September
is National Literacy Month. Reading is about more than just decoding text: it's
about engaging with books. A good way to do that is hands-on literature-based
activities. Here are free printable world
history coloring pages from
Karen's Whimsy. Explore world literature, cultures, people, time periods,
civilizations, works of art, literary and historical figures and events.
free printable lesson plans on alphabet to zoology and everything in between
Free Printable Lent Devotional Coloring Pages
The Catholic church enters the Lenten season of preparation before Easter. For Catholic and
Orthodox Christians, Easter is about more than just bunnies and candy. Easter
celebrates the Passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. During Lent,
which begins on Ash Wednesday, Christians ready themselves for Jesus's coming
with prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The date of Ash Wednesday changes each
year as Easter is a "movable feast." In 2015, Ash Wednesday is Feb.
18.Here are free printable stations
of the cross, rosary, saints and Easter bible story
coloring pages.
Lenten season runs for 46 days up to Easter. Lent
"follows" Jesus's during forty days of fasting in the desert when He
was tempted by Satan. in preparation for His sacrifice on the cross. During
Lent, we try to imitate Jesus. We follow the "Way of the Cross" or
Stations of the Cross and pray the rosary.
St.
John the Baptist Religious Education has nearly 100 free printable Catholic Lenten coloring pages. Free Printable Coraline Coloring Pages and Activities
Did you love Coraline the book and movie? Here are free printable
Coraline coloring pages and
Neil Gaiman book activities. This site is written in French, but you can easily
print the Coraline coloring pages by double clicking your left mouse button on
the image that you want. Scroll down past the dialog to find the twelve free
printable coloring pages from the movie version. Print Coraline in the other
house, the Beldam or Other Mother, Other Father, Cat, Wydie, Mr. Bobinski plus
Miss Spink and Miss Forcible. Use coloring pages as follow up book activities.
Here are lesson plans and more Coraline book
activities.
Kidsuki
has free printable
Coraline coloring pages from the movie and Neil Gaiman book activities.
Print movie posters and black and white images to color. Here are a few
more free printable
Coraline coloring pages Here are Coraline book activities and lesson plans. You also seriously need
to check out the cool paranormal stuff on the Coraline website. Then visit the Neil Gaimanwebsite to keep up with this uber talented, scary-visionary guy's
activities.
Free Printable Catholic Saints Paper Dolls and Lesson Plans
Use these free
printable Catholic saints coloring pages, crafts and lesson plans to learn more
about All Saint's Day and Halloween.
* Catholic Mom's All Saint's Day activities page has printable crafts and coloring pages specific to that holy day, plus tips for celebrating a Christian Halloween. Visit the Catholic Kids home page for free printable liturgical lesson plans for CCD and religious education lesson plan. Each week's gospel is discussed and age-appropriate activities linked: free printable puzzles, word searches, study sheets, crafts, Bible verses, games and activities.
* ABCatholic has a free printable Catholic alphabet coloring book with images of saints, Bible stories and sacraments.
* Waltzing Matilda features handmade free printable Catholic saints coloring pages. The blog moderator has drawn images for sacraments and liturgical use also.
* Paper Dali is another mom blog with homemade free printable saints coloring pages. Some are free and some must be purchased.free her Etsy shop. Scroll around for the freebies. All are very attractive and well worth the nominal fee.
* Catholic Icing offers handmade All Saints' Day printables and crafts. Read through the blog posts and sidebar menu for crafts, games and printables.
* EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) Kids offers free mass readings, prayer activities, crafts and coloring pages for children. Users must create a free account with user name and password.
* Catholic Mom's All Saint's Day activities page has printable crafts and coloring pages specific to that holy day, plus tips for celebrating a Christian Halloween. Visit the Catholic Kids home page for free printable liturgical lesson plans for CCD and religious education lesson plan. Each week's gospel is discussed and age-appropriate activities linked: free printable puzzles, word searches, study sheets, crafts, Bible verses, games and activities.
* ABCatholic has a free printable Catholic alphabet coloring book with images of saints, Bible stories and sacraments.
* Waltzing Matilda features handmade free printable Catholic saints coloring pages. The blog moderator has drawn images for sacraments and liturgical use also.
* Paper Dali is another mom blog with homemade free printable saints coloring pages. Some are free and some must be purchased.free her Etsy shop. Scroll around for the freebies. All are very attractive and well worth the nominal fee.
