A Christmas

Carol
UNIT
STUDY &
PLANNER

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A Christmas Carol Unit
Library List

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 Other Resources
Websites, Documentaries,
Project Kits, art Supplies

Cinema as Literature Learning unit on A Christmas Carol from 7Sisters

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 History Ideas
A Victorian Christmas:
A wonderful collection of lessons about Victorian England and its
Christmas traditions!
http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/A-Victorian-
Christmas/

BBC: Victorian History and Culture:

Videos, articles, and more to learn about the social, political, and
cultural setting of Victorian England.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/

The Victorian Web: Social History:

An incredible collection of links to articles on just about everything
having to do with Victorian England!
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/sochistov.html

Popular Culture: The British Library:

Links, visuals, and videos showing an overview of what was considered
popular entertainment in Victorian times.
https://www.bl.uk/victorian-britain/articles/popular-culture

Victorian Popular Culture: Adam Matthew

A collection of resources for older students, allowing them to dig into
the thought processes, ideas, and forms of popular culture that were
common in Victorian England. Membership site that offers a free trial.
http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/victorian-popular-
culture/
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 Science Ideas
The Victorian era saw a huge burst of new technology and
scientific discovery. Many of the advancements of this time
serve as the basis for our discoveries today!

Victorian Inventions & Timeline:

Did you know that the bicycle (first called a "velocipede"), Morse code, and ice
cream were all invented during the Victorian era? Find out more about it
here!
https://victorianchildren.org/victorian-inventions/

List of Inventions in the Victorian Era:

A child-friendly page listing a lot of great inventions from this time period!
http://www.victorian-era.org/inventions-in-the-victorian-era.html

Victorian Inventions Timeline:

A fun and comprehensive timeline of Victorian-era achievements -
everything from the postage stamp to the sewing machine!
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/inventiotimeline.html

Victorian Invention Facts, Timelines, and Worksheets for Kids:

Just what the title says! You'll find tons of great resources here, including
printable worksheets.
https://kidskonnect.com/history/victorian-inventions/

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 Recipes
Menus and recipes are a fun way to learn about another time and
culture!

A Victorian Christmas Menu:

You may or may not want to try these recipes, but you can show your
kids what a Christmas feast would have been like in Ebenezer
Scrooge's day!
http://www.victoriana.com/christmas/menu-99.htm

Common Victorian Times Christmas Food:

A wonderful history and fun recipes for a Victorian Christmas dinner!
http://www.victorian-era.org/victorian-christmas-food.html

Victorian Christmas Pudding:

You may want to skip the alcohol at the end (for flambe), but this is a
wonderful British tradition! It comes from a Victorian scrapbook.
http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/the-old-manor-house-traditional-
victorian-christmas-pudding-266505

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 Language Arts Activities
Ebenezer Scrooge allowed circumstances in his life to affect his choices.
This resulted in a life that was far from who he started out as.
Write a letter to your older self. Pick an age - 10, 20, 30 years in the
future. In this letter, write about lessons that you believe to be important
now. What can you do to make sure you don't forget about them?

Dickens uses the plot device of "time travel" to show how Ebenezer
Scrooge's choices affected his life, but it also showed how he made
choices based on incomplete information.
Pick one scene in the movie or book that stood out to you and rewrite it
to show what would have happened if Scrooge had chosen differently.

We get a brief look at the life of the Cratchit family. They don't have
much, but they have a joy that Scrooge doesn't understand.
Pick a member of the Cratchit family and write a journal entry of a day
in that character's life. What do you think their day would have been
like?

Rewrite a scene in the movie or book from the point of view of one of the
Christmas "ghosts." How do you think they felt when they received their
"assignment?" How would you have felt about having to help Ebenezer
Scrooge, or about having to lead him through hard lessons? Do you think
they knew the impact they could make?

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 Victorian Christmas Traditions

Learn about the Christmas traditions of Victorian

England and join in some of them for yourself!
Make Your Own Victorian Christmas!
A veritable treasure trove of activities from BBC. History
lessons, videos, crafts, recipes, and more!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/victorianchristmas/activities.shtml

Victorian Children at Christmas:

A collection of lessons and facts about what Christmas was like for
Victorian children!
https://victorianchildren.org/victorian-christmas/

Victorian Christmas from the British Library:

Tons of links, facts, videos, and visuals of first-edition works showing
how Christmas traditions first arose during Dickens' time and how
they've impacted many of our traditions today!
https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/victorian-
christmas

Eight Victorian Ornaments You Can Make!

Get into the spirit of Christmas by making some ornaments as
decorations or gifts! Projects range from very easy (painting various
types of nuts) to more complicated. Have fun!
http://www.victoriana.com/christmas/craft5-2000.htm

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 Subjects to Cover
Language Arts
Reading

Writing

Copywork

Vocabulary

Math

History

Science

Bible

Geography

Art

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 Daily Plan
Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

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 Checklist
*Print off as many copies of each page
as you need.
Remember, unit studies can last for a few days, a few weeks, a month, or even
all year. Do what works best for you!

*What subjects have you covered? Do you

want to add anything else in?
*Reading
*Writing
*Vocabulary
*Math/math practice
*History
*Timeline
*Geography
*Science
*Bible
*Hands-on projects
*Art/art history
*Music

*Remember to schedule a little extra time

for "Rabbit trails."
If your child is anything like mine, you might need it! There's no need to
squelch their excitement to learn just to keep on track with the lesson plan.
If you need some extra time (and they're getting a lot out of the study),
take it!

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