Halloween

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Learning objectives 

• You know where Halloween comes from.

What do you know
about Halloween?

Do you celebrate Halloween?

No

Yes

Where does Halloween come from?

00:34

What did Jack-o'-latern mean?

00:55

What are will-o'-the-wisp?

1. Gas bubbles from the swamp that light up once it touches electricity
2. Fire bubbles that come out of rocks
3. Soap bubbles that come from a swamp. They light up once light hits them.

01:47

Why did families carve creepy faces in vegetables?

02:25

How did carved out pumpkins become popular?

00:32

What is 'mumming'?

00:58

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

01:27

What were the names of ''trick or treating'' in Scotland and England?

02:07

Where did the name ''trick or treat'' came from?

1. Canada
2. USA

00:43

In which country did Halloween start?

1. America
2. England
3. Ireland
4. Scotland

01:11

How did the Celts ward off ghosts?
More than one answer is correct

1. by wearing costumes
2. Carving pumkins (uitsnijden van pompoenen)
3. Dancing with the gohsts
4. Bonfire

01:32

How did Halloween start?

1. They liked to dress up as something scary
2. To protect themselves from ghosts
3. They were protecting themselves from other people
4. They liked to scare each other

01:39

What is a Jack o'lantern?

1. paint on a pumpkin
2. a pumpkin carved out with faces
3. A man who started halloween

02:09

Who were the first Jack o'lanterns?
More than one answer is correct.

1. Potatoes
2. Tomato
3. Pumpkin
4. Turnip