1st - 5th Grade Social Studies Activities : Page 7

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

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

Explore the world from your own home by conducting research about other cultures with your 4th grade child.

Explore geometric shapes and pattern as your child makes her very own Hawaiian kapa cloth.

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

Your child can create an interactive map of his neighborhood focusing on the different textures he finds!

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

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.

Help your child learn about the world through this 3rd-4th grade geography activity: start a postcard collection and mark where they came from on a world map.

Few architectural features are as recognizable as the Russian onion dome. In this project, your kid will recreate the striking beauty of this roof-top marvel.

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.

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

Your child will look forward to lunchtime with this artistic reinterpretation of the same old cold lunch.

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

Learn an ancient craft with this introduction to weaving. A great tie-in for kids learning about ancient cultures.

In this activity, kids learn a little about Japanese culture by making their own windsock in the shape of a koi fish.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

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

Host a royal party full of "please and thank you" - even the queen would approve. Have a ball while your kids practice etiquette!

Your first or second grader will delight in creating multi-colored confetti egg smashers, traditional in Mexico, called cascarones!

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

Try this recipe with your child and explore Ethiopia through one of its dietary staples: injera, or flat bread!

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.

Welcome the holiday season by making your own paper lantern. Learn about traditional light festivals from the United States with this fun, easy activity.

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

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by baking pan de muerto. In this 5th-6th grade activity, your child will explore another culture while learning about baking.

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

Build a decorated box and fill it with research that can help you get to your dream location someday!

Kids often ask, "how tall am I?" This science fair project seeks to determine how well kids can guess their own heights.

During your next craft time, strike up the band with this homemade Chinese instrument.