I’m not one to say that kids should suffer in school, but there’s a limit to how much pleasure they should be given outside of recess.
Case in point: I saw a homework assignment that was developed and presumably promoted by an educational company or nonprofit, not by a teacher who might be incompetent. (Calm down. I’m not calling teachers incompetent. It’s just that some bad seeds get through the cracks and stick around forever.)
Because the assignment was surely copyrighted, I didn’t make a copy to show you. However, I did find a nifty website that allowed me to create a comparable activity. And so without further ado, here it is. Let me know how much you think the kids are learning from this because, after all, fun is always educational.
Can you find all 12 words and figure out the overall theme? I’m making it harder by not telling you the words in advance. That way, the surprise will make this entire exercise even more enjoyable, just as it should be. I’ll cut the sarcasm now, I promise.
S | P | A | C | T | X | E | G | P | N | U | D | H | T | G |
H | I | R | N | Q | X | C | J | X | I | Z | I | H | N | E |
C | F | N | D | N | R | P | Z | H | T | T | E | D | M | N |
I | P | W | O | L | E | Y | K | I | L | R | D | O | T | O |
E | O | C | X | I | P | F | W | E | E | S | H | Y | P | C |
R | X | Z | R | A | T | H | R | S | H | G | T | B | S | I |
D | X | K | O | L | C | A | I | A | K | H | A | C | L | D |
R | S | M | F | S | D | E | V | O | N | O | E | O | U | E |
I | T | N | U | I | N | V | C | R | O | K | D | H | W | I |
H | U | A | Y | S | R | E | B | M | A | H | C | S | A | G |
T | Y | A | T | N | M | H | X | E | H | T | W | K | A | Z |
O | K | A | H | H | O | L | O | C | A | U | S | T | J | J |
M | D | N | H | C | Z | P | O | L | T | S | E | D | Q | N |
T | O | P | R | M | A | V | O | T | T | E | H | G | Q | G |
X | H | K | R | M | B | D | O | W | C | B | O | K | N | A |
I found holocaust and quit. Looks like busy work to me and depending on who is doing the work, this could frustrate the heck out of some kids
Quilt wasn’t intended to be in there, but I agree that the word search functions as busywork. Sad thing is, someone out there thought this would be a good way to get kids to learn about history.
Someone that has way too much time on their hands 🙂
Don’t forget genocide and gas chambers. I kind of liked it, but then I enjoy word puzzles. But it had absolutely zero educational value from a history point of view.
And even then, it’s an odd set of words to make a game out of.
The first word in funeral is fun. 😦
I thought it was fu…
I hate it when they make the kids make huge stand-up displays. Cutting and pasting a bunch of stuff on a big folding board is a waste of time. Put it in a folder.
I remember that too. Totally agree.
Don’t make them do art projects unless you are the art teacher.