Hands on social studies activities

As a kid in school I loved when my teachers celebrated creativity in the classroom. In fact, when I reflect on my own education, the moments I remember the most were the creative ones. I vividly remember making salt maps of the state, book report mobiles, models, papier-mâché globes, interactive brochures, puppets, and dioramas. What about you? Are the instructional moments that you remember the most tied to creative activities? There's just something so powerful about hands-on learning with…

Using Gummy Bears to Reinforce Different Types of Governments

Stop the presses! Is this the cutest thing or what? We're not studying the pioneering days this year in our homeschool, but I sure am tempted to find a way to wriggle one of these journals in!

Guide to using Social Studies Simulations to step away from the lecture podium and engage your students with hands-on history activities.

Help your primary grade students explore, learn, and write about landforms. See our hands-on landforms activities plus our culminating writing project!

Engage your middle school students with these fun social studies activities and help bring history and govenemnt to life.

Finding hands-on learning activities for older children can be very difficult. Here is a list of some of our favorites, inlcuding history and language arts.

These resources and hands-on activities for studying colonial times will go great alongside your history lessons. Colonial times are worth studying.

An overview of the engaging resources for Geography, Civics, World, or US History that are all included with a subscription to Students of History.

50 DIY Projects for teaching Social Studies | Classroom Tested Resources