2nd - 5th Grade Social Studies Activities

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

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

In this activity you and your child will learn about the African Americans that changed history in a fun quiz format.

Your child will learn a whole alphabet of different jobs while they complete this brain-teaser chart just in time to celebrate Labor Day!

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

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.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

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

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.

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

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.

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

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!

Kids put their geography knowledge to the test in this balloon volley game inspired by the Dr. Seuss book "Oh the Places You'll Go".

Learn about the architecture of Asia by building your very own model of a pagoda!

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

Liven up your sixth grader's study of world geography with these three fun challenges.

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

Give your child a taste of life in Civil War era America by mixing up a batch of old-fashioned cornbread, adapted from a 19th century recipe.

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.

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.

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.

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

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.

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

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

Explore geometry, patterns, and history by creating pretty decorative Islamic tile art.

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