Curated OER
Mystery Christmas Carols
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...
Curated OER
Gift Box and Christmas Carols
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.
Curated OER
Christmas Carol Project
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...
Curated OER
Germanic Music - Christmas Carols
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.
Curated OER
Favorite Christmas Carols Graph
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.
Curated OER
Christmas Carols Quiz
In this Christmas carols worksheet, students read the Christmas carol phrases and complete them with 15 phrases.
Curated OER
Favorite Christmas Carols
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.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: Winter Holiday History "Carol"
A lesson plan that uses holiday music as a way to explore historical events, people, or topics.
Nicola Geier
Nursery Rhymes 4 U: Jingle Bells
The Christmas carol, "Jingle Bells" is displayed along with a link for students to listen to the song.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Christmas Poems and Pictures by James G. Gregory
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.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Mexican Music: A Christmas Tradition
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.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Germanic Music: Christmas Carols
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.
A&E Television
History.com: How 25 Christmas Traditions Got Their Start
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...
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Good King Wenceslas by J. M. Neale
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.