Cultural lesson: Bonfire Night

Cultural lesson: Guy Fawkes Day
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Cultural lesson: Guy Fawkes Day

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Today's lesson:
  • Bonfire night?
  • Vocabulary exercise
  • Film clip
  • Questions
  • Text + drag and drop question 

Slide 2 - Slide

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

Slide 3 - Open question

Slide 4 - Slide

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

Slide 5 - Drag question

Slide 6 - Video

When is Bonfire Night?
A
5th of November
B
25th of December
C
31st of December

Slide 7 - Quiz

How do people celebrate Bonfire Night?
A
They make bonfires
B
They set off fireworks
C
Both A and B

Slide 8 - Quiz

How many people attended the Bonfire Night event in the video?
A
over 2,000
B
over 20,000
C
over 200,000

Slide 9 - Quiz

What time did the procession start?
A
4 p.m.
B
6 p.m.
C
7.45 p.m.

Slide 10 - Quiz

Bonfire Night commemorates a man called Guy Fawkes. What did he try to do 400 years ago?
A
blow up the Houses of Parliament
B
rob the Houses of Parliament
C
become a politician

Slide 11 - Quiz

What do people put on the bonfire?
A
rubbish
B
rag dolls called 'Guys'
C
potatoes

Slide 12 - Quiz

What does Leon do?
A
He researches the history of Bonfire Night
B
He organises Bonfire Night processions
C
He organises firework displays

Slide 13 - Quiz

What did the members of the public who were interviewed think of Bonfire Night?
A
They didn't like it
B
Some of them liked it
C
All of them loved it

Slide 14 - Quiz

Read the text and answe the questions

Slide 15 - Slide

Guy Fawkes, The Gunpowder Plot and Bonfire Night
In 1605, thirteen young men planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Among them was Guy Fawkes, Britain's most notorious traitor. After Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603, English Catholics who had been persecuted under her rule had hoped that her successor, James I, would be more tolerant of their religion. James I had, after all, had a Catholic mother. Unfortunately, James did not turn out to be more tolerant than Elizabeth and a number of young men, 13 to be exact, decided that violent action was the answer. A small group took shape under the leadership of Robert Catesby. Catesby felt that violent action was warranted. Indeed, the thing to do was to blow up the Houses of Parliament. In doing so, they would kill the King, maybe even the Prince of Wales, and the Members of Parliament who were making life difficult for the Catholics. Today these conspirators would be known as extremists, or terrorists. To carry out their plan, the conspirators got hold of 36 barrels of gunpowder – and stored them in a cellar, just under the House of Lords. But as the group worked on the plot, it became clear that innocent people would be hurt or killed in the attack, including some people who even fought for more rights for Catholics. Some of the plotters started having second thoughts. One of the group members even sent an anonymous letter warning his friend, Lord Monteagle, to stay away from the Parliament on November 5th. Was the letter real? The warning letter reached the King, and the King's forces made plans to stop the conspirators. Guy Fawkes, who was in the cellar of the parliament with the 36 barrels of gunpowder when the authorities stormed it in the early hours of November 5th, was caught, tortured and executed. 

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Guy Fawkes, The Gunpowder Plot and Bonfire Night
 It's unclear if the conspirators would ever have been able to pull off their plan to blow up the Parliament even if they had not been betrayed. Some have suggested that the gunpowder itself was so old as to be useless. Since Guy Fawkes and the other conspirators got caught before trying to ignite the powder, we'll never know for certain. Even for the period which was notoriously unstable, the Gunpowder Plot struck a very profound chord for the people of England. In fact, even today, the reigning monarch only enters the Parliament once a year, on what is called "the State Opening of Parliament". Prior to the Opening, and according to custom, the Yeomen of the Guard search the cellars of the Palace of Westminster. Nowadays, the King and Parliament still uphold this tradition. On the very night that the Gunpowder Plot was foiled, on November 5th, 1605, bonfires were set alight to commemorated the safety of the King. Since then, November 5th has become known as Bonfire Night. The event is celebrated every year with fireworks and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire. Children made effigies of Guy Fawkes from old clothes, pillows, newspaper, cardboard, or anything handy. And with a lot of food. Traditional Bonfire Night food ideas that’ll make your bonfire party go with a bang! From bangers and hot baked potatoes to black peas, parkin and treacle toffee. 

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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 on                  th of November.
5. the             of the Guard still search the cellars of the Palace of Westminster every year.
6. The event is celebrated every year with fireworks and burning
     of                  Guy Fawkes on a bonfire
the first
1605
36
5
Yeomen 
effigies

Slide 18 - Drag question

Why did they want to kill King James the first?
A
The king was Catholic
B
The king treated his people badly
C
Guy Fawkes had an argument with him

Slide 19 - Quiz

What was the plot Guy Fawkes thought up called?
A
The Guy Fawkes night
B
Bonfire night
C
The gunpowder plot
D
The bonfire plot

Slide 20 - Quiz

Did the bonfire plot succeed?
A
Yes
B
No

Slide 21 - Quiz

What were the Guy dolls which were thrown on the fire made of?
A
Rubbish and paper
B
Newspapers and old clothes
C
Old rags and wood

Slide 22 - Quiz

What is the other name for the 5th of November?
A
Guy's night
B
Plotting night
C
King's night
D
Bonfire night

Slide 23 - Quiz

What typical dish is served on Bonfire night?
A
Hot baked tomatoes
B
Hot baked potatoes
C
Hot baked volcanoes
D
Hot baked apples

Slide 24 - Quiz

Question
Do you remember the rhyme of Guy Fawkes day?

Slide 25 - Slide

What did you learn about
Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes Day?

Slide 26 - Mind map