Santa Claus Biography, History of Santa Clause, St. Nicholas, NO PREP HOLIDAY

Are you looking for a NO PREP Holiday Lesson? The Biography of Santa Claus is a great presentation to engage your students around the holidays. This slide show tells the story, the biography, of Santa Claus. St. Nicholas, Father Christmas, Sinterklaas -- the story of Santa Claus and his association with Christmas is fascinating. The slide show explores St. Nicholas's life and work and how the legends surrounding him transformed over time into the images and stories of Santa Claus. Your students will be engaged and interested. The perfect end-of-year Holiday Lesson -- it is history and it is fun and it is NO PREP! Share with your students as you prepare for the holidays. You could share before a holiday celebration, or this lesson can stand on its own.

Ideas for activities to go along with this presentation:

• Students can make Holiday Cards and/or Holiday Art
• Students can write a letter to someone for whom they are grateful
• Students can list the things and the people that they are grateful for in their lives
• Students can write a holiday poem-- complete with sensory language and holiday themes (brainstorm holiday items and holiday sensory language beforehand)
• Students can research and present to the class about an aspect of the Christmas Holidays -- the tradition of mistletoe, for example.
• Students can bring a holiday treat or develop a holiday menu

⭐This presentation an excellent way to explore a fascinating and well-loved mythical figure during the holidays. A great and informative slide show about how the story of Santa Claus changes and develops over time.

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It is a fascinating and fun study of how the narrative of the figure of Santa Claus grows through the years.

A great way to enjoy an informative and fun class with your students before the holidays arrive!

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➔Perfect for including visuals in your learning modules and works well in both traditional and homeschool settings. Editable, for your convenience. Image-rich slide show.

⭐This is an EDITABLE document. If you need to tweak the presentation to better suit the needs of your classroom, you will be able to edit this document!⭐

SLIDES:

1. Cover Slide
2. Early Years
3. Nicholas became known for his many good deeds
4. Image of St. Nicholas and the Dowry for the 3 Sisters
5. The Custom of Hanging Stockings
6. Another Story about Nicholas
7. St. Nicholas is said to have died on December 6, 343 AD
8. St. Nicholas Day, December 6th
9. Bringing Gifts to Children
10. St. Nicholas Fell out of Favor
11. The Christ Child Bringing Presents
12. The Scary Side-Kick
13. In 15-17th Century England
14. Sire Christmas
15. The Image of Santa Claus Persisted and Developed
16. Christmas as a Family Celebration
17. In 1800 in New York
18. In 1810
19. ”Twas the Night Before Christmas…..”
20. Santa moves to the North Pole
21. An Illustration from 1864 of Santa in a yellow suit
22. An Illustration of Santa with White Trousers
23. An Illustration of Santa by Thomas Nast
24. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
25. Two images of Santa Claus from the early 1900s
26. A Picture from Germany, 1910, depicting Christmas
27. An Illustration by Norman Rockwell
28. A Japanese illustration from 1914
29. A 1918 Santa
30. 2 Norman Rockwell Santas
31. Santa in Australia in 1930
32. Santa with Oranges in the 1930s
33. Santa in 1942 in Army Green
34. Once Santa was established in America, he went back to Europe
35. Challenges
36. Grandfather Frost wears a Blue Coat
37. Differing Views on Santa Claus
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