2nd - 5th Grade Social Studies Activities : Page 6

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

In this activity, kids learn a little about Japanese culture by making their own windsock in the shape of a koi fish.

This science fair project idea examines whether boys and girls differ in reflexes.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

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.

Your child will create their very own traditional Indian Toran wall hanging using construction paper, yarn and paint.

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.

Enhance fourth-grade measurement making skills and social studies learning with this stitching project.

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.

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

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.

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

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

Help your child make a recycling poster for your household and teach them how to take care of the environment!

When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.

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

Get your creative kid into tasseography! The ancient art of reading tea leaves gets a modern update in this simplified version for youthful fortune tellers!

Your child can make her own Mexican tin art mirror with cardboard, a mirror, and an aluminum pan.

This cultural craft makes a pretty decoration and teaches kids about other cultures.

Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

How can your child learn about nations during the Olympics? By adopting 5 teams as his own! Here's how.

Your child will look forward to lunchtime with this artistic reinterpretation of the same old cold lunch.

Build a decorated box and fill it with research that can help you get to your dream location someday!

Inspire your fifth grader to explore a new culture and determine her New Year's fortune by playing this German wax dripping game.

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.

Make Korean vegetable pancakes with your child! This dish is delicious way to get your child cooking as you introduce her to recipes from different cultures.

Learn more about the fascinating folk art of Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs with this easy craft.

Spark your child's interest in current events by encouraging them to write a letter to the U.S. president.