Elementary School Social Studies Activities : Page 6

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.

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

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Combine music, history and craft by making a Native American instrument of your own

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

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

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

This science fair project idea explores whether there is a connection to the color a person wears and the way their emotional state is perceived by others.

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

This Veterans Day, teach your kid about Remembrance Day and create a wreath of red poppies to honor the brave soldiers who died serving their countries.

Create a yarn doll out of a few toothpicks and colorful string with this Guatemalan craft.

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

Make this star-spangled greeting for the door to make all your guests feel welcome for the next patriotic holiday.

Get started on an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos with this easy edible sugar skull project.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Celebrate African heritage by making an African flag banner. This fun, culturally-inspired art project is perfect for Black History Month.

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

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.

Nothing says party like a bright and bursting piÃata! Create your own mini festive centerpiece with paper towel rolls and ribbons.

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

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.

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

This science project allows students to study the psychology of happiness.

This cultural craft makes a pretty decoration and teaches kids about other cultures.

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

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

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

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

Step into the fantastic world of colors with a project that explores what shade you -- and your friends -- like best.