2nd - 5th Grade Social Studies Activities

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

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

Your child will learn a whole alphabet of different jobs while she completes this brain-teaser chart just in time to celebrate Labor Day!

Follow these easy instructions to make a working sundial with your kid! Find out what other cool things the Aztecs created in this activity.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Explore geometry, patterns, and history by creating pretty decorative Islamic tile art.

Help your child create her own version of a Moroccan lantern to give her room an Arabian nights feel!

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.

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.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

With a handful of craft supplies, your fourth grader can capture some of the artistic magic of the ancient Maya.

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

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

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

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

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

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

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!

Have you ever taken a bag of snacks with you on a road trip? If you lived in the 19th century, you might have taken hardtack instead.

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.