* Catholic Icing offers handmade All Saints' Day printables and crafts. Read through the blog posts and sidebar menu for crafts, games and printables.
* EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) Kids offers free mass readings, prayer activities, crafts and coloring pages for children. Users must create a free account with user name and password.
Free Printable Mysteries of Harris Burdick Lesson Plans-- Chris VanAllsburg Activities
Want to hold your students spellbound? Invite them to explore the work of Chris Van Allsburg's The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. It's a great book to read aloud to kids. Harris Burdick mysteries make great writing prompts and story starters. Great for Readers Workshop and Writers Workshop activities. teachers,
homeschool parents, here are free printable Mysteries of Harris Burdick story
starters and lesson plans.
First,
check out the free printable Mysteries of Harris Burdick. Print a set of free printable Mysteries of Harris
Burdick pictures as story starters and have students choose their favorite. Mine is
"Missing in Venice" I think. Or maybe it's "The Seven
Chairs?" Wait, how could I forget "Mr. Linden's Library" or
"Captain Tory?" Aiyy! See how hard it is?? Anyway, have students
explore samples of student writing to explain these
mysterious pictures.
Then let them try their hand at penning a plausible ending. Compile these
stories into a book or website. Use these free printable Mysteries of Harris
Burdick story starters. Share
the joy of puzzling out these wondrous stories.
Free Printable Lent Calendars for Homeschool, Family and Religious Education
Catholic
Icing offers handmade free printable Lenten
calendars. Children countdown
Lent by coloring in each of the forty days and practicing prayer, fasting and
almsgiving activities listed. Ash Wednesday, Sundays, holy days, Holy Week, the
Easter Triduum, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday
days are highlighted. Saint feast days occurring in Lent are listed. This
Lenten calendar is undated and can be reused each year with a little tweaking.
Catholic
Mom has free printable Lenten calendars and church liturgical calendars. Stop by
the free printable Catholic crafts page. Print coloring pages based on mass
gospel readings. Get free printable lesson plans and Catholic activities for
parish leaders, homeschoolers, religious educators and families.
Catholic
Relief Services' Operation Rice Bowl comes with Lenten
calendars. Print one if you
didn't get one at church. Check the website for daily Lent activities, crafts
for kids, almsgiving suggestions, mass readings and more. These Forty Days blog
has free printable Lenten
calendar ideas, holy day and feast day crafts and Catholic activities. The
Lenten calendar pattern makes a great lesson plan for homeschool families.
Crayola
has a free printable Greek Lenten
calendar for counting the
forty days and seven weeks of Lent. Orthodox Education has free printable Greek
icons to color.
Katixitis-Zografies has more free printable Orthodox Christian coloring
pages, icons, and Bible story
pictures. The site is written in Greek but is easy to navigate. Just click on
the images. These could be used to make a Lent calendars.
Free Printable Lent Lesson Plans, Activities
Here are free printable Holy Week
activities and Catholic Easter printables. Free printables includes coloring
pages, word searches, crossword puzzles, cryptograms, games, crafts, cut and
paste activities and much more. There are liturgical resources: prayers, Bible
mass readings, reflections, devotions, Lenten lessons on sacrifice, almsgiving,
fasting, corporal and spiritual works mercy. There are so many activities in
this resource guide, that you will probably not be able to finish these Holy
Week activities during Lent or even Eastertide.
Catholic Mom has a free printable Lenten lessons and Holy Week activities in a resource guide. Bookmark Catholic Mom for loads of Catholic printables. Here's a free printable Journey to Pascha workbooks for kids covering the Passion, death, resurrection of Jesus at Easter. Childrens Ministry has free Holy Week activities, craft projects, games, Lenten lessons, family activities and Bible devotions. This link has nearly 100 free printable Bible word searches from Catholic mass reading in the lectionary. These word searches are challenging, interactive and fun! These free printables would make excellent follow up to the mass readings. Here is a very complicated and challenging printable Catholic Easter crossword puzzle. This link has free printable Catholic Easter games and puzzles.
