1st - 4th Grade History Activities : Page 2

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

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

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

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.

Help your child appreciate grandparents, history, and societal changes while making a poster handmade, heartfelt grandparent's day craft.

Capture a bit of mythological magic with this clever sock craft!

This Fourth of July, play a fun history-inspired math and logic puzzle game for your kids to play!

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

Mix up a batch of molasses cookies, and you'll have a delicious chance to teach your child some math and social studies in the process!

Celebrate Hanukkah the old-fashioned way with an oil lantern. This craft is a perfect opportunity to teach your child the history of this special holiday.

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Put your kid's Internet research skills to the test with this activity that will help him learn more about the history and cultural significance of fireworks.

The words of great thinkers throughout the ages have changed the course of history. Have your kid find an inspiring quote and create a work of art around it.

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

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

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

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

Enjoy the fragrant scents of the holiday season with this pomander activity. A perfect arts and crafts project for preschool or kindergarten age children.

Craft like the Colombians did in ancient times and make these line drawings out of twine, rope, or yarn.

Pop up a pup tent, just like Civil War soldiers did on the battlefield.

Explore history and prepare for backyard battle with this samurai helmet craft.