Explore Christmas traditions around the world with this ready-to-use KS2 Geography activity pack, featuring a 24-slide PowerPoint, 30-page printable activity booklet, editable Word version, teacher guidance and answers.

Designed for Years 3–6 (ages 7–11), this resource introduces Christmas traditions from six countries while developing pupils’ map skills, cultural understanding, comparison, reasoning and use of evidence.

What’s Included?

• 24-slide PowerPoint (16:9 widescreen) with illustrated country examples, geographical information, discussion questions and reasoning challenges
• Six countries to explore: Germany, Sweden, Mexico, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand
• Country evidence cards introducing selected Christmas traditions and their geographical contexts
• World map and climate activities exploring locations, hemispheres and seasonal differences
• Christmas Passport, Mystery Country Challenge and Tradition Match-Up
• Comparison and reasoning activities, including Tradition Detective, Same, Different, Surprising and Misconception Detective
• Creative and evidence-based tasks, including an imagined postcard, Museum Curator Challenge and source evaluation
• Final Global Challenge and reflection activities to consolidate learning
• Teacher guidance, suggested lesson sequences, vocabulary support, answer guidance and sources

Ideal For

KS2 Geography lessons, Christmas Around the World topics, festive cross-curricular activities, cultural comparisons, map skills and end-of-term learning.

The teacher guidance includes a three-lesson sequence of approximately 50–55 minutes per lesson, an alternative two-lesson route and suggestions for using activities individually.

The resource encourages respectful comparisons, recognising that traditions vary between families and communities and that not everyone celebrates Christmas.

Files Included

• Editable 24-slide PowerPoint (.pptx) – 16:9 widescreen presentation
• Printable 30-page A4 portrait PDF (.pdf) – pupil activities, reference materials, teacher guidance and answers
• Editable 30-page Word document (.docx) – matching version of the printable activity pack

The PDF is a copy of the Word activity pack, not the PowerPoint presentation.

KS2 | Years 3–6 | Ages 7–11