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

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

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".

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.

Whether your child is celebrating a great American holiday or simply feeling patriotic, this american flag craft is sure to please your little artist.

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

This cultural craft makes a pretty decoration and teaches kids about other cultures.

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

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.

Help your fourth grader design a first class postage stamp for a hero who stood up for the dignity of people from all walks of life.

This science fair project idea explores whether cats can be trained in the same way that dogs can.

This science fair project idea explores whether there is a connection to the color a person wears and the way their emotional state is perceived by others.

This science project allows students to study the psychology of happiness.

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

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

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

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.

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

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.

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

This Labor Day, encourage your child to learn more about the different tools and supplies found in a doctor's bag by having her create one of her own!

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

This science fair project idea explores how far the âdanger zoneâ is from different types of caution signs.

Learn about the beautiful Indian art of Madhubani painting with this fun and creative project.

Help your child learn about the world through this 3rd-4th grade geography activity: start a postcard collection and mark where they came from on a world map.

How can your child learn about nations during the Olympics? By adopting 5 teams as his own! Here's how.

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

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.

On Martin Luther King Day, help your third grader create an original "scratch art" card to thank a person who has made a difference in his life.