your students to research for their project? Then make your own! This resource contains 90+ questions that you can use to guide your students to create meaningful, well-researched reports. Simply edit and delete the questions you do not want to be included! Questions are organized by topic and come in 3 different formats: listed, listed with lines, as a chart.

Topics Include:

• General Information
• Symbols
• People
• Culture
• History
• Geography
• Climate and Weather
• Animals and Plants
• Things To Do and Attractions
• Industry and Natural Resources
• Reflection Questions

The 90+ questions also come in 3 different formats to suit your preference!

• Listed
• In a table (includes one ‘empty’ table in which you can cut/paste questions)
• Listed with lines
• Also includes a link to the Google Docs format!

CHECK OUT THESE OTHER ACTIVITIES/RESOURCES FROM A WORLD to EXPLORE STORE:

• 50 Flags of the USA Bulletin Board with Coloring Sheets in Black & White
• Patriotic BULLETIN BOARD for Memorial, Independence, Flag, or Veteran's Day!
• Memorial Day Activity WEBQUEST Research for Middle and High School
• Memorial Day Activity Three TRIVIA Games for Middle School and High School
• Memorial Day 3 Trivia Games & WebQuest Bundle
• Memorial Day Activity Trivia Games WebQuest and Patriotic Bulletin Board BUNDLE!
• Memorial Day Activity Trivia Games and Patriotic Bulletin Board BUNDLE!

Are you having problems finding the perfect State Report questions for your students to research for their project? Then make your own using this list of 90+ fully editable list of possible state questions. Then, students can use these beautiful United States research project templates for their final essays.

State Report Research Project Questions

This resource contains 90+ questions that you can use to guide your students to create meaningful, well-researched reports. Simply edit and delete the questions you do not want to be included! Questions are organized by topic and come in 3 different formats: listed, listed with lines, as a chart.

Topics Include:

• General Information
• Symbols, People, Culture, History
• Geography, Climate and Weather
• Animals and Plants
• Things To Do and Attractions, Industry and Natural Resources
• Reflection Questions

The 90+ questions also come in 3 different formats to suit your preference!

• Listed
• In a table (includes one ‘empty’ table in which you can cut/paste questions)
• Listed with lines
• Also includes a link to the Google Docs format!

State Report Templates

Now they have collected all the information on their state, they can use these beautiful United States research project templates for their final essays.

This resource includes several unique designs in color and black-and-white. Each design also comes with lined and unlined bordered paper.

Your students will be proud to show off their short essays - on a bulletin board or to take home - with these fun templates!

How Can I Use This Resource?

• Students can research their state and then write their reports on the template

• Students can use their research to write creative or narrative stories

• Students can use any of the unlined templates on which to draw state symbols

  • For example, after researching Alabama, students can use the template with the Alabama flag. In the space provided, they can draw the state bird, coat of arms, the state flower, etc.
  • Using their research, students can use any of the templates to write a poem about their state. They can write an ode, limerick, or acrostic poem. etc.

• Students can use the templates to write quizzes about their states. Then, they can share their quiz with a friend.

What’s Included?

• 90+ questions - fully editable - to guide state report research
• Templates of all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the USA
• Design #1: State flag in color
• Design #2: State flag in color with lines
• Design #3: State flag in black & white
• Design #4: State flag in black & white with lines
• Design #5: State flag and country outline in black & white
• Design #6: State flag and country outline in B&W with lines
• Line page (for additional writing)
• Unlined (bordered) page
• Credits
• Terms of Use
• CHECK OUT THESE OTHER ACTIVITIES/RESOURCES FROM A WORLD to EXPLORE STORE:
• 50 Flags of the USA Bulletin Board with Coloring Sheets in Black & White
• Patriotic BULLETIN BOARD for Memorial, Independence, Flag, or Veteran's Day!
• Memorial Day Activity WEBQUEST Research for Middle and High School
• Memorial Day Activity Three TRIVIA Games for Middle School and High School
• Memorial Day 3 Trivia Games & WebQuest Bundle
• Memorial Day Activity Trivia Games WebQuest and Patriotic Bulletin Board BUNDLE!
• Memorial Day Activity Trivia Games and Patriotic Bulletin Board BUNDLE!
• Editable State Report Research Questions

National Donut Day is the first Friday and June, so use these 12 CCSS activities to celebrate the holiday! Comes with: History timeline Billboard advertisement to make Calendar and Symbolism Coloring sheets Discussion Starters/Writing Prompts Doughnut decorating contest and matching activities Doughnuts make a word activity Doughnut Recipe activity Maze Order of Operations cut and paste Word Search Excellent for fun, critical thinking learning about and participating in National Doughnut Day!

