Halloween lesson

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

What comes to mind when you think about Halloween!?

What do you know
about Halloween?

Do you celebrate Halloween?

No

Yes

Where does Halloween come from?

00:43

In which country did Halloween start?

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

01:11

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

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

02:09

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

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

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

* To mark = markeren, harvest time = oogsttijd, associated = associëren/verbonden

Let's write a scary story!

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

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?

1. Ghouling, Souling
2. Guising, Souling
3. Ghosting, Souling

02:07

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

1. Canada
2. USA

00:34

What did Jack-o'-lantern 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?