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Middle School Social Studies Activities

By the time students reach middle school, many are ready to learn more about their favorite niches in detail. Having students create their own cartouche, study the Founding Fathers, or chart the roadmap to independence, are just a few examples of how the Education.com middle school social studies activities below provide students with opportunities to learn details about a certain time period.

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Who Were the Founding Fathers?

Bring historical figures alive with this fun family activity! Your child will plan a founding fathers feast by researching historical figures.

Self-Portrait Project

Your child can create a portrait of himself or his loved ones in the style of Modigliani with the help of oil pastels!

Centennial Timeline

Commemorate the 100th Day of School with your child by making a timeline covering the last 100 years in this enriching middle school history activity.

Make a Knuckle Contour Map

Here's a social studies activity to help your middle-school or high-school teenager better understand how contour maps work using only the back of her hand.

Write Mythological Mad Libs

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

Draw Your Own Cartouche: Personalized Hieroglyphics

Bring history to life by helping your child create her own cartouche like the Egyptians did thousands of years ago.

Make a Seven Wonders of the World Brochure

Help your teen delve into the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; he'll come up with catchy slogans to advertise them in a pretend travel brochure.

Make a Hoplite Shield

Spark your child's interest in ancient history by making a round shield like the ones carried by hoplites, Ancient Greek citizen-soldiers.

Build an Edible Ancient Temple!

Make your own architectural masterpiece with supplies from the pantry. Your temple may not be as impressive as the real thing, but it'll be twice as delicious!

Your beginning teen baker will enjoy the tactile experience of baking this challah bread. It's deceptively simple to make!

Tibetan Prayer Flags

Encourage your child's interest in other cultures by helping him create his own colorful prayer flag inscribed with a special message for the world.

Make Your Own Treasure Map

Turn your child's learning about ancient civilizations into a swashbuckling adventure by having her make an ancient treasure map!

Road to Independence

Help middle schoolers use maps, math, and history for some Fourth of July fun.

Geography Challenge

Liven up your sixth grader's study of world geography with these three fun challenges.

Barack Obama Crossword and Trivia

Test your middle schooler's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging him to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Write a Letter to the President

Spark your child's interest in current events by encouraging her to write a letter to the president in this middle to high school activity.

Do the Preamble (Un)Scramble

Learn the Preamble to the Constitution this Presidents Day by playing the Preamble (Un)Scramble, an energetic memory game that's fun for the whole family.

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