Star Wars Teaching Resources
No need to journey to a galaxy far, far away. Uncomplicate Ed has already done the work—bringing you FREE, purposeful Star Wars classroom resources to make May the 4th meaningful and fun
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.
Math
15 Star Wars Math Activities:
From the blog, Inspiration Laboratories, check out these activities for students.
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
Science and Star Wars - need we say more?
STEM
Star Wars STEM for May the 4th Be With You
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...
Social Studies
Social Studies
The Force is With You: The Cultural Impact of Star Wars from the Smithsonian Learning Lab
Social Studies
The Force is With You: The Cultural Impact of Star Wars from the Smithsonian Learning Lab
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).
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