Cultural lesson: Bonfire Night

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Culture lesson

Today's lesson:

• Bonfire night?
• Vocabulary exercise
• Film clip
• Questions
• Text + drag and drop question 

What do you think about if you hear 'bonfire night'?

Drag the words into the correct boxes

1.  a large fire that people build outdoors

2.  a small rocket that shoots into the sky and explodes with bright colours and loud bangs

3.  a long line of people walking slowly as part of a special event

4. to make something explode

5. the main government building in the UK

6. an explosive substance in fireworks and bullets

7. a cultural activity that people have done for many years

a tradition

a procession

gunpowder 

the Houses of Parliament

a bonfire

a firework

to blow something up

When is Bonfire Night?

1. 5th of November
2. 25th of December
3. 31st of December

How do people celebrate Bonfire Night?

1. They make bonfires
2. They set off fireworks
3. Both A and B

How many people attended the Bonfire Night event in the video?

1. over 2,000
2. over 20,000
3. over 200,000

What time did the procession start?

1. 4 p.m.
2. 6 p.m.
3. 7.45 p.m.

Bonfire Night commemorates a man called Guy Fawkes. What did he try to do 400 years ago?

1. blow up the Houses of Parliament
2. rob the Houses of Parliament
3. become a politician

What do people put on the bonfire?

1. rubbish
2. rag dolls called 'Guys'
3. potatoes

What does Leon do?

1. He researches the history of Bonfire Night
2. He organises Bonfire Night processions
3. He organises firework displays

What did the members of the public who were interviewed think of Bonfire Night?

1. They didn't like it
2. Some of them liked it
3. All of them loved it

Reading

Bonfire Night

Read the text about Bonfire Night.

1. A group of people wanted to kill King James

2. Guy Fawkes planned to blow up the house of parliament in 

3. Guy Fawkes and his men put              barrels of explosives in the Houses of Parliament.

4. People remember the plot by enjoying firewors and bonfires on                 November.

5. Edenbridge in Kent burns a           -metre Guy on bonfire every year.

6. People under              can't buy fireworks in the UK.

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Why did they want to kill King James the first?

1. The king was Catholic
2. The king treated his people badly
3. Guy Fawkes had an argument with him

What was the plot Guy Fawkes thought up called?

1. The Guy Fawkes night
2. Bonfire night
3. The gunpowder plot
4. The bonfire plot

Did the bonfire plot succeed?

1. Yes
2. No

What were the Guy dolls which were thrown on the fire made of?

1. Rubbish and paper
2. Newspapers and old clothes
3. Old rags and wood

In which city is the biggest fireworks display?

1. Kent
2. Edinburgh
3. London
4. Winchester

What typical dish is served on Bonfire night?

1. Hot baked tomatoes
2. Hot baked potatoes
3. Hot baked volcanoes
4. Hot baked apples

What do you learn about
bonfire night?