ABCya
Christmas Word Search
Can you find the mittens? What about the reindeer—or Santa? Try an online Christmas-themed word search to add some festive language arts fun to the classroom this year.
ABCya
Hanukkah Word Search
Hanukah is the theme of an online word search that challenges players to locate several holiday-related words. Scholars choose a grid size then highlight words as festive music plays.
K12 Reader
St. Patrick’s Day Word Search
Get in the St. Patrick's Day spirit with a 12-word, word search puzzle!
Warner Bros.
A Polar Express Word Search
All aboard The Polar Express! Use a word search to bring the magic of Chris Van Allsburg's sweet holiday story to your classroom. It features a picture from the book, as well as words and items from the story.
Curated OER
Festivals Word Search
In this festivals word search worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to unscramble 15 words and then locate and identify them in the word puzzle
Curated OER
Haunted Halloween Word Search
In this language arts worksheet, students analyze 13 words in a word bank that pertain to Halloween. Students find these words in a word search puzzle that is decorated in a Halloween theme.
Curated OER
December Holidays word search puzzle
In this holidays worksheet, students solve the clues with words representing December holiday words and then find them in this word search. Students search for 9 words total.
Curated OER
Christmas Word Search
In this Christmas word search worksheet, students name the pictures and fill in the verbs at the bottoms to give them clues to the words to look for in the word search. Students name 11 pictures and fill in 4 verbs.
Curated OER
The Coachella Festival
A New York Time article on a major music and arts event can be a good way to get kids interested in the daily news. They read an article about Coachella, and then answer eight comprehension questions, in either blog or print form. Note:...
Vanderbilt University
Dia de Los Muertos
To honor El Dia de los Muertos, scholars work together to create Day of the Dead displays—paper sugar skulls and banners—that bring a festive and memorable flare to the classroom.
Curated OER
Famous Festivals Quiz
In this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students respond to 12 identification questions about famous festivals that occur in the world. Students have 3 minutes to finish the timed quiz.
Curated OER
Thanksgiving Quiz Puzzle
In this holiday themed word search worksheet, learners solve 16 clues about things associated with the Thanksgiving holiday. They locate and circle the words in a word search puzzle.
Pie Council
National π Day
Learners can enjoy pi with pie! A collection of short activities celebrates pi day with a word search, a maze, and real-world problemsn. Using pi in formulas for area, circumference, and volume as well as exploring simple fractions is...
Curated OER
European Festivals
Young scholars explore the diversity of European festivals. In this cultural diversity lesson, students visit selected Web sites to research ancient festivals, the Edinburgh Fringe, and the Glastonbury. Young scholars may organize their...
Curated OER
Celtic Festivals
In this social studies worksheet, students find the words that are related to Celtic festivals and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
News Word
Hanukkah
How much does your class know about the Jewish Festival of Lights? Young learners practice Hanukkah vocabulary, including latkes, Judea, sufganiot, and gimel, in a series of word puzzles.
Curated OER
Music From China
In this music learning exercise, students learn how Chinese people use music in their festivals. Students read a paragraph explaining why Chinese music uses the pentatonic scale. Students locate 16 words pertaining to Chinese music in a...
Curated OER
Sikhism - The Birthday of Guru Nanak, Activities
In this Sikhism activity worksheet, students reveal their knowledge of the birthday of the Guru Nanak. They complete a series of questions and then further develop their learning by reading a passage and creating their on word search...
Curated OER
Hinduism--Diwali
In this Hinduism instructional activity, students fill in twenty-four blanks with words from the word box at the bottom of the instructional activity to complete "The Story of Rama and Sita."
Curated OER
Hispanic World - Spain
Take your class on an electronic field trip to Spain! Visit Cordoba or Barcelona, and run with the bulls (virtually) in Pamplona. Groups search the Internet to find sites that permit them to explore the original Spanish-speaking country....
Curated OER
Greek Theatre
In this literature learning exercise, students identify and locate vocabulary terms and names related to the Greek Theatre. There are 24 words/names located in the puzzle.
Curated OER
Buddhism-Buddha Day: The Story of Buddha's Enlightenment
In this Buddha Day activity, learners select 15 words from the word bank that best complete the 5 paragraph story about Buddha's enlightenment.
Curated OER
Tanabata: The Japanese "Wish Upon a Star"Festival
Students research the legend of Tanabata in order to explain some of the astronomical findings in the night sky. The Japanese tell the story in order to explain the origin of celestial bodies.
Curated OER
Our Ethnic Ties-A Nebraska Calendar of Cultural Events
Tenth graders investigate the historical and cultural ties that influence the ethnic character of communities and the local economics throughout the state of Nebraska. They collect data on cities and towns that hold ethnic festivals and...