Winter Olympics 2026: Winter Games Social Studies Unit
Make the Winter Olympics meaningful, engaging, and easy to teach! This planned-for-you Winter Olympics unit helps you bring the 2026 Winter Olympics and Winter Games into your classroom with relevant, real-world learning across social studies, writing, and Winter Olympics math.
Here's what you'll get:
- Graphic organizers
- Recording sheets
- Differentiated Writing and drawing activities
- Read aloud book suggestions
- Detailed lesson plans
- Snack idea
- 4 Winter Olympic Hats
Students learn about the Olympics, Italy, write about sports and athletes, and complete hands-on centers.
Why teachers love it:
- Completely planned for you—just print and teach
- Makes the Winter Games and 2026 Winter Olympics relevant and exciting
- Integrates social studies with reading, writing, and Winter Olympics math
- Helps students understand global connections
- Perfect for teaching current events
What students get:
- Engaging learning about Olympic sports
- Differentiated writing activities
- Hands-on centers, including Winter Olympics math activities
Included activities:
- Schema maps
- KWL charts
- Graphic Organizers-Olympics
- Graphic organizers-Italy
- Graphic organizers (10 sports)
- Graphing
- Writing
- Snack
- Hats
- 9 math and literacy centers
TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Katherine W. says: “My kids loved the summer Olympics we completed during the extended school year. This is very similar. My kids are so excited to learn about the Olympics and write about the different sports.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rachel L. says: “Great way to connect current events (winter Olympics) with our literacy and writing learning!”
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Winter Olympics 2026: Winter Games Social Studies Unit




