Easter

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Easter

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Text 1

The first known Easter candy, chocolate eggs, appeared in the 19th century, followed by jelly beans in the 1930s and Peeps in the 1950s. Other varieties have been added, but these candies still rank highly in sales.

Americans spend an average of $2 billion on Halloween candy, $1.9 billion on Easter candy, $1.4 billion on Christmas candy and $1 billion on Valentine’s Day candy. Trumped by Halloween, Easter is known as the second best-selling candy holiday in the nation.

Easter is the second biggest candy consuming holiday. Which holiday is the first?

1. Christmas
2. Valentine's Day
3. Father's Day
4. Halloween

Text 2

Nowadays people give each other Easter eggs made of chocolate, usually hollow and filled with sweets. Children in Britain hunt for (chocolate) Easter eggs hidden about the home or garden by the Easter bunny.  In the USA, the bunny has also been popular for centuries already.

Strangely the bunny as an Easter symbol seems to have it's origins in Germany, where it was first mentioned in German writings in the 16th Century. The first edible Easter bunnies appeared in Germany during the early 1800s, they were made of pastry and sugar.

In what country did the Easter Bunny originate?

1. Egypt
2. Britain
3. Germany
4. USA

Text 3

Easter in Australia does not differentiate much from Easter elsewhere in the world, except for one thing: the Easter bunny. Although bunnies are loved animals everywhere on the planet, that is not the case in Australia.

Rabbits have become a problem ever since their arrival. They first stepped on the new continent with the historic first fleet of ships which made the first European settlements around Sydney, and within decades became infamous invasive pests. Rapidly growing in numbers, the rabbits have devastated lands and were the reason for numerous extinct native Australian species.

In Australia there are no Easter bunnies because there are ____________ rabbits. Actually, rabbits are a pest.

1. too few
2. too many
3. no
4. no colored

Text 4

The first chocolate Easter egg in England was made in Bristol back in 1873. America produces 91.4 billion chocolate Easter eggs each and every year, as well as 90 million chocolate bunnies. 

Even though Switzerland is famous for its chocolate, the tallest Easter egg was created in Italy in 2011. It was a mighty 10.39 metres high and weighed a heavy 7,200kg. That means it was taller than a giraffe and heavier than an elephant!

The largest chocolate Easter egg made was taller than a giraffe and weighed more than an elephant! Where was it made?

1. Italy
2. England
3. America
4. Switzerland

What Easter event does the White House host each year?
(you may look this up on the internet!)

1. The Easter Egg Hunt
2. The Easter Egg Roll
3. Basket making
4. Easter Egg dyeing

The Easter Egg Roll

An older more traditional game is one in which real eggs are rolled against one another or down a hill. The owner of the egg that stayed uncracked the longest won. Even today in the north of England, for example as at Preston in Lancashire, they still carry out the custom of egg rolling. Hard boiled eggs are rolled down slopes to see whose egg goes furthest. In other places another game is played. You hold an egg in the palm of the hand and bang against your opponent's egg. The loser is the one whose egg breaks first.

00:16

Easter is the ... religious event in the UK.

1. biggest
2. second biggest
3. third biggest

00:41

How many chocolate eggs are eaten in the UK at Easter? Make a guess...

1. 50 million eggs
2. 70 million eggs
3. 80 million eggs
4. 100 million eggs

01:24

What is a popular activity at Easter?

1. Easter Egg Roll
2. Easter Egg Hill
3. Easter Egg Run
4. Easter Egg Hunt

01:40

... organise the Easter Bonnet Parade.

1. churches
2. schools
3. sport clubs
4. shops

01:47

... are decorated with Easter-related decorations?

1. jeans
2. sweaters
3. shirts
4. hats

02:33

How many chocolate eggs are eaten in the UK at Easter? Make a guess...

1. 50 million eggs
2. 70 million eggs
3. 80 million eggs
4. 100 million eggs

02:40

How many people live in the UK?

1. 36 million
2. 63 million
3. 68 million
4. 80 million

Task 5- Easter quiz

Are these statements True or False? - Don't worry if you don't know the answer, we will talk it through.

1. Easter day is always on a Sunday.

1. True
2. False

2. Easter is on the same date every year.

1. True
2. False

3. Easter eggs symbolise rebirth.

1. True
2. False

4. The Easter rabbit is a symbol of fertility.

1. True
2. False

5. The name Easter comes from an ancient Anglo-Saxon goddess, Eostre.

1. True
2. False