Elementary School Social Studies Activities : Page 6

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

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

Help your third grader learn time zones with this fun map activity!

Help your child create her own version of a Moroccan lantern to give her room an Arabian nights feel!

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Encourage your child to make a Chinese scroll painting as part of his world history or art studies, or just to pass the time on a weekend.

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

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

In this activity, your child will create a fun lion mask and learn a little about Chinese culture too!

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

Explore geometric shapes and pattern as your child makes her very own Hawaiian kapa cloth.

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

Car cluttered with old maps now that you've adopted GPS technology? Upcycle them in this fun geography craft.

Make a paper plate puppet that'll help your child imagine what it's like to be in a performance of the dragon dance.

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

Invite children to create a Fourth of July centerpiece with this simple craft activity!

Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.

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".

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

Teach your child about the art of ancient Australia by creating your own handprint art just like Aboriginal artists did thousands of years ago.

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

This science fair project idea explores whether color affects a person's emotional state.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Attention, Anglophiles! Get your fill of artsy crafts and historical fun with this jewelry project.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

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!