Halloween

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome...

To the spookiest lesson of the year!

Samhain

Who: the Celts

Why: end of their summer + to protect from evil

What: bonfires + costumes + predictions

All hallows eve

Who: the Romans

What: combination of Roman tradition + Celtic tradition
What: origin of bobbing for apples
When: 1st of November

Halloween

A night full of misschief, spirits and rituals

Irish Great Famine (1845-1850) -> migrants to US

Book of Hallowe'en (1919)

Traditions

Trick-or-Treating

Bobbing for apples

Pumpkins (Irish)

Dressing up

Look up on the internet:

What kinds of monsters/characters are associated with Halloween? 

What are these monsters like in the present?

What were they like in the past?

What is the difference?

A day in the life of...

You get a card out of the tin with a monster on it. Write a text (at least 100 words) describing a day in the life of that Halloween monster. 

Be creative! Get bloody! Make it horrifying!