Elementary School Social Studies Activities : Page 3

Are you looking for a fun craft for the next big American holiday? Make this hat with your kid and let him march around the room like a Revolutionary soldier!

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

Expand your child's geographic awareness with these fun and easy map lessons.

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

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

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

Give your child an American history lesson as you create a colorful mini totem pole!

Encourage your child to learn about the Japanese culture as you make a traditional Japanese fan out of paper.

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 third grader learn time zones with this fun map activity!

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

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

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.

Add a little island flavor to your next lazy afternoon with a Hawaiian arts and craft project!

Ancient tribes believed that these dolls kept worries away at night. Your 1st grader can make his own and learn about history, culture, and art in this activity

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.

Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Your child can decorate her own set of Russian nesting dolls in this easy felt craft.

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.

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Here's a fun activity that will allow your child to express himself by making a flag of his own design, then writing an accompanying story.

Sultan Ahmed Mosque is often referred to as the Blue Mosque. In this activity, your kid will build his own Blue Mosque just in time for Ramadan!

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

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Play food isn't just for preschoolers! Help your child create a fun Passover craft that doubles as tea-party play food for younger siblings.

Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.

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

Whether your child is celebrating a great American holiday or simply feeling patriotic, this american flag craft is sure to please your little artist.

Using butcher paper, ink and charcoal, your child will explore ancient motifs such as buffalo, bison and hunters by creating her very own cave painting.