1st - 3rd Grade Social Studies Activities : Page 2

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

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

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!

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

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

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

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

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

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.

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

Teach your child about the importance of Labor Day by helping her learn about the different hats that are worn by workers in various occupations.

Help your third grader learn time zones with this fun map activity!

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

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

Choose a destination and "race" your way there! This activity is a great for charting progress and motivation.

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.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

Learners can hone their cutting skills while making this patriotically festive star collage!

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

Learn about sound physics and do a survey experiment to explore the difference between sound and noise in this science project.

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

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 Mexican heritage and inspire creativity in your budding artist with this unique arts and crafts activity.

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

Determine if gender affects the ability to identify different smells.

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

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