Where in the world?
How you can help at home: Use a laminated map to help your child learn where current events are taking place and build social studies skills.
Family timeline
How you can help at home: Have your child make a timeline of important family events.
Make social studies come alive
Check out these tips to help your child learn to love social studies.
Plantation tours can teach us about U.S. slavery as long as the lessons are honest
Hundreds of former Southern plantations are now museums that hold tours for K-12 kids — but most don’t tell the full truth about slavery and many tours don’t mention it at all. This research shows how these museums can do better.
Be a travel agent
How you can help at home: Have your child plan a real or virtual trip - budget and all.
Activity: Identify that state
How you can help at home: Play this game with your child to locate states on a map and reinforce geography skills.
Your fifth grader and social studies
Students study Native tribes, revolutionaries, and others as they explore our country's chronology.
Does your child know your family tree?
Putting together a family tree is a great educational activity that uses math, writing, research, and history skills.
Needs and wants
How you can help at home: Explore needs and wants with your child.
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