HALLOWEEN 2A1/2H1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

HALLOWEEN

Halloween

• + 2000 years ago

• 31st of October

• All Hallows' Eve (31 Oct)

• Hallows Eve (1 Nov)

• Started in Ireland > Samhain

Samhain 

• Celebrated in Ireland, the UK & Northern France

• To mark* the end of the summer months & harvest time*

• Darker colder months were associated* with death

• They thought the ghosts would return to earth

* To mark = markeren, harvest time = oogsttijd, associated = associëren/verbonden

When do we celebrate Halloween?

1. 30 October
2. 31 October
3. 1 November
4. 2 November

How many years ago did Halloween start?

1. 1500 years ago
2. 1000 years ago
3. 2000 years ago
4. 1250 years ago

Where does Halloween originate from?

1. The United States of America
2. Canada
3. The United Kingdom
4. Ireland

What Celtic festival does Halloween originate from?

1. All Hallows Eve
2. Samhain
3. Harvest time
4. Hallowmas

How much money do the Americans spend on Halloween?

1. 6 billion
2. 6 million
3. 600 thousand
4. 60 thousand

What is the most popular Halloween candy?

1. Snickers
2. Mars
3. Milky Way
4. Oreo

What do you call a carved Halloween pumpkin?

1. Jack-O'-Lantern
2. Jill-O'-Lantern
3. John-O'-Lantern
4. Jane-O'-Lantern

What do people do on Halloween?

1. Trick-or-Leave
2. Tick-or-Sweet
3. Treat-or-Leave
4. Trick-or-Treat

Facts

• The Irish brought their traditions to the US in 1840

• Halloween we know of today started in 1921

• Mass production costumes started in the 1950s

Why do we wear costumes?

Why do we wear costumes?

Spirits cross over to the land of the living. The people were scared.

They disguised* themselves by wearing a mask/costume so evil spirits wouldn't harm* them.

* To disguise = vermommen, to harm = pijn doen

ASSIGNMENT

In pairs, talk about your Halloween experiences*:

- How do people celebrate Halloween in the United States?

-Did you go trick-or-treating on Halloween (yesterday)?

- Do you do this every year? Why (not)?

- What costume did you wear/would you like to wear?

- What do or don't you like about Halloween?

- Think of your own questions

*Experiences = ervaringen