Read Works
Read Works: History of Halloween
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about a little girl named Makayla who learns about the history of Halloween. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Virtual Pumpkin Carving for Kids
A fun, engaging fall activity for young students to virtually carve a pumpkin, light it up, and save or print it.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Carve It: Pumpin Carving
Carve It combines our pumpkin carving activity and our make a pumpkin activity! Kids can pick a pumpkin, decorate it, carve it and then light it up!
A&E Television
History.com: The History of Halloween
Explore the origins and history of Halloween as well as traditions and superstitions of this holiday. Links to video clips are included.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Halloween Pumpkin Treats for Animals
View many photographs of animals enjoying Halloween treats at a zoo in England.
CNN
Cnn en Espanol: Week of 10 21 13: Una Broma De Halloween Horroriza a Vecinos
In Spanish. Article reports on Halloween decorations at a house in Oklahoma which were so disturbing that neighbors called 911 to report a crime.
Other
Funology: Holiday Arts and Crafts
This resource has crafts and activities for holidays. Ideas are listed by holiday. Most can be done with common classroom and household supplies with little adult help.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Crafts for Kids
Choose from dozens of simple crafts including activities for the holidays, animal crafts and much more.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Happy Halloween
An engaging collection of Halloween activities from PBS Kids. Included are interactive games, printable coloring pages and masks, costume directions, a recipe for a tasty Halloween treat and more.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Americans Celebrate Halloween
How did we come to dress up in costumes and go begging for candy? This site has the story behind Halloween and old photographs.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: "Batty" About Bats!! (Reading)
As a part of a week-long unit about bats, the students will identify the characteristics of a bat and organize the facts using Think-sheets. Student understanding will be enhanced with the use of books, poems, lectures, discussions,...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Make a Cookie
Make a Cookie is yummy activity for preschool and kindergarten students. Kids go through a step-by-step process selecting different cookie shapes, colors, frostings, sprinkles and toppings! No two cookies are alike! Celebrate the...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Halloween Candy Hunt
Halloween Candy Hunt is fun holiday activity for kids of all ages. The object of this Halloween activity is to simply find the hidden candy. Look carefully at the pictures and click/tap on the candy to collect them. This Halloween Candy...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Halloween Hop
Happy Halloween! Test your reflexes and your knowledge of Halloween trivia by hopping from platform to platform while collecting different costumes and candy! How far up can you get in this hopping haunted house?
ABCya
Ab Cya: Halloween Crossword Puzzle
ABCya's Halloween Crossword Puzzle is a fun and interactive way for kids to test their knowledge of Halloween vocabulary words and facts. The crossword puzzle can be played on the computer or by printing on paper. The interactive version...
A&E Television
History.com: How Trick or Treating Became a Halloween Tradition
Why do children dress in costume and knock on strangers' doors to ask for treats on Halloween? Trick-or-treating setting off on Halloween night in costume and ringing doorbells to demand treats has been a tradition in the United States...
A&E Television
History.com: How Americans Became Convinced Their Halloween Candy Was Poisoned
These chilling candy poisonings might make you rethink trick-or-treating. Rumors of tainted, poisoned or otherwise murderous Halloween candy handed out to youngsters are as much a part of the Halloween tradition as costumes and sing-song...
A&E Television
History.com: Halloween Timeline: How the Holiday Has Changed Over the Centuries
From pagan rituals to costumes and candy corn, discover how Halloween and its associated traditions has evolved through the ages.
Other
Maine Historical Society: "Haunted Houses" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Read Longfellow's frequently quoted poem about haunted houses.
Chateau Meddybemps
Chateau Meddybemps: Beantime Stories: Pigmoose's Halloween Surprise
Read a story about a make-believe animal called a pigmoose who learns how to escape from the zoo, and who takes people's Halloween pumpkins because he thinks they are a yummy snack. See how two children get him to go back to the zoo.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Educational Insights: The Headless Horseman
An interactive demonstration that reveals the literary content of John Quidor's painting The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane. Roll over elements in Quidor's painting to find connections to Washington Irving's tale of the...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Steps in a Process Using Halloween
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students to understand steps in a process by using Halloween examples (carving pumpkins).
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Haunted House
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a flipchart designed to help students write a multi-paragraph story. Students will write a story about a Haunted House that they walk through and detail what happens to them in each room.