Curated OER
The Roman Calendar
In this calendar worksheet, students read about the characteristics of the Roman calendar. They write the names of the English months next to the names of the Roman months. They write down the name of the 2 months that are named after...
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Roman Numeral Problem
In this Roman Numeral problem, students determine the calendar year that contains the greatest number of Roman Numerals. This one-page instructional activity contains 1 problem. The answer is provided on the page.
Student Handouts
What Year Is It?
This page includes a space to write in the date, but what does the date even mean? And where does it come from? Inform your class about the various calendars and how the Western calendar came into widespread use with an informational...
Penn Museum
Maya Ball
Sure the ancient Mayan civilization had an advanced calendar and mathematical system, but did you know that they also played a great team sport like basketball? Invite your learners to discover the great ballcourt at Chichen Itza and...
Curated OER
Time and Timetables
In this recognizing time and timetables learning exercise, students compare Julian and Gregorian calendars, determine leap years, and apply the formula for finding the day of week and Easter day for any year. Students solve 20 problems.
Education World
Every Day Edit - The Ides of March
For this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the Ides of March. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Curated OER
Hunt the Fact Monster Hunt #23
In this internet research activity, students answer three multiple choice and seven short answer questions by using the Fact Monster search engine.
Curated OER
ESL/ELD: Learning about Ash Wednesday
An overview of the history and tradition of Ash Wednesday in 2 paragraphs is accompanied by an array of language activities: cloze exercise, phrase matching, word jumble, multiple choice, sequencing, interview, group presentation,...
Curated OER
What is Halloween?
In this Halloween instructional activity, learners listen to a description of the origins of Halloween. Students answer fifteen questions related to the history. One instructional activity has the story and questions. Another...