Christmas activities in humanities

Step into Christmas and share the joy with your students with these fun and festive resources for geography, history and RE

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Step into Christmas and share the joy with your students with these fun and festive resources for geography, history and RE

In need of some festive humanities lessons? Share some Christmas fun with your geography, history and RE students with this spread of engaging resources chosen just for you; they're so good the students won't even realise they're learning!

Geography

Test your students geographical knowledge and map skills with this enjoyable selection of stand-alone lessons to choose from.

Geography Christmas Quiz
mrshopehistory

Geography Christmas Quiz

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Celebrate Christmas this winter with your secondary Geography students with this 54 question xmas quiz for 2024 themed around the event complete with answers in both quick and question by question format. This resource is 54 question Xmas quiz spread across 5 different rounds. It is created on Micro...
Geography Saves Christmas
PearsonI

Geography Saves Christmas

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A quick sheet I put together for my year 7's who are currently exploring the Atlas and beginning their topic on rivers. Can be used for other years as a quiz. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!!!
Christmas Atlas Skills - Geography
AcornTeachingResources

Christmas Atlas Skills - Geography

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Fun and visually attractive, this Christmas themed atlas work sheet is great for end of term group activities. All you need is an atlas. A double sided Christmas themed activity sheet. Activities include: finding capital cities, finding countries, locating oceans, using data sets, drawing flags...
Geography Christmas Activities
sambrown1234

Geography Christmas Activities

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A selection of Geography Christmas activities on an A3 worksheet that is designed for a class competition. Lots of puzzles (word search, riddles, codes, anagrams, famous explorers etc.) Includes an easier version with hints and a harder version for maximum challenge. Includes all the answers.
Christmas Geography KS3 lesson - Longitude and Latitude
teach_tectonic

Christmas Geography KS3 lesson - Longitude and Latitude

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LESSON COVERS What longitude and latitude is and how it can be used to locate countries. The different characteristics of countries including biomes, temperature and other features. LESSON SUMMARY Lesson starts with a quick maths task where students are asked to come up with various numbers (...

History

Fancy a one-off lesson on the history of Christmas or perhaps you want to challenge your students with a fun, seasonal quiz?

Christmas Activities: Christmas through the ages!
PlanMyLesson .

Christmas Activities: Christmas through the ages!

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Time travel Britain! Students learn about Christmas during two different eras; the medieval period and Christmas during the rule of Oliver Cromwell. These two booklets include a range of activities (that need minimal teacher intervention) such as a time travel activity, source analysis, writing up...
History Christmas Puzzle Work Book
Cre8tiveHumanities

History Christmas Puzzle Work Book

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22+ History Christmas Puzzle Work Booklet with accompanying three page teacher answer booklet. This Work Booklet starts with a set of Puzzles themed around the subject with a sprinkling of Christmas fun. Then The Work Book has a series of questions linked to students subject Knowledge. Finally the ...
History Fun Christmas Challenge
Isotopic

History Fun Christmas Challenge

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A great History fun Christmas challenge to print out on single sheet of A4 (or A3 for larger print) for students to complete individually or in teams. Challenges cover a range of difficulties. Total score is 103 with tie breakers on top of this. Great end of term activity. Answers included.
History Christmas Traditions
DiscoveringHistory

History Christmas Traditions

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This lesson investigates the history of Christmas and Christmas traditions from medieval times to today. Students will learn about where our modern traditions of pulling crackers and sending Christmas cards originated as well as the creation of Santa Claus! This download includes a fully editable ...

RE

Step into the Christmas spirit with your class utilising one of these festive activities.

Christmas Bible Quiz - Powerpoint
2D_Resources_Team

Christmas Bible Quiz - Powerpoint

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This Powerpoint is a good quiz to use either before or after studying the stories of the birth of Jesus as they appear in the Bible. Questions are asked to encourage the children to think carefully about what the stories actually tell us and how they are different. The Powerpoint includes answe...
Advent Wreaths- KS3
Aquinas ED

Advent Wreaths- KS3

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Lesson on the Advent wreath for Key stage 3. **Learning objectives** * Outline key facts about Advent. * Explain the symbols used on the Advent Wreath. Instant resources, ready to open and teach. Printable resources optional - I personally don't use them to save time!
Christmas Story - "True or False?" Card Sort
Game_to_Learn

Christmas Story - "True or False?" Card Sort

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True or False? Card sort on statements on the nativity story Students discuss if statements are true of false. Bible references are included so students can verify statements for themselves. 24 cards plus answer sheet Great as starter / plenary activity in RE lessons or for form time during adven...
THE CHRISTMAS STORY WORDSEARCH AND QUIZ
veronicajanewood

THE CHRISTMAS STORY WORDSEARCH AND QUIZ

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Fun end of term activity for tutorial or religious studies lesson at Christmas time. Find the answers to 15 questions about the nativity and then locate the words in a wordsearch. Useful for key stages 1-3. Would take between 20-40 minutes depending on age and ability.