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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mystery Christmas Carols

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research the history of Christmas carols and find out where the practice of caroling originated. They copy the words to and then illustrate a Christmas song. Afterwards, they identify each other's favorite songs from their...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Gift Box and Christmas Carols

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this holiday worksheet, learners create a gift box by cutting, folding, and gluing a given pattern. Students also read lyrics and sing four Christmas carols.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Christmas Carol Project

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create a researched presentation comparing and contrasting holiday celebrations from the period surrounding Charles' Dickens 'A Christmas Carol.' For this Christmas celebrations lesson, 8th graders discuss differences...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Germanic Music - Christmas Carols

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students learn German Christmas carols. In this Christmas music lesson plan, students learn Christmas carols in either German or English. They study the background of the songs and learn about Germanic Christmas traditions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Favorite Christmas Carols Graph

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this holiday worksheet, students create a graph that illustrates their classes favorite Christmas carols. Students write the names of twelve carols that they think their classmates will like.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Christmas Carols Quiz

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Christmas carols worksheet, students read the Christmas carol phrases and complete them with 15 phrases.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Favorite Christmas Carols

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders take a survey of friends' and family members' favorite Christmas carols. They illustrate a favorite Christmas carol and have students try to guess the name of the carol based on the picture.
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Lesson Plan
History Teacher

Historyteacher.net: Winter Holiday History "Carol"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that uses holiday music as a way to explore historical events, people, or topics.
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Primary
Nicola Geier

Nursery Rhymes 4 U: Jingle Bells

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Christmas carol, "Jingle Bells" is displayed along with a link for students to listen to the song.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Christmas Poems and Pictures by James G. Gregory

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Christmas Poems and Pictures by James G. Gregory (1864), a collection of songs, carols, and poems related to Christmas.
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Activity
OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Mexican Music: A Christmas Tradition

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the Mexican Christmas tradition La Posada in this activity. Provided is the music and lyrics to a traditional posada song. The lyrics are available in both Spanish and English.
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Handout
OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Germanic Music: Christmas Carols

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Two Christmas carols are taught in this lesson plan, Silent Night and O Tannenbaum. Students will learn the carols in German and English. They will also learn the background and history of each of these well known carols.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How 25 Christmas Traditions Got Their Start

For Students 9th - 10th
Christmas in America has been filled with traditions, old and new. Some date back to 16th-century Germany or even ancient Greek times, while others have caught on in modern times. Here's a look at 25 ways Americans have celebrated the...
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Primary
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Good King Wenceslas by J. M. Neale

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This ebook version of J. M. Neale's Good King Wenceslas has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.