Easter lesson

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1,2

It's nearly Easter!

And to celebrate, here's an Easter lesson for you! With some reading, a puzzle, a quiz and an egg-hunt. Enjoy!

A pun

A pun is a play on words, a joke:

This vacuum sucks

Denial is a river in Eygpt

The wedding cake had me in tiers. 

You often have to read the sententence aloud to get the joke.

In the trailer you are about to watch there is a pun, see if you can spot it. 

What pun was made in the first 5 seconds of the video?

What other roles does the Easter bunny have?

1. Austrailian
2. Bomber
3. Guardian
4. Ninja

Bunnymund works with three others to protect children. Who are they?

Can you spot the hidden egg in this colourful Easter field full of flowers and bunnies?

Easter quiz

Read the text and then answer the question on the next slide.

Good luck!

Break a leg!

May the force be with you

Go forth and conquer

Text 1

The first known Easter candy, chocolate eggs, appeared in the 19th century, followed by jelly beans in the 1930s and Peeps, marshmellows shapes, 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.

Easter is the second biggest candy consuming holiday. Which holiday is the first in America?

1. Christmas
2. Valentine's Day
3. Father's Day
4. Halloween

Text 2

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. It is a symbol for fertility (vruchtbaarheid). The first edible Easter bunnies appeared in Germany during the early 1800s and they were made of pastry and sugar.

In what country did the Easter Bunny originate?

1. Switzerland
2. Britain
3. Germany
4. USA

Text 3

Easter in Australia does not differ much from Easter elsewhere in the world, except for one thing: the Easter bunny. Although bunnies are loved animals everywhere on the planet, that is not the case in Australia.

Rabbits have become a problem ever since their arrival. They first stepped on the new continent with the historic first fleet of ships, which made the first European settlements around Sydney. Within decades they became infamous invasive pests. Rapidly growing in numbers, the rabbits have devastated the land and are the reason for numerous extinct native Australian species.

In Australia there are no Easter bunnies because there are ____________ rabbits. Actually, rabbits are a pest.

1. too few
2. too many
3. no
4. hardly any

What Easter event does the White House host each year?
(Have a guess)

1. The Easter Egg Hunt
2. The Easter Egg Roll
3. Basket making
4. Easter Egg dyeing

What does Michelle Obama tell children that they should eat?

1. Easter eggs
2. chocolate
3. vegetables
4. donuts

Text 4

The first chocolate Easter egg in England was made in Bristol back in 1873 by Fry's. 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!

The largest chocolate Easter egg made, which was taller than a giraffe and weighed more than an elephant was made in?

1. Italy
2. England
3. America
4. Switzerland

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