Thanksgiving/ Black Friday

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Thanksgiving
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This lesson contains 19 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 3 videos.

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Today
Thanksgiving
Black Friday
Writing assignment
Online work

Slide 1 - Slide

What do you know about Thanksgiving?

Slide 2 - Mind map

Slide 3 - Video

When is Thanksgiving celebrated?
A
First Thursday of November
B
Fourth Thursday of November
C
First Tuesday of November
D
Fourth Tuesday of November

Slide 4 - Quiz

The most traditional food of Thanksgiving is...?
A
Pizza
B
Rabbit
C
Turkey
D
Ham

Slide 5 - Quiz

At many Thanksgiving celebrations everyone tells the group what they are most thankful for
A
True
B
False

Slide 6 - Quiz

Canada also has Thanksgiving. They have their holiday on the second Monday in October.
A
True
B
False

Slide 7 - Quiz

What sport is traditionally played on Thanksgiving?
A
Chess
B
Tennis
C
Gymnastics
D
American football

Slide 8 - Quiz

And what follows after Thanksgiving..?

Slide 9 - Slide

Slide 10 - Slide

What do you know about Black Friday?

Slide 11 - Mind map

Slide 12 - Video

Vocabulary
Translate the following words:
Klanten =
Waarschuwing =
Uitverkoop =
Hysterie =
Druk = 
Extreem = 

Slide 13 - Slide

Answers
Klanten = customers
Waarschuwing = warning
Uitverkoop = sale
Hysterie = hysteria
Druk = busy
Extreem = extreme

Slide 14 - Slide

Discuss
So, we've learned some things about Thanksgiving and about Black Friday.

I will now put you into small groups for approximately 5 minutes. In your groups, discuss what you think is the more important  day of the two days. Or the most fun, or the most valuable.... Remember, in your opinion, so there is no wrong answer! But you do need to explain your choice to the members of your group and have a friendly chat about it. In English!!

Ps. I will pop in and listen in for a bit :)

Slide 15 - Slide

Slide 16 - Slide

The Real History of Thanksgiving
The mainstream version of the Thanksgiving story paints a picture of courageous, Christian settlers, braving the perils of the New World and with the help of some friendly Natives, finding a way to make a new life for themselves.

But what about the massacres of Native tribes like the Pequot that took place in the years that followed. What is often not mentioned either is  that English settlers robbed Wampanoag graves and stole food from them in order to survive during their first years on this new continent.
Here’s a look at some of the reasons why Thanksgiving is a complex holiday, and one that all Americans should approach with greater sensitivity.


Slide 17 - Slide

Why Thanksgiving Is Also a National Day of Mourning
It’s important to know that for many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is a day of mourning and protest since it commemorates the arrival of settlers in North America and the centuries of oppression and genocide that followed.

Slide 18 - Slide

Slide 19 - Video