Thanksgiving

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

English 21 november

Thanksgiving &

Black Friday

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American Culture

Thanksgiving

&

Black Friday

Programme

1. Activate knowledge
2. 2 videos about Thanksgiving
3. 1 video about Black Friday
4. Taalblokken

Thanksgiving

00:30

The first Thanksgiving Day celebration is thought to have taken place in

1. 1620
2. 1621
3. 1789
4. 1720

01:24

Thanksgiving Day became a(n) ___________ holiday in the 19th century

1. special
2. mandatory
3. annual
4. family

01:40

_____ potatoes is also served at Thanksgiving.

1. Flattened
2. Squashed
3. Crushed
4. Mashed

01:40

This traditional pie is made of _______

1. Cranberry
2. Corn
3. Bean
4. Pumpkin

02:37

When is Thanksgiving celebrated?

1. first Thursday of November
2. fourth Thursday of November
3. first Tuesday of November
4. fourth Tuesday of November

01:52

In 1924 Macy's department store started their ..................

1. Thanksgiving sale
2. Thanksgiving parade
3. Thanksgiving feast
4. Thanksgiving harvest

Thanksgiving

What do Black Friday and Cyber Monday have to do with Thanksgiving?

Drag the words to the right box

Thanksgiving

Black Friday

Neither

Turkey

Gifts

Santa

Sales

America

Dinner

Shopping

Religion

Mall

Crowd

Buying

Advertisement

Corn

Settlers

Family

Native Americans

tradition

Thursday

Would you want Thanksgiving as a Dutch holiday?

1. Yes
2. No
3. Maybe
4. No opinion

What are you thankful for?

Write down

Should Thanksgiving be a holiday in our country?

What are you thankful for? Name at least 3 things.

Write down

Should Thanksgiving be a holiday in our country?

What are you thankful for? 

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