Valentines day

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

What are we going to do today?

Goals

Video about the history of valentine's day with questions

short theory about Romulus and Remus (Myth)

individual assignments

Goals ....

In this lesson: 

- You understand the basic history of Valentine's day

-You understand why people celebrate Valentine's day

-You understand how Valentine's day is celebrated

What do we celebrate on Valentine's Day?

How do we usually celebrate Valentine's Day?

00:15

How many people celebrate Valentine's day in America?

1. 60%
2. 55%
3. 65%
4. 50%

00:36

Why did the christian church choose mid-february for valentines day?

1. To celebrate Lupercalia
2. To christianize the celebration

00:56

Who was Saint Valentine?

1. One Pope
2. One Christian cleric
3. Several different Popes
4. Several Christian clerics

01:03

Who declared February 14 as a day for soft hearted Valentine at the end of the 5th century?

1. Pope Francis
2. Pope Benedict
3. Pope Gelasius

01:10

In which year was the holiday associated with love and romance?

1. 1300
2. 1200
3. 1400
4. 1500

01:45

How many valentines day card are send each year?

1. 5 billion
2. 4 billion
3. 2 billion
4. 1 billion

02:03

How many dollars does Americans spend per year?

1. 20 million
2. 20 billion

00:18

Where does Valentine's day originate from according to this clip?

1. It comes from Christianity
2. Companies made it up
3. Contains traces of early Christian Rome
4. It originated from the ancient Greeks

00:35

The association between the month February and romance goes back to a pagan festival known as what?

1. Christianity
2. Lupercalia
3. Valentine
4. Rome

00:57

Who decalared February 14th as Saint Valentine's day?

1. Pope Gelasius
2. Pope Francis
3. Pope Benedict XVI
4. Pope Jean Paul II

01:03

There was only one Saint Valentine

1. True
2. False

01:12

In what century (eeuw) did Saint Valentine live?

1. 1st century
2. 2nd century
3. 3rd century
4. 4th century

01:30

Why did the Emperor ban marraige?

1. Because he could not find a wife
2. Because he needed more man for his army
3. Because his parents did not marry
4. Because there were too much people

01:46

Why was priest Valentine arrested?

1. He stole some flowers
2. He murdered someone
3. He was against the church
4. He secretly married people

02:10

What did people throw in his jail cell?

1. Books
2. Flowers
3. Food
4. Notes

02:26

02:26

Who was the Roman god of love?

1. Hermes
2. Hercules
3. Cupid
4. Remus

Do you think Valentine's day is too commercial? why?

What is the definition of love to you?

What do the following sayings mean?

• To get hitched
• to fall head over heels with someone
• to fancy someone
• to go steady
• puppy love
• my marriage is on the rocks
• to be the apple of someone's eye