Thanksgiving 2020

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 3

What makes you happy?

What do you already know about Thanksgiving?

Goal

Learn about Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday

Practise English writing skills

Practise listening skills

Learn something about English cultures

Finish these sentences: I am thankful for... & I am thankful that...

Thanksgiving

What do Black Friday and Cyber Monday have to do with Thanksgiving?

Friday is Black Friday. Are you going to go all crazy and shop till you drop?

Black Friday

Black Friday has routinely been the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States.

Retailers write black instead of red numbers. Hence the name Black Friday. 

Black Friday

Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. The day after Thanksgiving has been regarded as the beginning of America's Christmas shopping season 

Black Friday

Since 2006, there have been 12 reported deaths and 117 injuries throughout the United States. It is common for shoppers to camp out over the Thanksgiving holiday in an effort to secure a place in front of the line and thus a better chance at getting desired items.

Where did Black Friday first start?

1. It started in the United Kingdom, then Americans started doing it as well.
2. It started in the United Kingdom and United States of America at the same time.
3. It started in America, then the rest of the world started doing it as well.
4. It is not clear where Black Friday started.

Black Friday is called this way because:

1. after this day many people have little money left, which is called: “being in the black”.
2. all the shopping people create crowded streets, looking as if the streets were black.
3. shops lose a lot of money on this day because they are selling things so cheaply.
4. a lot of shops start to make profits during this day.