5th Grade Social Studies Activities : Page 2

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.

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

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

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

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.

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

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

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

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

Test your kid's knowledge of presidents one through forty-four with this fun and educational matching game!

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

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

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

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

Inspire your fifth grader to explore a new culture and determine her New Year's fortune by playing this German wax dripping game.

In this fun experiment, learn about brand awareness and the influence of media on children by testing logo recognition in different age groups.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Science fair project which determines whether a person's taste in music is dictated by the key that the song is written in.

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Your child is sure to find this colorful pink, green and white salad simply irresistible. For an added challenge, give your youngster a pair of chopsticks!

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

Have your kid imagine that she is a TV personality who has been assigned to cover the Olympics.

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.