30 activities to celebrate Veteran's Day! Coloring, lists, poems, writings, and more...for using critical thinking skills to learn about a national holiday. Includes: Democracy is... Freedom is... Liberty means... The eagle is representative of... Veteran's Day Speech Map for listing no. of veterans/naming veterans 10 Ways to Thank a Veteran Make your own dog-tags Many faces of soldiers Many roles of soldiers What Veteran's Day means to me... Thank you to a Veteran My Message to a Veteran Decorate the tombstone of a fallen soldier Veteran Acrostic Poem A Veteran's Poem My favorite branch of armed services My Pledge for Peace Veteran's Day Maze Veteran's Day Word Search Women's roles in the Armed Services How many words can you make from "veteran" What will you do on Veteran's Day? From a soldier's point of view: What Veteran's Day means... The War Wall--fill in to make and display your own war wall 30 activities to help students acknowledge, appreciate, celebrate, and honor veterans and what the special day means.

Instill gratitude for our Armed Services with these 20 Veteran's Day Thank You Cards. Write a note of thanks, color images, fold, and give to make a veteran smile! Includes a mix of English and Spanish gratitude phrases, black and white images to color, and one blank card for students to create their own Veteran's Day message. Highlights each branch of the Armed Services: Army, Marines, and Navy. Includes female and male armed services members. Use as across curriculum government/history/social studies and ELA lesson, to practice fact-based letter/note writing skills, develop social skills, learn more about U.S. history, practice vocabulary, and meet local veterans in your community. Contact your local Veteran's of Foreign Wars (VFW) for a list of veterans in your area.

An overview of Galveston as the Gateway to America during 1845-1924. Follow immigrants from Europe to Galveston in dangerous conditions over rough seas as they enter the Port of Galveston to start their new lives. 23 pages of comic book style coloring frames; 11 of these pages are blank for students to write their immigration stories. Includes "Fact" box on each of the pages. Fun, engaging, and educational approach to learning about immigration through the Port of Galveston in 1845. Use for introducing skills or for assessment of knowledge.

Who is Mary Fisher, and what is her impact on society? 20 active learning, engaging activities to help students learn about and understand the life and times of Mary Fisher, known as Te Ata, a Chickasaw storyteller, performer, and artist. Includes: Black and white coloring images on pages Who is Mary Fisher (synonyms)? Timeline of Life (blank timeline to retell and fill in) Compare & Contrast School Days (1900s vs. Today) Become a Journalist (Interview) "Bearer of the Morning" Bumper Sticker Storytelling a Family Tradition The Royal Speech Crossword Puzzle & Answer Sheet (Answers on Timeline for students) Mary's FakeBook Broadway Marquee Poem Pictograph Point of View Treasure of Oklahoma (State Focused) Legend of the White Wolf Te Ata, the Movie (Design ad) Te Ata, the Cast (Cast the Parts)

Everything students need to know about Abraham Lincoln! And,written in comic book format that comes with a second set of pages that have blank text boxes for students to paraphrase/summarize/research then fill-in facts. Includes: Early Life: Birth, School, Manhood, Death of Mom, Step-Mother Young Adult Years: Employment, Politics Famous Quotes Law License John Todd Stuart, First Law Partner Mary Todd Lincoln & Marriage Four Sons (Birth & Death) Political Timelines Speeches (House Divided, 2 Inaugural Speeches,Gettysburg Address, Last Address) Political Slogans Noah Brooks' reporter's viewpoint Black Hawk War Civil War Ford Theater Death Fun, easy, interactive way to learn facts about Abraham Lincoln, his life and political career. Can be used for ELA, history, social studies, as well as plays, bulletin boards, posters, etc... Meets CCSS fact-based, non-fiction standards.

20 Memorial Day themed, black and white, patriotic coloring images with captions for helping students understand and reflect on the importance of Memorial Day. Diverse and unique collection of 20 coloring handouts--unlike others! Use for bulletin boards, class decorations, centers, gifts to others, and many more uses!

