3rd Grade Social Studies Activities

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

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

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

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

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.

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

An "I Love You" book is a perfect gift for a very special friend on Valentine's Day. Our "I Love You" book shares the love in eight different languages.

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

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Learn about sound physics and do a survey experiment to explore the difference between sound and noise in this science project.

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

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

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

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.

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

What better way to remember the achievements of past U.S. Presidents than with a game of memory!

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.

Learners can hone their cutting skills while making this patriotically festive star collage!

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.

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

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

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

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

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

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.

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

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!

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.

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