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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. 1. What did she start in 1881?
  2. 2. Why do you think soldiers gave her that name?
  3. 3. What did soldiers call her?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Alexander Graham Bell

An information text written for this worksheet. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847. He moved to North America and taught deaf students in Boston. In 1876 he got a patent for the telephone. His first telephone call was to his helper, Thomas Watson, in the next room. Soon people could talk to each other across a town, and later across the country.

  1. 1. Where was Thomas Watson during the first call?
  2. 2. What did Bell get a patent for in 1876?
  3. 3. Who did Bell teach in Boston?

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Answer key — Reading About Famous Americans

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The American Red Cross. 2. She helped hurt soldiers on the battlefield. 3. The Angel of the Battlefield.
  2. 2.1. In the next room. 2. The telephone. 3. Deaf students.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D3.1.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.