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This lesson contains 20 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 3 videos.

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Slide 2 - Video

HALLOWEEN

Slide 3 - Mind map

Slide 4 - Video

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

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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 6 - Slide

Slide 7 - Video

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

Slide 8 - Quiz

How many years ago did Halloween start?
A
1500 years ago
B
1000 years ago
C
2000 years ago
D
1250 years ago

Slide 9 - Quiz

Where does Halloween originate from?
A
The United States of America
B
Canada
C
The United Kingdom
D
Ireland

Slide 10 - Quiz

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

Slide 11 - Quiz

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

Slide 12 - Quiz

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

Slide 13 - 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 14 - Quiz

What do people do on Halloween?
A
Trick-or-Leave
B
Tick-or-Sweet
C
Treat-or-Leave
D
Trick-or-Treat

Slide 15 - 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 16 - Slide

Why do we wear costumes?

Slide 17 - Slide

Why do we wear costumes?

Slide 18 - 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

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ASSIGNMENT
In pairs, talk about your Halloween experiences*:
- How do people celebrate Halloween in the United States?
-Did you go trick-or-treating on Halloween (yesterday)?
- Do you do this every year? Why (not)?
- What costume did you wear/would you like to wear?
- What do or don't you like about Halloween?
- Think of your own questions

*Experiences = ervaringen

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