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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 jobs did she have before the war?
  2. 2. What did she start in 1881?
  3. 3. What did soldiers call her?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Thomas Edison

An information text written for this worksheet. Thomas Edison was born in Ohio in 1847. He had a lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where many workers helped him. In 1877 his team made the phonograph, a machine that could record and play back sound. In 1879 his team made a light bulb that could glow for many hours. He got patents for more than 1,000 inventions.

  1. 1. Where was Edison born?
  2. 2. What did his team make in 1879?
  3. 3. Where was Edison's lab?

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Answer key — Reading About Famous Americans

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Teacher and clerk. 2. The American Red Cross. 3. The Angel of the Battlefield.
  2. 2.1. In Ohio. 2. A light bulb that could glow for many hours. 3. In Menlo Park, New Jersey.

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