Star Wars Teaching Resources
You don't have to travel to a galaxy far, far away to get purposeful and fun resources to honor May the 4th in your classroom. Take a look at some of the FREE resources Uncomplicate Ed has scoured the galaxy to bring to you.
ELA
Phonics & Vocab
From Dr. Tim Rasinski's Weekly FREE Word Ladders - go from "Star" to "Wars." Check this one out (and more) on our Padlet by clicking below. And be sure to follow Dr. Rasinski to get all of his goodies! http://www.timrasinski.com/
Poetry
From "I Wish I Had a Wookie and Other Poems for Our Galaxy" by New York Times best-selling author Ian Doescher. Take a look at two of his poems, "I Wish I Had a Wookie" and "Dad's Luke Skywalker Figurine."
Writing
Narratives, Expositories, and Arguments, oh my! Fun prompts to get engage students in themed writing for the day.
Grammar / Parts of Speech
Who doesn't love a good Mad Lib? And Star Wars-themed - count me in! Check out these 3 free Mad Libs and practice parts of speech, storytelling, and having some fun laughs with students of all ages.
Reading Comprehension / Vocabulary (Elem)
NASA recently announced a new planet. It was discovered by 17-year-old Wolf Cukier during his summer internship at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, in Maryland. Wolf monitored data collected from TESS, a NASA satellite. TESS stands for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. Its mission is to find planets outside our solar system...
Reading Comprehension / Vocabulary (MS/HS)
From Readworks, check out this middle/high text "In Our Galaxy, Far, Far Away NASA Announced the Discovery of a Planet That Orbits Two Stars..."
MATH
Math
From the blog, Math Curious, check out these free math games perfect for number sense, multiplication, and division.
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
Science and Star Wars - need we say more?
Social Studies
Social Studies
How do powerful symbols, propaganda, Westward Expansion, and the American Revolution relate to Star Wars? Check out this resource for historical events that influenced Star Wars.
OTHER AREAS
Music
Time for Kids Article "Music for the People" - Star Wars music and more.
Art
The Art of Star Wars (an article with pictures).
Cultural Influences
Known for being the world’s largest and highest salt desert with an extension of more than 10 thousand square kilometers and at an altitude of more than 3 thousand meters, El Salar de Uyuni, is located in southern Bolivia in the province of Potosí.
This would be the site that gave life to the planet Crait in Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi...
STEM
Today, forty-five years later, Star Wars is much more than that. It’s found many meanings to multiple generations of fans, and it still continues to adapt to the times we are living in. For instance, in an attempt to make science more relatable and approachable to their students, many educators are integrating Star Wars into their science curriculum. While the scientific accuracy of what George Lucas created may be questionable (at best), educators are finding ways to use it when introducing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) concepts to their students...
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