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

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

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

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

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

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

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

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.

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by baking pan de muerto. In this 5th-6th grade activity, your child will explore another culture while learning about baking.

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 child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

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

Celebrate the holidays by making farolitos, paper lanterns with elaborate designs and historical roots.

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

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

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

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

Retablos are a kind of Latin American folk art that blend personal and spiritual themes. Have your child create her own version of retablo artwork.

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.

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

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

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

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