4th and 5th Grade Social Studies Activities

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

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Help your kid keep track of all the developments that led to the American Revolution, by portraying the steps visually and literally!

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

Ancient Greek vases were not only utilitarian, they were also works of art. Jump into ancient cultures by decorating your own vase in classic Greek style.

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

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.

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.

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.

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