Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

In this activity, your child will reference Matisse and also learn about patterns.

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".

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

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

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

Mix up a batch of molasses cookies, and you'll have a delicious chance to teach your child some math and social studies in the process!

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

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

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.

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Learn an ancient craft with this introduction to weaving. A great tie-in for kids learning about ancient cultures.

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

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

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

Celebrate Hanukkah the old-fashioned way with an oil lantern. This craft is a perfect opportunity to teach your child the history of this special holiday.

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.

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens.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!

Help your fourth grader design a first class postage stamp for a hero who stood up for the dignity of people from all walks of life.

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

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!