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

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

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

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

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.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

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

Create a compass rose from sidewalk chalk in this summer geography project!

Sultan Ahmed Mosque is often referred to as the Blue Mosque. In this activity, your kid will build his own Blue Mosque just in time for Ramadan!

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

Play food isn't just for preschoolers! Help your child create a fun Passover craft that doubles as tea-party play food for younger siblings.

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

Teach your child Morse code, and a little bit of history that she'll pick up in a flash!

Car cluttered with old maps now that you've adopted GPS technology? Upcycle them in this fun geography craft.

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

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

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

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

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.

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

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

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

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

Celebrate African heritage by making an African flag banner. This fun, culturally-inspired art project is perfect for Black History Month.

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.

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.

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!

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

Ignite your child's creativity by having them design their own clay version of an alebrije, a traditional fanciful creature like the ones made in Oaxaca, Mexico.