Have you ever taken a bag of snacks with you on a road trip? If you lived in the 19th century, you might have taken hardtack instead.

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.

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

What better way to remember the achievements of past U.S. Presidents than with a game of memory!

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

Explore what freedom and liberty mean to you this Fourth of July with a beautiful portrait collage!

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

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".

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

Introduce your first grader to our country's most famous leaders with an artsy info board full of facts, patriotic colors and coins!

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

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!

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.

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

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!

Learners can hone their cutting skills while making this patriotically festive star collage!

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

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!

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

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

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

Help your child appreciate grandparents, history, and societal changes while making a poster handmade, heartfelt grandparent's day craft.

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

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

Combine music, history and craft by making a Native American instrument of your own

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.

Show your teens the connection between making history and writing it by having them write, illustrate, and edit a newspaper from the past.