35 Fourth of July fun and engaging activities for elementary students! Includes: Writings:"What Freedom Means to Me" and "My Favorite Fourth of July Memory" and more... "My Patriotic Poem" Coloring Handouts: July Fourth messages with themed images Crossword puzzle with answers Word search with answers Uncle Sam's Dialogue activity Fourth of July Find It Games Vocabulary Word Games Craft activities for July 4 messages Fun, educational activities for celebrating July 4th!

Learn about the Great Depression era through 42 pages of coloring and comic book frames with additional blank templates for creative fact-based writing and assessment. Topics Include: Timeline 1929-1941 President Hoover Stock Market Crash Unemployment Rates Food Riots Immigration Bank Failures Domestic Government Programs President Franklin D. Roosevelt (and re-elections) New Deal Dust Bowl and Eyewitness Accounts Dorothea Lange and Migrant Mother photo John Steinbeck and Grapes of Wrath Minimum Wage Pearl Harbor Germany and World War II Fun, engaging way to learn about the Great Depression era of U.S. History with fact-based writing activities for critical thinking and reinforcement. Meets CCSS and TEKS.

Easy-to-read, basic facts with 18 pages black and white coloring images to introduce, place in order, use for research/writing, or to reinforce Texas history dates for elementary students. Begins with Anglo settlement in 1820 and ends with U.S. victory of Texas in 1848.

Includes:

Timeline

15 black and white Texas themed graphics to color

15 basic facts

Anglo settlers

Alamo

Currency

German Immigration to U.S.

Government

Mexico

Texas

Santa Anna

Sam Houston

Anson Jones

M. Lamar

State Flag

State Seal

Stephen F. Austin

Uses:

Make into a Texas booklet, have students add handwritten/typed researched information, discussion/essay/journal prompts, make large classroom timeline with students colored pics, reading introduction, bulletin board displays, numerous ELA and Texas history uses!

30 pages of rodeo-themed coloring and fun writing activities for early and young learners! Includes: 10 coloring sheets Design your own: boots, cowboy, saddle, and wagon Cowboy and Cowgirl stick horse 1st/2nd/3rd place handouts Rodeo advertisement with fill-in-the-blanks Lucky Bronc Rider: draw/paste your picture Featured Rodeo Story to write Rodeo Conversation Dialogue handouts (2) Help the horse find his shoes maze How many words can make from "rodeo" Let's Rodeo Crossword Puzzle with Word Bank and answers A Cowboy/Cowgirl Poem to write Travel the Rodeo Circuit through the U.S. (map activity) Be a clown and write jokes to perform for classmates Fun introduction for rodeo season or for social studies units.

Do you know how Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month begin? This 25 page comic book explains the history behind the celebrated month, and it offers students the opportunity to review information then fill in their own comic speech bubbles and facts using the comic templates.

Includes:

Immigration of the first Japanese to America

Number of Japanese who left their homeland for U.S.

Transcontinental Railroad

Map of Railroad Line

Golden/Last Spike

Asian-Pacific Continents & Islands (partial list)

Commemorative Bill made into Law

White House Fact about Visitors

Timeline of Congressional Bill into Law

Public Law 102-458

Hawaiian Words List and Activity

Famous Asian-Pacific Americans and Their Info: Amy Tan, Steven Chu, Michelle Kwan, Jerry Yang

Interesting facts, great coloring images, and follows CCSS guidelines. Use for assessment, introduction, and/or refresher. Fun, educational way to learn facts about Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month!

Ready to learn about the American Revolution? This 26 page comic book includes blank templates for students and fact based writing. Covers 1773-1783 and is divided by years. Includes: King George III Stamp Act British Tea Act 13 Colonies British Tea Party and Boston Harbor First Continental Congress George Washington John Adams Declaration of Rights Paul Revere and Midnight Ride American Revolution Battles Minute Men Common Sense by Thomas Paine Declaration of Independence Washington Crossing the Delaware Benjamin Franklin's Trip to France for an Ally Continental Army Treaty with France Yorktown Surrender Treaty of Paris Excellent for introduction, reinforcement, assessment, and for English, Government, and History/Social Studies. Makes learning about the American Revolution fun and interactive! Meets TEKS and CCSS.

