Mar. 29, 2007

Easter Unit Study

Here is an Easter Unit Study. It has a mixture of Christian and secular. It is in no way meant to be done as a whole. All of my unit studies are made to just choose from a category and to do what you have time for and then choose from the next category. I realize many Christians have deep convictions about only celebrating the Christian side of Easter, so I have tried to separate it as best as I can to make finding the type of resources that you need easier to find. This study also includes the pagan roots of some of the secular customs that can be used as a study of the history of secular Easter. Please preview any sites before your children see it to make sure they are suitable for your family. Some other resources that would make good addition to this study are: Easter Unit Study, Easter Lapbook- Christian(I think this touches on some secular stuff but it is mainly about the Christian side of Easter), Easter Lapbook- Secular(for little kids), Lapbook- Who Was Jesus, Easter Notebooking pages- free this week only.

Bible

Read about the Crucifixion in the Gospels starting with the entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday) all the way to The Ascension into Heaven.

Units/ Lessons- Christian

http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/easter2.php

Units/ Lessons- Secular

http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/easter1.php

http://www.knowledgehouse.info/njfkeaster.html

Units/ Lessons- Both

http://www.easyfunschool.com/article2101.html

About- Christian

http://people.howstuffworks.com/easter1.htm

http://people.howstuffworks.com/easter2.htm

History- Christian

http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/history/resurrection.htm

http://people.howstuffworks.com/easter3.htm

http://biblicalholidays.com/passoverweek.pdf

http://www.holidays.net/easter/story.htm

History- Secular

http://www.religioustolerance.org/easter1.htm

History – Both Christian and Secular

http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/history/easter_history.htm

http://www.history.com/minisites/easter/viewPage?pageId=684

http://sunniebunniezz.com/holiday/easter.htm

Customs/ Traditions- Christian

http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/history/icons/lily.htm

Customs/ Traditions- Secular

http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/history/icons/easter_egg.htm

http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/history/icons/bunny.htm

http://www.happy-easter.com/facts.htm

http://people.howstuffworks.com/easter4.htm

http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodhistory/a/easteregghistry.htm

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/easterintro1.html

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/04/16/history_of_easter_ca.html

Around the World

http://www.oldfashionedliving.com/eastermem.html

Language Arts

http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rc_easter_uppermiddle_b.pdf -Reading Comprehension about Jesus

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter.pdf - Easter Bunny mini book- Prek- 1

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter2.pdf - Easter Bunny mini book- Prek- 1

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter_zbdotted.pdf - Easter Bunny mini book- Prek- 1

http://www.abcteach.com/free/14617.pdf- Easter Bunny mini book- Prek- 1

http://www.abcteach.com/Reading/comps/607.pdf -Reading Comprehension- secular

http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rc_bunnyshopping_elem_a.pdf -Reading Comprehension- secular

http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rc_bunnyears.pdf -Reading Comprehension- secular

http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rc_charlieseaster_elementary.pdf -Reading Comprehension- secular

http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rc_easter_basket_pri_a.pdf -Reading Comprehension- secular

http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rc_easterprincess_upperelem_a.pdf -Reading Comprehension- secular

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter_aliteration.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rebus_easter.pdf - Easter Rebus

http://www.abcteach.com/free/s/storyplanner_easter.pdf -Story Planner

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter_wordstrips.pdf -word wall strips

http://homeschooling.about.com/od/holidays/ss/easterprint_2.htm - Vocabulary Words

http://homeschooling.about.com/od/holidays/ss/easterprint_4.htm -Alphabet worksheet

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAArtEasterEggsLiteratureAndPatterns1.htm

Math

http://www.math-drills.com/easter.shtml

http://www.abcteach.com/easter/BUNNY%20MATH.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter_ordinalnumbers.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easterbunny_5s_.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easterchick_by3s_.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/eastereggsto10.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/eastereggsto25.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/Reading/comps/541.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter_rabbit__by_2s.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/math_picto_eastereggs_a.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/math_graph_easterbonnets_a.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/math_graph_easter_pri_elem_a.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/math_graph_easterbonnets2_a.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/p/picgraph_easterbunny_50.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/math_wordproblems_easter.pdf

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathEasterCount-DivideEtcIdea3.htm

