Reading About Famous Americans is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on finding facts about a famous American in a text, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D3.1.K-2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
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Reading About Famous Americans
D3.1.K-2
NameDate
Read each text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Clara Barton
An information text written for this worksheet.
Clara Barton was born in Massachusetts in 1821.
She was a teacher, and later a clerk in Washington, D.C.
During the Civil War, she brought food and bandages to hurt soldiers.
Soldiers called her the Angel of the Battlefield.
In 1881 she started the American Red Cross.
The Red Cross still helps people after floods, fires and storms.
1. How does her work still help people today?
2. What did soldiers call her?
3. What jobs did she have before the war?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
George Washington
An information text written for this worksheet.
George Washington was born in Virginia in 1732.
As a young man he was a surveyor. He measured and mapped land.
He led the American army in the Revolution.
In 1789 he became the first President of the United States.
He lived at Mount Vernon, a large farm in Virginia.
Enslaved people did much of the work at Mount Vernon.
1. What job did he do as a young man?
2. What was Mount Vernon?
3. When did he become the first President?
LessonPrint · D3.1.K-2 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Reading About Famous Americans
Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The Red Cross still helps people after floods, fires and storms. 2. The Angel of the Battlefield. 3. Teacher and clerk.
2.1. He was a surveyor who measured and mapped land. 2. A large farm in Virginia. 3. In 1789.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D3.1.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.