Charlie Brown may not feel the Christmas spirit this year, but your elementary students can use the season to practice important cross-curricular skills! A set of worksheets and activities based on A Charlie Brown Christmas guide apply the story's theme to a variety of subjects for a new generation.

Concepts

charlie brown, christmas, christmas traditions, stage directions, musical theater, christmas trees, snowflakes, word problems, comic strips, charades

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Create stations around the room in which small groups create various activities from the guide
• Connect to a social and emotional learning focus on self-esteem and valuing one's uniqueness

Classroom Considerations

• Based on a viewing of a stage adaptation of A Charlie Brown Christmas, but lessons work with a viewing of the classic film as well

Pros

• Addresses skills from math, science, language arts, social and emotional learning, visual arts, and social studies
• Includes all necessary worksheets
• Provides an answer key for the final quote quiz

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.2.2 SL.2.2 RL.3.2 SL.3.2 RL.4.2 SL.4.2 RL.5.2 SL.5.2 RL.6.2 SL.6.2