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

Celebrate Mexican heritage and inspire creativity in your budding artist with this unique arts and crafts activity.

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

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.

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.

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

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!

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

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

Give your child a taste of life in Civil War era America by mixing up a batch of old-fashioned cornbread, adapted from a 19th century recipe.

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

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

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

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

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.

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.

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.

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

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.

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!

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.

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.