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

Your first or second grader will delight in creating multi-colored confetti egg smashers, traditional in Mexico, called cascarones!

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

Test your kid's knowledge of presidents one through forty-four with this fun and educational matching game!

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

Help your second grader celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this rainbow table mat.

Here's a simple activity to reinforce your fourth grader's study of her home state and help her make a pretty keepsake.

Teach your first or second grader about an important Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead, with this traditional skeleton mask made out of a paper plate.

Determine if gender affects the ability to identify different smells.

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

Welcome the holiday season by making your own paper lantern. Learn about traditional light festivals from the United States with this fun, easy activity.

Build a decorated box and fill it with research that can help you get to your dream location someday!

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Science fair project which determines whether a person's taste in music is dictated by the key that the song is written in.

Conduct a mock interview with the President to teach your child about politics, the president and the world she lives in.

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

This Fourth of July, play a fun history-inspired math and logic puzzle game for your kids to play!

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

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

This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?

How well can people recall what they have observed. Test your knowledge in this fun experiment.

Your child is sure to find this colorful pink, green and white salad simply irresistible. For an added challenge, give your youngster a pair of chopsticks!

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

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

Your child can create an interactive map of his neighborhood focusing on the different textures he finds!

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.

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

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

Create a yarn doll out of a few toothpicks and colorful string with this Guatemalan craft.