Halloween lesson

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This lesson contains 27 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 6 videos.

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Slide 1 - Slide

What comes to mind when you think about Halloween!?

Slide 2 - Open question

What do you know
about Halloween?

Slide 3 - Mind map

Do you celebrate Halloween?
No
Yes

Slide 4 - Poll

Where does Halloween come from?

Slide 5 - Slide

5

Slide 6 - Video

00:43
In which country did Halloween start?
A
America
B
England
C
Ireland
D
Scotland

Slide 7 - Quiz

01:11
How did the Celts ward off (afweren) ghosts?
More than one answer is correct
A
by wearing costumes
B
Carving pumkins (uitsnijden van pompoenen)
C
Dancing with the ghosts
D
Bonfire

Slide 8 - Quiz

01:32
How did Halloween start?
A
They liked to dress up as something scary
B
To protect themselves from ghosts
C
They were protecting themselves from other people
D
They liked to scare each other

Slide 9 - Quiz

01:39
What is a Jack o'lantern?
A
paint on a pumpkin
B
a pumpkin carved out with faces

Slide 10 - Quiz

02:09
Who were the first Jack o'lanterns?
More than one answer is correct.
A
Potatoes
B
Tomato
C
Pumpkin
D
Turnip

Slide 11 - Quiz

Halloween
+ 2000 years ago
• 31st of October
• All Hallows' Eve (31 Oct)
• All Hallows (1 Nov)
• Started in Ireland > Samhain

Slide 12 - Slide

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

Slide 13 - Slide

4

Slide 14 - Video

Let's write a scary story!
Join the contest by writing a scary short story and maybe you'll win a prize!

Slide 15 - Slide

00:32
What is 'mumming'?

Slide 16 - Open question

00:58
What happens when the Celts don't get any treats?

Slide 17 - Open question

01:27
What were the names of ''trick or treating'' in Scotland and England?
A
Ghouling, Souling
B
Guising, Souling
C
Ghosting, Souling

Slide 18 - Quiz

02:07
Where did the name ''trick or treat'' came from?
A
Canada
B
USA

Slide 19 - Quiz

4

Slide 20 - Video

00:34
What did Jack-o'-lantern mean?

Slide 21 - Open question

00:55
What are will-o'-the-wisp?
A
Gas bubbles from the swamp that light up once it touches electricity
B
Fire bubbles that come out of rocks
C
Soap bubbles that come from a swamp. They light up once light hits them.

Slide 22 - Quiz

01:47
Why did families carve creepy faces in vegetables?

Slide 23 - Open question

02:25
How did carved out pumpkins become popular?

Slide 24 - Open question

Slide 25 - Video

Slide 26 - Video

Slide 27 - Video