2nd and 3rd Grade Social Studies Activities : Page 3

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

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

Introduce your second grader to a fun Mexican custom by showing her how to make papel picado, a beautiful creation of cut-out tissue paper.

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.

This Labor Day, encourage your child to learn more about the different tools and supplies found in a doctor's bag by having her create one of her own!

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

Have you ever wondered how many numbers most people can memorize? Test your friends to find out!

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

Determine if gender affects the ability to identify different smells.

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

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

During the Passover Seder, many Jewish families pour a cup of red wine for Elijah. This year, help your child create his own welcoming glass for Elijah.

Make Korean vegetable pancakes with your child! This dish is delicious way to get your child cooking as you introduce her to recipes from different cultures.

Encourage your child to make a Chinese scroll painting as part of his world history or art studies, or just to pass the time on a weekend.

This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?

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.

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.

Learn more about the fascinating folk art of Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs with this easy craft.

Encourage your child to memorize the items on the Seder plate and what they symbolize with this artsy activity.

Celebrate Veterans Day with your child by helping them create and send a well-deserving veteran a "thank you" card via the U.S. Veteran's Affairs Department.

Your child will create their very own traditional Indian Toran wall hanging using construction paper, yarn and paint.

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

Bring a bit of the fun of Yuan Xiao Jie to your home with this lantern activity. Happy New Year!

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

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

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

Has your child ever told you he wants to travel the world and meet new people? Why not keep track of his future travel plans with some fun footprint art.