4th and 5th Grade Social Studies Activities : Page 3

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

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 beautiful Indian art of Madhubani painting with this fun and creative project.

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.

Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

Conduct a mock interview with the President to teach your child about politics, the president and the world she lives in.

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

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

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

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.

Put your kid's Internet research skills to the test with this activity that will help him learn more about the history and cultural significance of fireworks.

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

Play food isn't just for preschoolers! Help your child create a fun Passover craft that doubles as tea-party play food for younger siblings.

Explore African and Asian traditions with this recipe for homemade henna ink!

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

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

Show your kid how to put a new spin on an old classic with this fun party game.

Car cluttered with old maps now that you've adopted GPS technology? Upcycle them in this fun geography craft.

This science fair project idea explores how far the âdanger zoneâ is from different types of caution signs.

Capture a bit of mythological magic with this clever sock craft!

Help your high school revive some Renaissance history with art by making a silverpoint sketch. In this activity, make your own stylus and special paper.

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.

How well can people recall what they have observed. Test your knowledge in this fun experiment.

Sultan Ahmed Mosque is often referred to as the Blue Mosque. In this activity, your kid will build his own Blue Mosque just in time for Ramadan!

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

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

Explore what freedom and liberty mean to you this Fourth of July with a beautiful portrait collage!

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.