Apples 4 the Teacher has three pages of free printable Catholic Easter coloring pages. Each link has ten free printables for a total of thirty Easter and Holy Week activities. Use these coloring pages for Lenten lessons. Color Jesus, the cross, the tomb, the Eucharist, palms, Bible story pictures and more. DL-TK has free printable Catholic Easter games, Lenten lessons, memory cards, craft projects, coloring pages and word games for Holy Week activities. And for the best online resource in free printable Catholic coloring pages, visit St. John the Baptist Religious Ed. You can print Catholic Easter coloring pages of Stations of the Cross (way of sorrows), Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and Sorrowful mysteries of the rosary, Bible stories of Easter, Catholic saints and loads more printables.
Catholic Mom has a free printable Lenten lessons and Holy Week activities in a resource guide. Bookmark Catholic Mom for loads of Catholic printables. Here's a free printable Journey to Pascha workbooks for kids covering the Passion, death, resurrection of Jesus at Easter. Childrens Ministry has free Holy Week activities, craft projects, games, Lenten lessons, family activities and Bible devotions. This link has nearly 100 free printable Bible word searches from Catholic mass reading in the lectionary. These word searches are challenging, interactive and fun! These free printables would make excellent follow up to the mass readings. Here is a very complicated and challenging printable Catholic Easter crossword puzzle. This link has free printable Catholic Easter games and puzzles.
Apples 4 the Teacher has three pages of free printable Catholic Easter coloring pages. Each link has ten free printables for a total of thirty Easter and Holy Week activities. Use these coloring pages for Lenten lessons. Color Jesus, the cross, the tomb, the Eucharist, palms, Bible story pictures and more. DL-TK has free printable Catholic Easter games, Lenten lessons, memory cards, craft projects, coloring pages and word games for Holy Week activities. And for the best online resource in free printable Catholic coloring pages, visit St. John the Baptist Religious Ed. You can print Catholic Easter coloring pages of Stations of the Cross (way of sorrows), Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and Sorrowful mysteries of the rosary, Bible stories of Easter, Catholic saints and loads more printables.
Free Printable Winter Olympics, Summer Olympics Lesson Plans
Teacher
Planet has an Olympic-sized database of free printable worksheets on the Winter
Olympics and Summer Olympic Games. Worksheets cover reading, creative writing, research,
health, history, geography, social studies, science and math activities. Of
particular interest to physical education teachers are the Olympic Games
simulation activities. Instead of being mere spectators, kids can recreate the
Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics at home or at school.
The
Lesson Lady on Teachers Pay Teachers offers a 10-page set of free printable Olympic
Games worksheets, including coloring
pages, a reading game, sports word scramble puzzle, a Winter Olympics and
Summer Olympics word search, Sudoku puzzle, word bank trivia and several
Olympics creative drawing pages. Teacher Vision has an entire collection of free printable Summer Olympics worksheets and activities as well as lesson plans on Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil where the XXXI Olympic Games will be held. Users may print up
to five activities for free and then must pay for a subscription. ABC Teach has
loads more free printable
Olympics lesson plans across
the curricula in math, science, writing, reading, phonics, science, social
studies, history, geography and more.
Then visit Activity Village
for a host of free printable Olympic
Games for kids activitiesFree Printable St. Patricks Day Lessons, Games and Activities
St.
Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17. Many people think the holiday is about
green beer, shamrocks and leprechauns. But that's just commercial hype. The
real Saint Patrick was a Catholic Roman Britain taken as a slave by Irish
raiders. Patrick later returned as a missionary to convert Druidic Ireland.
Here are St. Patrick's Day lesson plans, crafts and activities to explore the
saint behind the legend and the religious beyond the secular.
Read
the story of Saint Patrick on Incredible Art. Then scroll down for free printable St. Patrick's Day activities. Some are secular. Homegrown Catholics is a
blog with religious Saint Patrick
printables. Lesson Plans Page
has free printable lesson
plans on Saint Patrick and Irish heritage activities. Catholic Icing is
a blog with all Christian St.
Patrick's Day activities to print. Catholic Mom hasSaint Patrick lesson plans that are religious.
Now
for the secular stuff. Coloring has loads of printable Saint Patrick's Day coloring pages. DL-TK has many printable St. Patrick's Day games, puzzles, dot to dot, crossword and crafts. ABC
Teach has free printable math
and reading and writing lesson plansbased on Saint Patrick's Day.
A-Z
Teacher Stuff has some Catholic Christian
Saint Patrick activities and some secular ones with leprechauns, etc. Education
has free printable St.
