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Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

In this activity, your child will reference Matisse and also learn about patterns.

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.

Bring history to life by helping your child create her own cartouche like the Egyptians did thousands of years ago.

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

Learn an ancient craft with this introduction to weaving. A great tie-in for kids learning about ancient cultures.

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens.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

This project, focused on the burial practices of ancient Egyptians, is a great addition to a social studies curriculum.

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.

Put your kid's Internet research skills to the test with this activity that will help him learn more about the history and cultural significance of fireworks.

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

Turn your child's learning about ancient civilizations into a swashbuckling adventure by having her make an ancient treasure map!

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

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

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

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

Help middle schoolers use maps, math, and history for some Fourth of July fun.

Enhance fourth-grade measurement making skills and social studies learning with this stitching project.

Mix up a batch of molasses cookies, and you'll have a delicious chance to teach your child some math and social studies in the process!

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

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

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.

Introduce your kid to abstract art with this painting activity. It's the perfect way to engage a kinesthetic learner and spark an interest in art history!

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

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

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

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.

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.

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time