In small groups or pairs, learners explore the origins of each others' names. An awesome idea, but you'll need to do the initial research to gather your class's names and their origins. Or, consider having each member of your class...

In this Halloween worksheet, students listen to a description of the origins of Halloween. Students answer fifteen questions related to the history. One worksheet has the story and questions. Another worksheet just list the questions...

Students read and compare mythological stories from ancient cultures from around the world. In small groups they read a myth and present the storyline and themes to the class, and write an original mythological story of their own...

Have a Happy Halloween and build strong oral language skills. Special needs Pupils functioning at a moderate level can practice sequencing, writing lists, and using oral language by explaining how they carve a pumpkin. 

In this Halloween activity, students fill in the blanks to sentences about the holiday of Halloween. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.

More tales from the Emerald Isle that include a great notes section detailing the source of the story, parallels to it and commentary by the author.

The Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies provides excerpted and full-text Medieval documents in English translation and in original languages as well, such as Beowulf and the Song of Roland, the lives of the saints, and so on.

In this article, Michael Wood tries to explain how the legend of King Arthur came to be and the changes that took place over time. He also attempts to separate legend and myth from history.