Changemakers Throughout History Word Search, Scramble and Crossword Puzzle

I made this changemakers throughout history puzzle set for my Year 5 students during our history and biography unit. The kids kept asking questions like "What's a changemaker?" and "Can kids be changemakers too?" So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using the names of changemakers like Newton, Galileo, Darwin, Einstein, Columbus, Freud, Ford and Jobs .

The set is six pages. Three puzzles, each with its own answer key page. The word search works well for quiet time after break or independent practice. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about the difference between a changemaker and an activist or whether a leader always has to be famous . The crossword I use for partners or as a review after we've watched a few short video biographies . I added a couple simple star, speech bubble, and raised fist drawings but nothing too busy.

Works for Years 4 to 6. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers pick one word from the puzzles and write a sentence about a person they admire on the back . The kids actually ask for these now.