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathArtEasterEggWrapCircumferenceMeasureEstimate35.htm

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathEasterChickCountingP.htm

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathEasterEggHuntReviewBasicMathFacts34.htm

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ArtMathPatternsEaster-SpringEgg15.htm

Science- Rabbits

http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rabbits_m.pdf

http://www.desertusa.com/july96/du_rabbi.html

http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Rabbits

http://www.hopperhome.com/hopperhome-anatomy.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/farm/Rabbitprintout.shtml

http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2723&q=325996&depNav_GID=1655

http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/sylvaudu.htm

http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/sylvflor.htm

http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/sylvaqua.htm

http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/lepucali.htm

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lepus_americanus.html

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lepus_europaeus.html

Science- Chicks/ Eggs

http://www.notebookingpages.com/Notebooking_Pages_Free_Science_Pages.html - Free experiment pages.

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/teacher/eggs/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/eggs_bottled.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/eggs_squishy.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/eggs_balancing_act.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/eggs_spinners.html

http://www.kidzone.ws/science/egg.htm

http://www.kidzone.ws/science/as-egg.htm

http://www.highlightskids.com/Science/TryThis/h3TT0498_eggs.asp?subTitleID=28

http://www.ochef.com/1103.htm

http://www.aeb.org/kidsandfamily/answers_to_fascinating_egg_facts.htm - be careful at this site. It has the Bible presented as “If you believe the Christian Bible…” and also mentions evolution. The site has a lot of good stuff, but you may want to edit it.

http://www.aeb.org/kidsandfamily/answers_to_fascinating_egg_facts.htm

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/KidsFarm/InTheBarn/Chickens/

http://fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us/~susan_f_ellis/CHICKENS.html

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/resource-room/general/poultry/chicken.htm

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res08-whatis.html

http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Leghornprintout.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/label/chickenegg/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/label/chickenegg10days/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/info/chicken/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Chickenprintout.shtml

http://www.vfr.net/~tbruce/facts.html

http://www.mwt.net/~hobbyfarm/chicken.htm

Literature

http://wiredforbooks.org/kids/beatrix/p1.htm -Tale of Peter Rabbit

http://www.oldfashionedliving.com/easterbooks.html

Spelling

Jesus

Lily

Cross

Tomb

Angel

Thieves

Thorns

Death

Rise

Heaven

Copywork

Have them copy The Great Commission in their best handwriting.

Matthew 28: 19-20

Puzzles- Secular

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/easter/word/easy.gif

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/easter/word/beginner.gif

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/easter/word/hard.gif

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/easter/word/hardest.gif

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/easter/word/cross1.gif

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/easter/maze/mazeb.gif

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/easter/maze/maze1.gif

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/easter/maze/maze2.gif

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/easter/maze/maze3.gif

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/easter/maze/maze4.gif

http://www.kate.net/holidays/easter/wordsearch.html

http://blackdog4kids.com/holiday/easter/maze/

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter_hidden_eggs.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/mazeeaster1.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/mazeeaster2.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/mazeeaster3.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/mazeeaster4.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/babysit/Wordsearch/easter.htm

http://www.abcteach.com/easter/wordser2.htm

http://www.abcteach.com/easter/wordser1.htm

http://www.abcteach.com/wordpuzzles/WordSearches/EasterSearch.htm

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easterws.pdf

http://homeschooling.about.com/od/holidays/ss/easterprint.htm

http://homeschooling.about.com/od/holidays/ss/easterprint_3.htm

Worksheets- Secular

http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag33.html

http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag34.html

http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag89.html

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easteregg_color.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/539_m.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easterbasketa_z.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easteregg1_m.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/babysit/colorpages/traceegg.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/w/wrdsrch_easter.pdf

Drawing/ Art

http://www.cartooncritters.com/drawbunny.htm

Notebooking

Christian

http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/worksheets/easter_lined_paper.htm

Secular

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter2_paper.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter4_prim_m.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter4_blank_m.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter4_m.pdf

http://blackdog4kids.com/holiday/easter/stationery/index.html

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter1.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/April/statprim.htm

http://www.abcteach.com/paper/easter3.htm

http://www.abcteach.com/paper/easter2.htm

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter3.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter3_inter.pdf

http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/worksheets/happy_easter_lined_paper.htm

