Use hands-on history and social studies activities to help your students turn history facts into history fun.

Your teens can bring history to life by building, exploring, and expressing themselves through role playing and art!

High School History & Social Studies Activities

Use the Census to Determine
New Voting Districts

Compare the 2010 and the 2020 census to redraw voting districts. From the folks at Census.gov.

Make a Historical Movie

Use this template to create a movie about a time period or historical figure. From the folks at Biteable.

Create a Historical Storyboard

Begin with a template to illustrate a history lesson or the life of someone famous. From the folks at
Your Dictionary

Design a History Board Game

Begin with an old game board and use these ideas to come up with an original game based on history. From Angela at Our Pastimes.

Explore Representative Democracy

In-depth exploration of the fundamentals of representative democracy with real-life activities for practice. From Alan at NCSL.org.

Explore the Landmarks of the Underground Railroad

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Investigate the 1890s
Temperance Movement

Be a detective exploring primary resources to examine the temperance movement in 1890s New York City. From the folks at PBS.

Recipes to Cook Like a Pioneer

Step back into American history to explore recipes and cooking styles of the pioneers. From Megan at Education Possible.

Explore US Territorial Expansion

Use interactive maps to interpret US territorial expansion since the 1700s. From the folks at the US Census.

Sew an Egyptian Dress for a Doll

Create a beautiful linen dress for a doll while you're studying Ancient Egypt. From Heather at
Blog She Wrote

Cold Case Investigation
of Caesar's Death

Tackle a historical forensics investigation to find out who was behind the death of Julius Caesar. From Kevin at Mr. Roughton.com

Solve History's Toughest Mysteries

Open the case files on some of history's toughest cold case mysteries. From the folks at PBS.org.

Explore the Impact
of the Missouri Compromise

Find out what happened to the nation's populatio as a result of the Missouri Compromimse.
From the folks at Census.gov

Explore World Health

Examine how the health of countries around the world are determined by many social factors. From the folks at World of 7 Billion

Explore the Great Depression Through Pictures

View moving images to see how photographers captured the struggles of the people. From Ken at PBS Learning Media.

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Investigate the
Terracotta Warriors

In depth explration of the terracotta warriors and the people who made them. From the folks at
Asia Education.

Play Anthropology Bingo

Watch a movie to spot forager myths to win bingo. From Mark at
Ohio State University

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