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The School Holiday Calendar
Various Muslim holidays and their meanings are researched and your students will predict whether or not they should be recognized on the New York City school calendar. An extension could be to write a letter to the Mayor about...
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Mardi Gras
Learn about the festivity of Mardi Gras with a series of reading and writing assignments. As class members read a passage about the history of Mardi Gras and the way it's celebrated around the world, they answer comprehension...
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Timelines
What do BC and AD mean on a timeline? What is the difference between a decade and a century? Here is a nice handout that offers all the foundational knowledge your young historians will need on how to look at historical timelines.
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Reacting to the Rapture
FamilyRadio.com publicized that the Rapture or Judgement Day would happen on May 21, 2011, it didn't. Informed students read a New York Times article on the topic, then answer nine related comprehension questions.
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The Crusades: Routes of Two Crusaders
Use these worksheets to kick off a great lesson on The Crusades. Eighth graders will analyze a map and four short passages to answer six reading comprehension questions.
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World History People Review
Who's who in World History? Help your historians keep track of major figures with this World History People Review, where students match 96 world figures to the appropriate descriptions. The matching questions are grouped by historical...
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ESL/ELD: Learning about Ash Wednesday
An overview of the history and tradition of Ash Wednesday in 2 paragraphs is accompanied by an array of language activities: cloze exercise, phrase matching, word jumble, multiple choice, sequencing, interview, group presentation,...
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Mythological Goddesses: Worldwide
From Celtic, Egyptian, and Roman myths, the goddesses of various world myths are the focus of this quiz. Basic identification of these characters compose the ten questions. Check your readers' understanding after studying world myths and...
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The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (Letter 23)
In this The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis activity, students define six key terms using only one or two words and answer seven comprehension questions after reading the story twice.
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Christmas Lesson Plans
Students learn about the Christmas season through music, research, and other activities.
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Easter Word Search
In this Religion worksheet, students read an article about Easter and answer 19 questions that follow. They identify statements according to the article whether true and false. Students also complete sentences using the vocabulary terms...
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The Passion has reviewers passionate
Students present in writing their reactions to the given prompts. Students watch some of the trailers for filming online. Students attend a showing of the movie on their own and write a review of it through analysis and utilizing their...
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The Raging Sea
Students become aware of the Bible story of "The Calming of the Storm at Sea." In this religion lesson, students examine a concern in their lives and relate to the Bible story. Students answer questions during the reading. Students make...
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Twenty and Ten
Fourth graders examine moral choices faced by Gentiles during the Holocaust and the role of the rescuer.
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Mother's Day
In this Mother's Day worksheet, students read for information and assess comprehension and vocabulary skills. In this multiple choice worksheet, students answer ten questions.
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Akhenaton
Middle schoolers look into the development of religious beliefs. In this ancient civilization instructional activity, students research the founders of several world religions including Akhenaton. Middle schoolers use their findings to...
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Who are My Sisters and Brothers?
Students explore religion by completing a cultural diversity activity. In this human compassion lesson, students identify all of "God's Children" as their sisters and brothers. Students read the book Frederick in class and listen to...
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ESL Holiday Lessons: Good Friday
In this language skills worksheet, learners read an article about Good Friday. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble questions, 30 short...
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Easter Reading
In this Easter worksheet, students read a passage about Easter, complete sentences about it, answer multiple choice questions, identify symbols, and more. Students complete 5 tasks.
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Fall and Winter Religious Celebrations
Students discover the unique beliefs and celebrations of the five major religions in the world. In groups, they discuss the terms associated with each religion and are read books about their celebrations. They create their own dharma...
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Lent - What It's All About
In this religion and reading comprehension worksheet, students read a selection, Matthew 4, that explains the religious season of Lent. They answer 10 fill in the blank questions based on the reading after reading the selection both...
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Communion
For this religious worksheet, 2nd graders study about communion. Students respond to 6 short answer and 1 multiple choice questions.
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Bank On it! Christmas
For this vocabulary worksheet, students read an informational paragraph about the history of Christmas. Students fill in 18 blanks using words from the word bank.