2nd - 4th Grade Social Studies Activities : Page 5

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.

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

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.

Check out this sweet recipe idea perfect for celebrating Dia de los Muertos.

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

Put your kid's Internet research skills to the test with this activity that will help him learn more about the history and cultural significance of fireworks.

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.

The words of great thinkers throughout the ages have changed the course of history. Have your kid find an inspiring quote and create a work of art around it.

Attention, Anglophiles! Get your fill of artsy crafts and historical fun with this jewelry project.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

Tu B'Shevat is a Jewish holiday during which the "new year" for trees is celebrated. In this activity your child will paint a pot to grow his own plant.

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!

Have your child try her hand at creating a colorful, beaded necklace that's not only stylish, but also tells a story.

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.

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