World History Essential Activities for Grade 3

Ever wonder what wandered the earth during prehistoric days? Your children wonder too, and with this colorful worksheet, they'll be able to see what mammoths, ground sloths and saber-toothed tigers looked like! Using the downloadable PDF, they'll look at pictures of the ancient animals and then using the picture answer choices they'll choose the animal of today that most closely resembles its ancient ancestor. They'll make connections with today's animals, and have tangible ideas of what prehistoric days looked like!

With this free PDF worksheet, your children will learn what an ancient artifact is and what one may look like. Ancient artifacts come in the form of statues, necklaces, hats or even fossils, and your child will get to learn about what some of those may look like. They'll read the comprehension questions and answer using one of the choices. The choices have picture representation too, so they'll get an even better and more concrete understanding of ancient artifacts.

Most of us don’t consider writing an ancient invention because humans have been writing for so long that it barely feels like there was ever a time when it didn’t exist! But believe it or not, ancient civilizations created symbols to represent words and objects before modern language evolved. Use this interesting worksheet from Kids Academy to teach your child about history and the progression of writing from symbols stone tablets to letters on notebook paper!

It's important for children to know about how actions we take today can make a difference in the lives of animals who are at risk of extinction. With this free PDF worksheet, they'll learn that extinction is when a certain animal no longer exists, and how conservation efforts of today can help protect animals from becoming extinct. Using the mammoth as an example, they'll learn about how keeping habitats clean and safe can help, and they'll answer questions about how we can do our part to keep animals safe and abundant.

You're never too young to learn about what an archeologist does, and this fun color sheet will show your children what archeologists do in a fun way. They'll get to color the archeologist as he digs for artifacts, and in doing so, they'll learn about tools they use, as well as what items are considered artifacts. They'll have fun while learning, and get to work on their creativity and imagination as they learn about how fun history can be.

Children love learning about dinosaurs! Whether it's the fierce T-Rex or the gentle Stegosaurus, this free worksheet will teach them about how archeologists look for clues about dinosaurs in their remains. They'll learn about how discoveries like fossils, teeth and bones can teach us more about dinosaurs, and they'll then get to identify items that are fossils using the pictures and choice boxes given. They won't even know they're learning, they're having so much fun.

Ancient Egyptian rulers were unlike any modern rulers we are familiar with today! Help your child brush up on his or her world history lessons by using this fascinating social studies worksheet from Kids Academy! While working, kids will learn about pharaohs and queens, including famous Egyptian rulers, like King Tut and Queen Cleopatra! Simply read through the description at the top, and then mark the statements below as either true or false.

Have your kids ever thought about the tools humans have used throughout the ages? After all, people during the Stone Age didn’t have access to the tools that we have sitting in our garages today! This intriguing worksheet focuses on various historical ages and the inventions that have helped them get by and survive in their world. Review a bit of history from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Industrial Age to compare and contrast the tools and technology of each era while completing this social studies page!

World history is filled with ancient wonders of the magnificent people from the past! This Seven Wonders of the Ancient World worksheet will intrigue your child with the most famous amazing structures! Increase reading comprehension and historical knowledge using this fun worksheet!

History can come alive with this colorful PDF that asks your child to compare and contrast the happenings of the Middle Ages. This free worksheet will tell them the Middle Ages; they'll learn about what people lived in, what they ate and what they wore. Then they'll get to compare those Middle Age characteristics with some from today, and check off the boxes next to pictures that are representative of the Middle Ages.

Learning about the different peoples of the world is exciting for children and this free worksheet will introduce them to the Vikings. They'll learn about the Scandinavian explorers who traveled around Europe looking for treasures. They'll learn about how they were raiders, farmers, settlers and tradesmen and ruled the period of time from 793AD to 1066AD. Using the multiple-choice boxes, they'll answer comprehension questions and have colorful pictures to provide concrete imagery.

Kids are just beginning to realize that the earth was here long before they were! Help your child make sense of the major time periods in history by introducing the titles for periods of time. This time periods worksheet PDF quizzes kids on groupings of time, including, decades, centuries, and more!

There's nothing cooler than going back in history, and this fun worksheet will have your little archeologists learning about how archeology is the study of past life and culture. They'll learn that archeologists look for things that tell about ancient civilizations and history and then they'll get to use the colorful pictures to identify tools that archeologists might use to make their incredible discoveries.