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Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

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

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.

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

Here's a fun activity that will allow your child to express himself by making a flag of his own design, then writing an accompanying story.

Teach your first or second grader about an important Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead, with this traditional skeleton mask made out of a paper plate.

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

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

Make ancient Egypt come alive by showing kids how to make their own mini sarcophagus out of a shoe box.

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

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

Help your child make a recycling poster for your household and teach them how to take care of the environment!

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.

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.

Diwali is a holiday celebrated in many Asian Pacific countries the world over. Make this delicious Indian treat with your child to celebrate the holiday.

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

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.

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.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

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

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

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

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

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

When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.