Lapbooking (you can mix the secular and the religious if you want or do either or)

How to make a Lapbook

Christian

1. Shapebook of the Empty Tomb- Write what happened

Booklet explaining Palm Sunday
Booklet explaining the Crucifixion
Booklet with the different people such as: Peter, Mary, Judas, Martha
Booklet about Judas’s betrayal
Booklet about the Resurrection
Accordion book timeline with sequence of events
Booklet about the two thieves
Booklet about the lily
Add any flat crafts, puzzles or artwork

Secular

Shapebook telling about the egg (science and/ or symbol)
Booklet telling about Rabbits- both symbol and science
Recipe cards for either Easter meal or candy
Easter tradition of the Easter Bunny
Spring and Easter traditions around the World
Vocabulary Words
Add any flat crafts, puzzles or artwork

Shapebooks

http://www.abcteach.com/shapebooks/general/eastereggshapebook.htm

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/egg_m.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/shapebooks/general/bunnyshapebook.htm

http://www.abcteach.com/sb/2584.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/members/11162.pdf

Games

http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/game-easter.html

http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag90.html

http://blackdog4kids.com/holiday/easter/bingo/index.html

http://www.abcteach.com/free/g/gamebdeasterbw20.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/g/gamebdeastercolor20.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/g/gamebdeasterbw30.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/g/gamebdeastercolor30.pdf

Crafts – Christian

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/easter/3dcross.htm

http://www.dltk-bible.com/measter_angel.htm

http://www.dltk-bible.com/mrollstoneangel.htm

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/easter/meastermobile.html

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/easter/mbasket.htm

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/easter/mholdercross.html

http://www.dltk-bible.com/crafts/mpalmcollage.htm

http://www.dltk-bible.com/mstainedglass.htm

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mlamb.htm

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/melamb.html

Crafts – Secular

http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/more_easter_crafts.htm

http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/cotton-ball-chick.html

http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/egg-hunt-basket.html

http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/easter-chick-card.html

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/easter/measterwreath.htm

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mchick.html

http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/mnest.htm

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mechick.html

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/m-ears.htm

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/easter/mhophophop.htm

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/valentines/mbunny.htm

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mcdbunnyface.html

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mcdbunny.html

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/spring/mbunnywreath.htm

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/easter/mrabbitdoorknob.htm

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mbagbunny.htm

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mpaperbunny.htm

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mbunny2.html

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mfrabbit.html

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mabunny.html

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mbunny.html

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mbunnywindsock.html

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mhprintlamb.htm

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mpaperlamb.htm

http://www.makingfriends.com/spring/egg_collage.htm

http://www.abcteach.com/free/c/craft_easterbunny_sign.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter_tissuepaper_stainedglasseggs.pdf

http://www.abcteach.com/free/e/easter_floppyearedbunnys.pdf

Recipes

http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/easter_recipes.htm

http://food.kaboose.com/recipes/easter-recipes.html

http://www.acplace.com/recipe-box/ecandy.html

http://oldfashionedliving.com/holidays/birdnests.html

http://www.learninghaven.com/cooking/articles/chocolate_easter_eggs.htm

http://childfun.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=463 (scroll down)

http://childfun.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=470 (scroll down)

Songs/ Poems

http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/littlechick/mpoem.htm

http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/littlechick/color.htm -goes with the above poem

http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/littlechick/mfeltboard.htm -goes with the above poem

Printables

http://www.makingfriends.com/friends/f+easter.htm

http://www.makingfriends.com/friends/f+bible.htm

http://blackdog4kids.com/holiday/easter/bookmark/index.html -bookmarks

http://www.abcteach.com/easter/bookmarks.htm -bookmarks

http://www.abcteach.com/Activities/EasterBasketColoring.htm

http://www.abcteach.com/easter/design.htm

http://parenting.leehansen.com/downloads/coloring/easter/page

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I'm so glad that you were able to access the WWF worksheets. When I signed in it listed Canada, US and other so I just assumed that you would be able to use : ) Should be fun.
Blessings,
BChsMamaof3
PS. I'll keep you and your family in my prayers that you will be able to continue schooling your son at home.

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