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This lesson contains 18 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 45 min

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Slide 2 - Slide

Slide 3 - Mind map

Dates 
Tongue Twister
Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs
Try and say this  5 times in a row. 
3 students may come forward

Slide 4 - Slide

Which religion celebrates Easter?
A
Atheism
B
Christianity
C
Hinduism

Slide 5 - Quiz

Slide 6 - Slide

Text 1
The first known Easter candy, chocolate eggs, appeared in the 19th century, followed by jelly beans in the 1930s and Peeps in the 1950s. Other varieties have been added, but these candies still rank highly in sales.

Americans spend an average of $2 billion on Halloween candy, $1.9 billion on Easter candy, $1.4 billion on Christmas candy and $1 billion on Valentine’s Day candy. Trumped by Halloween, Easter is known as the second best-selling candy holiday in the nation.

Slide 7 - Slide

Easter is the second biggest candy consuming holiday. Which holiday is the first?
A
Christmas
B
Valentine's Day
C
Father's Day
D
Halloween

Slide 8 - Quiz

Slide 9 - Slide

Lamb
Easter eggs
Lady bug
Easter bonnet
Chick
Bunny
Basket
Bee

Slide 10 - Drag question

Text 2 - read on your own and in silence
Nowadays people give each other Easter eggs made of chocolate, usually hollow and filled with sweets. Children in Britain hunt for (chocolate) Easter eggs hidden about the home or garden by the Easter bunny.  In the USA, the bunny has also been popular for centuries already.
Strangely the bunny as an Easter symbol seems to have it's origins in Germany, where it was first mentioned in German writings in the 16th Century. The first edible Easter bunnies appeared in Germany during the early 1800s, they were made of pastry and sugar.

Slide 11 - Slide

In what country did the Easter Bunny originate?

A
Egypt
B
Britain
C
Germany
D
USA

Slide 12 - Quiz

What is your favourite flavour Easter egg? No right or wrong answers here...
Dark Chocolate (Red)
Milk chocolate (Blue)
White chocolate (Gold)

Slide 13 - Poll

Raise if you found the...

Spot the panda

Slide 14 - Slide

Text 3 - read on your own and in silence. 
The first chocolate Easter egg in England was made in Bristol back in 1873. America produces 91.4 billion chocolate Easter eggs each and every year, as well as 90 million chocolate bunnies. 
Even though Switzerland is famous for its chocolate, the tallest Easter egg was created in Italy in 2011. It was a mighty 10.39 metres high and weighed a heavy 7,200kg. That means it was taller than a giraffe and heavier than an elephant!

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The largest chocolate Easter egg made was taller than a giraffe and weighed more than an elephant! Where was it made?
A
Italy
B
England
C
America
D
Switzerland

Slide 16 - Quiz

Slide 17 - Slide

Paasei traktatie verdubbelen?
Easter egg hunt in the classroom!
3 students... via the randomizer. 

Slide 18 - Slide