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

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

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

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

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.

In Colonial times, fixing a chair was a lot easier than making one! Any fifth-grader can wrap up a mirror or photo frame the same way Colonists caned chairs.

Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

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

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

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

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.

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

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

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

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.