5th Grade Social Studies Activities

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

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

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

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

Bring historical figures alive with this fun family activity! Your child will plan a founding fathers feast by researching historical figures.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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!

Make this African collar necklace for a lesson in crafting and African culture.

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

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

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

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

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.

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.

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens.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

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.

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

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.

In Japan, ozoni is one of the main dishes eaten on New Year's Day. Here's how to make this delicious traditional dish with your child.

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

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.

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

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

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.

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