2nd - 5th Grade Social Studies Activities : Page 2

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.

Create a compass rose from sidewalk chalk in this summer geography project!

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

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

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

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

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

Make this African collar necklace for a lesson in crafting and African culture.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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".

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

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

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

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

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.

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

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

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.

This science project has students study a group of volunteer liars actively lying to study the behavior of a lie. Students see if they can figure out the truth.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

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.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

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

Whether your child is celebrating a great American holiday or simply feeling patriotic, this american flag craft is sure to please your little artist.