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Social studies worksheet · Historical figures
Read and Learn: Sacagawea
Read 5 facts about Sacagawea (the Lemhi Shoshone woman who traveled west with Lewis and Clark carrying her baby), draw a scene and answer 3 questions.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–5
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Historical figures
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Researching people from history, Biography, Cause and effect, Using sources
What kids do
“Read the facts about Sacagawea. Draw a scene from her journey, then answer the questions.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Sacagawea was a Lemhi Shoshone woman. She grew up in the Rocky Mountains, in what is now Idaho.
- In 1805 she set out west with the explorers Lewis and Clark, all the way to the Pacific
- She carried her baby son, Jean Baptiste, on the whole trip.
- She helped the explorers talk with Native peoples. Her brother, a Shoshone chief, gave them horses to cross the mountains.
- Since 2000 her picture has been on the golden dollar coin.
- Draw a scene from Sacagawea’s journey
- 1. Which explorers did Sacagawea travel with?
Teacher tip
Trace the Lewis and Clark route on a map.
How to use it
- Read a picture book biography aloud before the sheet.
- Model finding facts in a book or a kid-safe website.
- Read the sheet aloud for early readers and let them answer with drawings.
Watch for
Kids who copy whole sentences from a book. Teach them to write facts in their own words.
Talk about it
- What made this person brave or determined?
- What question would you ask an expert on this topic?
Take it further
Hold a wax museum where kids dress up and share facts as their person.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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