Patrick's Day lesson plans. They're secular but at least educational--with shamrock
math, etc. First-School has mostly secular St. Patrick's Day printables, but a few religious activities.
Free Printable Valentines Day Lesson Plans
Valentine's
Day, celebrate Feb. 14, usually represents a party, candy and cards for
children, So how about some free printable Valentine's Day coloring pages, cut and
paste, games, lessons, puzzles and
activities? Here are some websites to check out for free Valentine's Day printables. Use in school or homeschool. Tie in with your
regular curriculum.
Teaching
Heart is a one stop site in itself. You'll free printable Valentine puzzles, games, crypto-grams, candy heart spelling
pages, valentine grammar, valentine counting, math, sorting, matching,
concentration and bingo, valentine lined writing paper, comprehension,
printable booklets, file folder games, puzzles connect-the-dots and so much
more. Teaching Heart is always adding more as well, so be sure to explore this
link.
Coloring Book Fun is a comprehensive source of coloring pages
indexed and cross-referenced for ease of use. There are 100s of links for
coloring pages on favorite characters like Hello Kitty, Scooby Doo, and lots
more. Just about any character that your students or children may like is listed
here. There are links to just about any holiday or event that you might want in
a separate list as well. There is no site fee and most of the pages appear
directly from their icons without the use of Adobe or PDF. We explored this
link recently when our youngest was home for a week with bronchitis.
Disney Family has gobs of free valentine printables.
this website features really nice images of the crafts and well-detailed instructions. Look for free prinable
Disney character crafts: Frozen, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Toy Story,
Pixar--print crafts of all your favorites. You'll love the learning-themed
Valentine's Day activities as much as the cute crafts.
Check
out these links for all your valentine fun and learning!
Free Printable Chinese New Year Lesson Plans, Crafts
Chinese New Year falls at a different time each year on the Western calendar. In the
12-year Chinese zodiac, a different spirit animal is honored as are people born
under that animal sign (for example, in 2016, 2004, 1992, 1980, 1968, 1956 and on back
through the multiples of 12).
To celebrate, greet each other with the
traditional Chinese New Year blessing "Gung Hay Fat Choy!" Chinese
New Year is part of the Spring Festival and ends with the Lantern
Festival. Looking for free printable Chinese New Year of the Monkey
activities? Here are CNY crafts, coloring pages, greeting cards, Spring
Festival lesson plans, Lantern Festival crafts and more. Print Chinese zodiac
crafts, animal crafts, party decorations, CNY games and puzzles and lots more.
The
best place to start is Enchanted Learning for free printable Chinese New Year of the Monkey
activities, crafts and more.
Enchanted Learning is super-educational with free printable maps, social
studies lesson plans, worksheets, mini-booklets to color cut and paste,
coloring pages, history activities, animals of the Chinese zodiac crafts, to
name a few.
How
about a free printable coloring book of the 12 animals of the Chinese
zodiac along with their Chinese symbol. Animals that represent Chinese
New Year are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Ox, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey,
Rooster, Dog and Pig (in that order). 2017 will by Year of the Rooster, 2018
will be Year of the Dog (and so on).To find out which animal you were born
under, count backwards or forwards from the current year or add or subtract
multiples of 12. For example, if you were born in 1964, the closest Year of the
Monkey is 1968, so count backwards four years to 1964, Year of the Dragon.
DL-TK
has free printable Chinese New Year of the Monkey activities, monkey crafts, games and CNY
lesson plans. Then scamper like a monkey over to Activity Village for a banana
tree full of printable Chinese New
Year crafts, games, puzzles, Chinese
lunar calendars, CNY greeting cards, jigsaw, stories and more. Click to find
animal specific activity pages. Here's the Year of the Monkey page with monkey-themed prinatables. And here's the page with free
printable Spring Festival and Lantern Festival crafts. Plus, help kids get organized with free printable 2016 animal calendars. Many of the animals of the Chinese zodiac are
featured--mouse (rat), dog, sheep, chick (rooster), rabbit and a mischievious
monkey, perfect for Year of the Monkey.
And
no Chinese New Year is complete with free printable animals
masks to monkey around with!
The ones from Animal Jr. are totally adorbs!
