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.

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

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

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

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

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.