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Slide 2 - Slide

Which words do you associate with Halloween?

Slide 3 - Mind map

October 31st

March 17th
February 14th
July 4th

Independence day
Halloween
St. Patrick's day
St. Valentine's day

Slide 4 - Drag question

Slide 5 - Video


Where does Halloween originally come from? 
A
Ireland
B
Scotland
C
England
D
United States

Slide 6 - Quiz


Which population (=bevolkingsgroep) started Halloween?
A
The Romans
B
The Greek
C
The Celts
D
The Persians

Slide 7 - Quiz


What does the word Halloween come from?
A
All Hallow's Eve
B
All Hail's Eve
C
All Havens Eve
D
All Holy Eve

Slide 8 - Quiz


What do you call the orange thing that we carve faces in at Halloween? 
A
pumpkin
B
tomato
C
melon
D
sugar beet

Slide 9 - Quiz


What are pumpkins used for at Halloween?
A
As lantern
B
Als food
C
As chair
D
As mask

Slide 10 - Quiz

Slide 11 - Drag question


Halloween is a Christian celebration.
A
True
B
False

Slide 12 - Quiz


When did people start to celebrate Halloween? 
A
about 100 years ago
B
about 200 years ago
C
about 1000 years ago
D
about 2000 years ago

Slide 13 - Quiz


What is not a tradition at Halloween?
A
Trick or treat!
B
Decorating a tree
C
Wearing costumes
D
Carving a pumpkin

Slide 14 - Quiz


Halloween comes from Hallow's Eve. 
What do you think 'Hallow' means?
A
Scary
B
Strange
C
Hollow (= empty)
D
Holy (= sacred/heilig)

Slide 15 - Quiz


Which of the following things isn't a tradition anymore during Halloween? 
A
To prank people
B
To make lanterns from pumpkins
C
To make bonfires (=vreugdevuren)
D
Trick or treat

Slide 16 - Quiz


People used to believe that the dead would come back at Halloween. 
A
True
B
False

Slide 17 - Quiz


The Celts celebrated Halloween with a lot of noise, parades and big bonfires. 
A
Correct
B
False

Slide 18 - Quiz


What does 'Trick or treat'mean?
A
'Give me a treat or I will prank you!'
B
'Give me a treat or I will shoot you!'
C
'Give me a treat or I will leave!'
D
'Give me a treat or you are mean!'

Slide 19 - Quiz


The Halloween colours orange and black symbolise....
A
Harvest (= oogst) and death
B
Day and night
C
Sun and moon
D
Fire and ash (=as)

Slide 20 - Quiz


Pumpkins are related to (= family of)...? 
A
Tomato
B
Sugar beet
C
Carrot
D
Cucumber

Slide 21 - Quiz

Slide 22 - Video

Halloween
+ 2000 years ago
• 31st of October
• All Hallows' Eve (31 Oct)
• All Hallows (1 Nov)
• Started in Ireland > Samhain

Slide 23 - Slide

Samhain 
• Celebrated in Ireland, the UK & Northern France
To mark* the end of the summer months & harvest time*
• Darker colder months were associated* with death
• They thought the ghosts would return to earth


* To mark = markeren, harvest time = oogsttijd, associated = associëren/verbonden

Slide 24 - Slide

Slide 25 - Video

When do we celebrate Halloween?
A
30 October
B
31 October
C
1 November
D
2 November

Slide 26 - Quiz

What Celtic festival does Halloween originate from?
A
All Hallows Eve
B
Samhain
C
Harvest time
D
Hallowmas

Slide 27 - Quiz


How many Americans dress up (verkleden) during Halloween? 
A
about 100 million
B
about 120 million
C
about 140 million
D
about 150 million

Slide 28 - Quiz

How much money do the Americans spend on Halloween?
A
6 billion
B
6 million
C
600 thousand
D
60 thousand

Slide 29 - Quiz

What is the most popular Halloween candy?
A
Snickers
B
Mars
C
Milky Way
D
Oreo

Slide 30 - Quiz

What do you call a carved Halloween pumpkin?
A
Jack-O'-Lantern
B
Jill-O'-Lantern
C
John-O'-Lantern
D
Jane-O'-Lantern

Slide 31 - Quiz

On which day are the most sweets sold in America?
A
23rd December
B
30th December
C
31st of October
D
28th of October

Slide 32 - Quiz

Facts
• The Irish brought their traditions to the US in 1840
• Halloween we know of today started in 1921
• Mass production costumes started in the 1950s

Slide 33 - Slide

Why do we wear costumes?

Slide 34 - Slide

Why do we wear costumes?

Slide 35 - Open question

Spirits cross over to the land of the living. The people were scared.
They disguised* themselves by wearing a mask/costume so evil spirits wouldn't harm* them.


* To disguise = vermommen, to harm = pijn doen

Slide 36 - Slide

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