Here are some nifty masks from ancient China to print for CNY. Printables 4 Kids has more cuteChinese New Year coloring pages, zodiac activities, animal masks, monkey crafts and masks and other goodies. For educational Chinese New Year printables, visit Apples 4 the Teacher. There are free printable Chinese New Year coloring pages, including animals of the Chinese zodiac, maps of China and a Chinese flag to color.
Learn all about the culture and history of China, the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival and other Chinese traditions with free printable games, puzzles, worksheets and word searches.
Here are some nifty masks from ancient China to print for CNY. Printables 4 Kids has more cuteChinese New Year coloring pages, zodiac activities, animal masks, monkey crafts and masks and other goodies. For educational Chinese New Year printables, visit Apples 4 the Teacher. There are free printable Chinese New Year coloring pages, including animals of the Chinese zodiac, maps of China and a Chinese flag to color.
Learn all about the culture and history of China, the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival and other Chinese traditions with free printable games, puzzles, worksheets and word searches.
Teachers,
parents, homeschoolers, religious educators, Sunday school teachers bookmark
First-School and visit frequently. For Chinese New Year, First-School has free printable Lantern
Festival crafts, Spring Festival activities, Chinese zodiac coloring pages,
math games from China, Chinese history and literature lessons and so much more.
Activities are geared from preschool to third grade.
Free Printable Super Bowl, Fantasy Football Lesson Plans
Super Bowl XLIX
Sunday rolls around Feb 1, 2015. Is Super Bowl a national holiday at your
house? If you can't make it to Arizona, here are Super Bowl party activities to
celebrate at home. Check out free printable Super Bowl coloring pages,
games, word puzzles and crafts. There are team logo crafts, football helmet
insignia, football trivia and more. Use to entertain the kiddies so you can
enjoy the game. Or use them for decorations, table decor or half-time party
games. There are even some educational activities to learn more about football.
TSL
Books has free printable
football lesson plans and Super Bowl math worksheets. Activities are based on football plays, player
averages and statistics. How cool is that? Connect football and the Super Bowl
with the classroom. Kids are learning while they enjoy the game. There are even
some football and Super Bowl history lessons.
Edupics
has an awesome collection of printable football
coloring pages.There are coloring
pages of other sports too. You could use these for any sports-themed birthday
party. Or they would work for tailgate parties, too. Are you a New England
Patriots fan or are you Team Seattle Seahawks? Look for coloring pages of your
team.
DL-TK
is a learning website for kids. There are scads of Super Bowl Sunday crafts, games, educational activities, coloring
pages to print. Check out the awesome football themed printables, too. Look for
Super Bowl games, word puzzles, word search, crossword and fill-in-the-blank.
Use for half-time activities with adults.
Teach
lessons using football as a theme. The Teacher's Corner has free printable Super
Bowl lesson plans and football worksheets. Football can be used to teach physics, statistics, math,
graphing, reading charts and diagrams, and more. Sports make excellent
mathematics applications.
To
keep kids productively occupied as you prepare for your Super Bowl festivities,
put them to work coloring and making crafts to decorate for your party.
Coloring pages can be used as placemats and drink coasters. Make banners in
your team's colors. Enjoy your Super Bowl XLIX Sunday!
Free Printable Fantastic Mr. Fox Movie Activities, Book Lessons
Do
you love Roald Dahl books? A better question might be which are your favorites?
If you said The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) then give three cheers because Disney
brings out The BFG movie (with uber talented Mark Rylance) July, 2016! To
celebrate, here are free printable BFG coloring pages and also free printable
coloring pages from other Roald
Dahl books to movies. Many Roald Dahl books have made it big as movies: Danny
the Champion of the World, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr.
Fox and, of course, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, twice over! Did you like
Johnny Depp or Gene Wilder better as Willie Wonka?
Activity
Village has several free
printable activities from
the Fantastic Mr. Fox book
and movie. First, create the a free printable fox mask template for the
sartorial gent. Print two fox masks so that you can design one for Fantastic Mr Fox and the other for his fantastic wife, Mrs. Fox to act out
scenes. There's also and origami fox that looks just like the book version of
Fantastic Mr Fox when folded. Print two foxes and use as hand puppets. There
are Willie Wonka coloring pages too.
