Preschool - 5th Grade History Activities

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

In this activity you and your child will learn about the African Americans that changed history in a fun quiz format.

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

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!

Honor our 16th president by having your kid assemble his famous stovepipe hat! This Abe Lincoln hat craft is the perfect way to celebrate Presidents Day.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

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.

What better way to remember the achievements of past U.S. Presidents than with a game of memory!

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

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

Teach your child Morse code, and a little bit of history that she'll pick up in a flash!

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

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

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.

Help your second grader celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this rainbow table mat.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

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.

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.

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.

With a handful of craft supplies, your fourth grader can capture some of the artistic magic of the ancient Maya.

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

Introduce your first grader to our country's most famous leaders with an artsy info board full of facts, patriotic colors and coins!

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