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".

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

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.

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.

Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.

Pop up a pup tent, just like Civil War soldiers did on the battlefield.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!

In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.

Kids get step-by-step instructions for how to make a rubber band car and explore the physics of potential energy with this fun engineering science fair project.

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

This activity with add some fun and education to long car trips. Perfect for family vacations!

Improve your child's memory, focus, and concentration with this outdoor group memory game. For 4th grade, 5th grade, and middle school age children.

Work on division with remainders in this fun fourth grade math board game.

Work on finding means and medians in this fifth grade math card game.

Introduce decimals and place value with this fun math card game for fourth grade students.

Analyze this simple betting game with your fourth grade student in order to discuss probability.

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

Here's an innovative math puzzle that you can create with your fourth grade math student.

Explore the world from your own home by conducting research about other cultures with your 4th grade child.

Help your 4th grade child work on understanding place values of digits in decimal numbers with this fun activity.

How many ways can Christmas fun "add up"? Download this fourth grade math worksheet and find out!

Practice third and fourth grade measurement skills and make a practical holiday gift in the process!

Master addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division through practice in this fun math game designed for fourth grade!

Toss playing cards into boxes while you practice addition and multiplication with decimals in this fun, fifth grade math game.

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

Help your fourth grade scientist practice measurement, and make a scrumptious, healthy summer cheesecake in the process!