2nd and 3rd Grade Social Studies Activities

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

Here's a fun activity that will allow your child to express himself by making a flag of his own design, then writing an accompanying story.

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

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

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

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

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Teach your child Morse code, and a little bit of history that she'll pick up in a flash!

Welcome the holiday season by making your own paper lantern. Learn about traditional light festivals from the United States with this fun, easy activity.

Make ancient Egypt come alive by showing kids how to make their own mini sarcophagus out of a shoe box.

Learn about sound physics and do a survey experiment to explore the difference between sound and noise in this science project.

Help your second grader celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this rainbow table mat.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

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

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Encourage your child to memorize the items on the Seder plate and what they symbolize with this artsy activity.

An "I Love You" book is a perfect gift for a very special friend on Valentine's Day. Our "I Love You" book shares the love in eight different languages.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

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

This Labor Day, encourage your child to learn more about the different tools and supplies found in a doctor's bag by having her create one of her own!

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.