Elementary School Social Studies Activities : Page 2

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

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.

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

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.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

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

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.

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

Explore geometry, patterns, and history by creating pretty decorative Islamic tile art.

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

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

Practice counting to100 independently with this American flag craft project! 

In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.

Tell the Purim story in a new way: By making a set of puppets out of an old deck of cards!

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

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

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

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

Explore African culture by helping your child make his very own djembe drum! Help your child explore music and rhythm as he celebrates Black History Month.

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

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.

Explore African and Asian traditions with this recipe for homemade henna ink!

Create a compass rose from sidewalk chalk in this summer geography project!

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

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Help your child construct and author a "sempuyo," a traditional Japanese book with accordion-style pages; she will develop her writing and fine motor skills.

This science project has students study a group of volunteer liars actively lying to study the behavior of a lie. Students see if they can figure out the truth.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!