Halloween - Onderbouw

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1-3

Halloween

Goals for today:

* You will know more about the history and tradition of Halloween.

What do you know about Halloween?

Where does Halloween originally come from? 

1. Ireland
2. Scotland
3. England
4. America

What does the word Halloween come from?

1. All Hail's Eve
2. All Hallow's Eve
3. All Havens Eve
4. All Holy Eve

What are pumpkins used for at Halloween?

1. As a mask
2. As food
3. As decoration
4. As a lantern

What is not a tradition at Halloween?

1. Trick or treat!
2. Decorating a tree
3. Wearing costumes
4. Carving a pumpkin

Halloween comes from Hallow's Eve. 

What do you think 'Hallow' means?

1. Scary
2. Strange
3. Hollow (= empty)
4. Holy (= sacred/heilig)

The Celts celebrated Halloween with a lot of noise, parades and big bonfires. 

1. True
2. False

What does 'Trick or treat'mean?

1. 'Give me a treat or I will prank you!'
2. 'Give me a treat or I will shoot you!'
3. 'Give me a treat or I will leave!'
4. 'Give me a treat or you are mean!'

What did the Irish use before they used pumkins?

1. Apples
2. Turnips

What does Stingy Jack mean?

1. Gierige Jack
2. Stinkende Jack
3. Stekelige Jack

Why did they start using pumkins instead of turnips?

1. Pumpkins were cheaper
2. Pumpinks were easier to carve
3. Orange is a pretty colour
4. They could use bigger candles

What did kids in the 19th century use the carved pumpkins for?

1. To scare people
2. To have fun
3. To hide from people
4. To eat

Scary Alphabet

What: Make a Halloween alphabet (A = America, B = bat…..etc)

How: In groups of three people.

Help: If you don't know a letter, skip it.

Time: 10 minutes +-

Done?: Wait for the rest to finish.