Fourth Grade US History Activities

Here's a simple activity to reinforce your fourth grader's study of her home state and help her make a pretty keepsake.

Give your child a taste of life in Civil War era America by mixing up a batch of old-fashioned cornbread, adapted from a 19th century recipe.

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

Making a freedom kite is a great way to show appreciation on Memorial Day or July 4th, and enjoy the summer sunshine with family.

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

This Fourth of July, play a fun history-inspired math and logic puzzle game for your kids to play!

Helping your child write his own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help him grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

Enhance fourth-grade measurement making skills and social studies learning with this stitching project.

Help your fourth grader design a first class postage stamp for a hero who stood up for the dignity of people from all walks of life.

Mix up a batch of molasses cookies, and you'll have a delicious chance to teach your child some math and social studies in the process!

Pop up a pup tent, just like Civil War soldiers did on the battlefield.