Free Sample Workbook · History & Social Studies

Free 3rd grade history worksheets, with the lesson and the answer key

One full topic — Map skills: compass rose, map key and grid — as a printable PDF. No payment.

30 questions16 printed pages0.4 MBPDF

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The topic inside: Map skills: compass rose, map key and grid

Read and draw maps using cardinal and intermediate directions, a map key and a letter-number grid

D2.Geo.1.3-5Ages 8–9

Key words

  • compass rose — A symbol on a map that shows the directions north, south, east and west
  • cardinal directions — The four main directions: north, south, east and west
  • intermediate directions — The in-between directions: northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest
  • map key — A box that explains what each symbol or color on a map means; also called a legend
  • grid — Lines that cross to make boxes, labeled with letters and numbers, to help find places
  • symbol — A small picture or shape that stands for a real thing

What you need at home: Plain paper and a pencil; Colored pencils or crayons; A ruler; A road map, atlas page or printed town map if you have one.

What is in the PDF

  1. Quick Check — 10 questionsBefore you teach. It shows what the student already knows.
  2. Learn ItThe lesson you teach from: key words, step-by-step teaching with lines to read aloud, 2 worked examples and 2 common mistakes to watch for.
  3. We Do It Together — 10 questionsWorked side by side. The answer and the reason it is the answer are printed right after each question.
  4. You Try — 10 questionsThe student works alone.
  5. Answer KeyEvery question, its answer and a short explanation.

Each topic names the standard it addresses. That alignment is UpOnly Learning's own reading of the published standards; the people who own those standards do not review or endorse what we publish, and standards change.

After the sample

8 topics, 960 questions and 199 printed pages, with the answer key included. $9.99 as a PDF you print at home, as many copies as you need for your own household.

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What exactly do I get?

One PDF of 16 pages (0.4 MB): the Map skills: compass rose, map key and grid topic in full — 30 questions across three sets, the lesson to teach from, and the answer key.

Do I have to pay or enter a card?

No. The PDF is free to download and free to print for students in your own household.

How does this fit the rest of the year?

Map skills: compass rose, map key and grid is the first of 8 topics in 3rd grade History & Social Studies. The full workbook has 960 questions over 199 printed pages, with the answer key.

Do you publish grades above 5?

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