3rd - 5th Grade Social Studies Activities : Page 2

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Have you ever taken a bag of snacks with you on a road trip? If you lived in the 19th century, you might have taken hardtack instead.

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".

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

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

Celebrate Mexican heritage and inspire creativity in your budding artist with this unique arts and crafts activity.

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

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

With a handful of craft supplies, your fourth grader can capture some of the artistic magic of the ancient Maya.

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

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

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

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

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

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.

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.

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.