Scholastic
has several free printable
Fantastic Mr Fox lesson plans for Roald Dahl Day. Here arefree printable
Fantastic Mr Fox worksheets. The get some free printable Fantastic Mr Fox coloring pages, puzzles and
games from Twinkl. These are samples for paid printables. The best
lesson plans come from the Roald Dahl website. Get free printable Roald Dahl books lesson plans based on The BFG, Fantastic Mr. Fox,
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Willie
Wonka, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, Esio Trot, Boy, The Twits, The Vicar
of Nibbleswick (funniest ever) and more. Print games, worksheets, puzzles,
literature homework help, crafts and more.
Here
are free printable BFG and Roald Dahl books coloring pages. Fans of the books
will be glad to know that most of the Roald Dahl coloring pages are from book
illustrator Quentin Blake. Here areMatilida coloring
pages. Here's an
assorted collection of Quentin
Blake illustrations
to color including the enigmatic Willie Wonka and other characters.
Roald
Dahl has the distinction of giving children some of the best-loved characters,
like Willie Wonka, the BFG, Fantastic Mr Fox and others, but also of writing
books that grownups frequently ban and challenge! How fun! James and the Giant
Peach frequently comes in for a pasting as does The Witches. The Witches is
laugh out loud and adults mayn't like so much hilarity, or noise. Or maybe
their shoes are on too tight. At any rate, here are activities to keep you busy
till the BFG movie and Roald Dahl Day arrive!
Free Printable Where the Wild Things Are Lessons, Activities and Crafts
March is
National Reading Month and it's good time to pay tribute to beloved children's
authors. In the category of picture books authors/illustrators, the late Maurice
Sendak reigns on high. His most famous book is "Where the Wild Things
Are" which Spike Jonze made into a movie in 2009, using giant animatronic
wild things from the late Jim Henson's creature shop. It was a match made in
heaven and Where the Wild Things was "wildly" popular. Here are free
printable Where the Wild Things Are coloring, games, activities, lesson
plans and book activities.
Start
with the free printable Where the Wild Things Are coloring pages, because that's what children want most. This Grand Rapids
Holidays Examiner loved coloring, Maurice Sendak, Max and Where the Wild Things
Are as a child and her go-to is Coloring Book Info, which has 20 coloring pages
from the Where the Wild Things
Are book. Next is Making Learning Fun which has not only free
printableWhere the Wild Things
Are coloring pages, but also Maurice Sendak book crafts and puzzles.
A-Z Coloring has a super nice set of wild things coloring
pages too. Here are a
few more printable coloring
pages.
Here
are free printable Where the Wild Things
Are lessons plans, worksheets, word games
and crossword puzzles. Maurice Sendak uses such delicious words like gnashed,
rumpus and terrible teeth. There are free printable book activities and lesson plans based on the Maurice Sendak book here. Here are
more Where the Wild Things
Are printables.
The
Warner Brothers Where the Wild Things
Are movie website
Downloads page has wallpapers and movie posters that you can print and color.
The pictures are shown in color. To print as a coloring page, choose one of the
size options and left click it. When the poster or wallpaper opens in a new
window, right click on the image. Choose "print image" and then set
your printer preferences to print in Grayscale. This will print the image in black
and white which you can then color. Wild, huh? There are images of Carol,
Alexander, Judith, Ira, The bull, Douglas, KW and of course, Max Records
himself. There are pictures of Max's boat also. You could print a complete 22
page coloring book from Where the Wild Things are movie. For more book
activities visit this authors blogs Free Printable Lesson Plans and Kidz Literature.
Free Printable Rainforest Activities, Natural Resources Lesson Plans
Here
are more free printable ecology and environment lesson plans help students
explore world hunger, poverty, disease and famine from a social justice
perspective. Smithsonian Education offers free printable conservation, ecology and
environment activities on
pollution, world poverty, famine and disease. Oxfam has a free printable lesson
plans on ecology and
environment, pollution, world poverty and hunger and more. Why Hunger has free activities on natural resources, world hunger, distribution of wealth and
poverty.
Feeding Minds helps
teachers and students explore world hunger and poverty inside out and provides
many free printable
educational resources. Rain-tree has free printable
rainforest, ecology and environment activities. Students learn about deforestation,
wildlife preservation, pollution, depletion of natural resources and more.
Eduweb offers students online games and free
printable resources to explore the Amazon rainforest and the environment.
