Social Studies Activities
Social studies activities to help show your child the fun side of learning! From easy social studies activities to more advanced, we've got you covered! Use the selector on the right to narrow your search by grade.
Engage Your 3rd Grade Traveler!
If you're planning a trip with a third grader, consider this: with a few simple tools - a road map, a highlighter, and pencil and paper, you can harness your child's impatience and reinforce some solid academic skills while you're at it.
Engage Your 4th Grade Traveler!
In fourth grade, kids are learning important new skills in geography, social studies and math--and your family trip can be a fabulous time to reinforce them.
Make Your Own Butter!
Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way. This yummy activity is a great way to sneak some kitchen science into snack time, and it will leave your child all buttered up for more kitchen chemistry!
Engage Your 5th Grade Traveler!
You've been talking about this vacation for years. You've saved the money and hoarded your days off from work. Your fifth grader is even, finally, old enough to savor the sights. It's a dream! There's just one teeny problem: it's about five hundred miles in the car, each way.
Be a Roving Reporter!
Snapping photos, filming videos, and writing blogs-- predominantly visual activities -- are the most common ways to share experiences, while iPods help kids, and parents, tune people out. Why not help your teen use the gadget to connect with others?
Smash Cascarones Art
In Mexico, many festival days, holidays, and saint day celebrations involve the making and smashing of cascarones. Introduce your child to this fantastic custom by helping him make is own!
Create an African Flag Notebook
Employ Africa's flags to introduce shapes and other basic mathematical concepts to your child. He will create an African flag reference book that will also bring his drawing skills into play, making a great keepsake!
Explore Mexican Traditions: Papel Picado
In Mexico, few holidays go by that do not feature colorful tissue paper banners strung along the streets. Help you child discover the beautiful results that can be achieved by folding tissue paper multiple times before cutting it.
Trace Your Ancestors' Routes Around the Globe
In second grade, your child will need to differentiate between things that happened long ago and things that happened yesterday. This family history activity will also help her develop map skills and practice describing locations of people, places, and environments!
Craft a Native American Worry Doll
Ancient Indian tribes believed that if they told their worries to tiny dolls and placed them under their pillows at night, the dolls would take care of all the worrying for them. With clothespins and fabric, your child can set his own troubles away!
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