How Santa Claus Got His Look
Students read a nonfiction passage about how the picture of Santa Claus came to be, written at 8 reading levels (1st grade to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a nonfiction passage and identify the order in which Santa's look developed.
- Find details that show what the poem, Thomas Nast, and 1930s paintings each added.
- Explain the meaning of a phrase from the text using context clues.
- Explain how a detail from the text supports a point about the poem's popularity.