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.

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

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

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

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".

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.

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

How can your child learn about nations during the Olympics? By adopting 5 teams as his own! Here's how.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

On Martin Luther King Day, help your third grader create an original "scratch art" card to thank a person who has made a difference in his life.

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Attention, Anglophiles! Get your fill of artsy crafts and historical fun with this jewelry project.

This recipe provides a quicker, easier, and slightly healthier way to prepare this classic Louisiana Creole dish.

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.

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

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.