HALLOWEEN

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo lwoo
• Leerjaar 6

Welcome 

Where did Halloween come from?

Work in pairs/small groups.

You have 2 minutes to discuss why you think people first  celebrated "Halloween".

Write down a brief summary of what you discussed

Halloween

• + 2000 years ago

• 31st of October

• All Hallows' Eve (31 Oct)

• All Hallows (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

When do we celebrate Halloween?

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

How many years ago was Halloween first celebrated?

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

Why do people wear costumes on Halloween?

Look for photos of stars in their Halloween costume and post them here.

Which Halloween
traditions
do you know?