It's 1901, and Anthony Lucas needs investors for finding oil at the Spindletop Oilfield--will your students invest after they learn about the first gusher in Texas? In comic book format for fun learning and comes with comic templates for students to fill in their own dialogues and facts. Includes: Joseph Sayers, 1901 Governor of Texas Comparison before and after the oil boom Blank Check Format Stock Certificate to Fill In Newspaper Template Drilling Bit Striking Oil Gusher Wildcat Boll Weevil Roughneck Population Explosion Chart Drilling Rig and Labeled Parts US and World Map with Oil Contributions Advertisement Boomtown Changes to Beaumont Infrastructure Timeline of the Spindletop Gusher Great way to combine history/social studies and science with writing skills and concepts! Fun historical comic book to make and fill in after reviewing basic facts and timelines. Can be used for introductions to 1901, drilling, geology, time period, basic Texas history facts, assessment, and more...

Guess the states with fact based clues and visuals. 25 states are included in part one. Instructions for individual/group play, and suggestions for use that offer interactive fun while learning about states. Sheets can be colored and displayed or used as is. Clues include: State Capitols with starred location Famous Statesmen Mottos Nicknames State Birds State Flowers States Included: 1. Virginia 2. Alaska 3. Iowa 4. Texas 5. North Dakota 6. Missouri 7. Utah 8. Kentucky 9. Rhode Island 10. Wisconsin 11. Hawaii 12. California 13. Ohio 14. Delaware 15. South Dakota 16. Arkansas 17. Montana 18. Idaho 19. Arizona 20. Oklahoma 21. New York 22. Florida 23. New Hampshire 24. Georgia 25. Vermont Perfect for assessment on states, building prior knowledge for units, introduction of state units, and states' reviews. Can be used to make student books or United States' bulletin board displays. Fun to play as an individual, team, or whole group game.

Veteran’s Day Bundle

This three packet activity bundle has more than 50+ handouts to help students define, understand, and discuss the importance of Veteran’s Day.

Packet 1: Veteran’s Day Thank You Cards (English and Spanish)

Product Description

Pages: 23

Instill gratitude for our Armed Services with these 20 Veteran's Day Thank You Cards. Write a note of thanks, color images, fold, and give to make a veteran smile!

Includes a mix of English and Spanish gratitude phrases, black and white images to color, and one blank card for students to create their own Veteran's Day message. Highlights each branch of the Armed Services: Army, Marines, and Navy. Includes female and male armed services members.

Use as across curriculum government/history/social studies and ELA lesson, to practice fact-based letter/note writing skills, develop social skills, learn more about U.S. history, practice vocabulary, and meet local veterans in your community. Contact your local Veteran's of Foreign Wars (VFW) for a list of veterans in your area.

Packet 2: 30 Veteran’s Day Activities

Product Description

Pages: 32

30 activities to celebrate Veteran's Day! Coloring, lists, poems, writings, and more...for using critical thinking skills to learn about a national holiday.

Includes:

Democracy is...
Freedom is...
Liberty means...
The eagle is representative of...
Veteran's Day Speech
Map for listing no. of veterans/naming veterans
10 Ways to Thank a Veteran
Make your own dog-tags
Many faces of soldiers
Many roles of soldiers
What Veteran's Day means to me...
Thank you to a Veteran
My Message to a Veteran
Decorate the tombstone of a fallen soldier
Veteran Acrostic Poem
A Veteran's Poem
My favorite branch of armed services
My Pledge for Peace
Veteran's Day Maze
Veteran's Day Word Search
Women's roles in the Armed Services
How many words can you make from "veteran"
What will you do on Veteran's Day?
From a soldier's point of view: What Veteran's Day means...
The War Wall--fill in to make and display your own war wall

30 activities to help students acknowledge, appreciate, celebrate, and honor veterans and what the special day means.

Packet 3: Get Fit Action Story: A Veteran’s Day Celebration

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Pages: 15

What is Veterans Day? When does it fall each year? What kinds of celebrations honor our veterans? Students get an introduction and definition of Veterans Day, plus why it is different than Memorial Day. Then, get ready to join the parade! Play ball, watch fireworks, and thank a veteran for serving!

Get Fit Action Stories combine reading, sight words, listening, speaking, directions, and physical education into one assignment. It's a fun, physical learning adventure!

Action Words included:
1. salute
2. clap
3. Miss America wave
4. struts
5. moves a scepter up and down
6. twirl
7. toss
8. catch
9. plays a violin
10. toots a horn
11. beats a drum
12. pedal
13. flip hamburgers
14. toss salads
15. swing bats
16. hit homeruns
17. yells, “Ewwwww” then “Awwwww”
18. “Thank you!”
19. salute
20. “Happy Veterans Day!”

This three packet activity bundle with over 50+ handouts will encourage discussions, increase understanding, and reinforce meaning of Veteran’s Day.