There are lessons on food webs and natural resources. Teach students about
world hunger and poverty in a proactive ways, by building global awareness of
natural resources, ecology and environmental science. Free Printable Shakespeare Reader's Guide
Beware
the Ides of March! And students, beware of teachers quoting Shakespeare, or Julius Caesar in March! Teachers adore Shakespeare and the
Ides of March (March 15) is their feast day! But students--meh, not so much.
Are you struggling with Shakespeare? Do you despise your literature teacher for
making you read Middle English? Do you fail to see the appeal of the Bard of
Avon? That is perfectly understandable, but don't despair. Here are tips to
vanquish that Shakespearean tragedy, parse his sonnets and laugh in the face of
the Bard's comedy. Teachers and homeschool parents, use these lesson plans to
make Shakespeare more approachable for students.
Use
your textbook lexicon to translate Middle English. A lexicon is a reference
guide like a dictionary that defines and explains word usage from different
dialects, regions or periods. Many publishers include a lexicon in the form of
references at the bottom of each page. Penguin and Dover Thrift classics of
Shakespearean works also include lexicons. Here are free printable
Shakespeare lesson plans with lexicons, teachers.
Use
a specifically- Shakespeare lexicon. A lexicon will make mincemeat of
troublesome Middle English and make you battle-ready for the Ides of March
inspired homework assignments! Here are more free printable
Shakespeare lesson plans to put Shakespearean dialog in user-friendly terms.
Use
Internet study guides. Many sites offer free study guides on Shakespeare's
books and sonnets. They will include a character analysis, character web, plot
timeline, major themes and chapter or verse breakdown, as well as an
explanation of unfamiliar terms. Cliffnotes, Sparknotes, Bookrags, E-Notes and
Pink Monkey provide great literary help with Middle English, Here are more free printable Shakespeare resources.
Read
any Shakespeare story in the narrative or children's version. Julius Caesar
should beware the Ides of March and teachers should beware of reading the play
versions of Shakespearean works until students have a feel for the actual story
without all the confusing theatrical notes and dialogue. Charles and Mary Lamb
and Evelyn Nesbit have written beautiful story versions of Shakespeare's that
are very readable for all ages.
When
you get to the play, read the dialogue aloud. Shakespeare is first and foremost
a playwright. His works were written for actors in a theater. His sonnets were
written to be read aloud. Read plays as if you're a troupe of theatre actors.
Put a little enthusiasm into it! Add the correct emotion (which the play will
tell you in parenthesis). Get into character. Reading aloud as Shakespeare's
plays were meant to be read, will help you to understand the flow and meaning
of the dialogue.
Visualize
the similes and metaphors
Free Printable Martin Luther King Jr. Lessons and Classroom Resources
Here
are free printable American history lesson plans on the
great civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Jr was born on January 15,
1929. MLK and was shot by an assassin's bullet on April 4, 1968. Use these free
printable lesson plans to explore this legendary hero in the classroom,
homeschool, scout troops 4H and social groups.
Nobel
Prize has free printable MLK Jr
and black history lesson plans, As the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Martin Luther King Jr. is
featured on this website with a comprehensive bibliography of resources. About
has an entire unit of free printable Martin
Luther King Jr activities, including a 5-page activity booklet Happy Birthday MLK by Jean
Marzollo. It covers the life and work of Dr. King. The lessons guide students
through readings, discussions, response activities and higher order thinking
skills questions.
Mr.Donn
has free printable American history lesson plans, created by a teacher for teachers. There are
close to 30 links for free printable lessons, posters, coloring pages, worksheets,
fill-in-the-blanks, puzzles, coloring pages, literature study guides and
activities based on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Some black history favorites
include a Unity Hand Wreath cut and paste craft, a Box of Crayonscoloring craft and Breaking Color Barriers (a science object lesson for children)
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Teach has 16 free printable lesson plans focused on world peace and unity. There
are crafts, writing prompts, posters, games, coloring pages, word search,
worksheets, reading activities, acrostic forms, poetry frames and much more.
After all, peace, unity and brotherhood was what Dr. King was all about.
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Teach MLK has free printable writing
prompts, worksheets,
lessons, games and activities about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and his speeches,
including "I have a Dream". There are Black History Month
activities. In conclusion is a quote from that famous speech made by Dr. King,
made on August 28, 1963 at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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