2nd - 4th Grade Social Studies Activities : Page 2

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.

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

Every year at the Passover Seder, the Ten Plagues are mentioned as part of the ritual. Have your kid draw the plagues to help him remember their importance.

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.

Teach your child about the art of ancient Australia by creating your own handprint art just like Aboriginal artists did thousands of years ago.

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

Bring historical figures alive with this fun family activity! Your child will plan a founding fathers feast by researching historical figures.

In this activity you and your child will learn about the African Americans that changed history in a fun quiz format.

Help your child construct and author a "sempuyo," a traditional Japanese book with accordion-style pages; she will develop her writing and fine motor skills.

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

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

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

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

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

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

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

What better way to remember the achievements of past U.S. Presidents than with a game of memory!

Explore African and Asian traditions with this recipe for homemade henna ink!

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

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

An "I Love You" book is a perfect gift for a very special friend on Valentine's Day. Our "I Love You" book shares the love in eight different languages.

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.

In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.