Halloween!

​trick-or-treating - a custom in which children visit your home at Halloween and say "Trick or treat"? as a way of asking for sweets.

Poll

Halloween was first celebrated 2000 years ago.

• True

• False

Poll

People wore masks on Halloween to scare other people

• True

• False

Poll

Most Halloween traditions came from America.

• True

• False

Poll

It has always been a holiday for children.

• True

• False

Poll

Halloween is the most commercial holiday in America.

• True

• False

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHQZErtwA3E

​VOCABULARY

• ​bobbing for apples — a Halloween game in which you have to try to catch an apple with your teeth and take it out of a tub filled with water

• ancient — very old

• Celtic — belonging to ancient European people who are related to the Irish, Scots, Welsh, and Bretons

​VOCABULARY

• an origin — the place or moment where something begins to exist

• to originate — to begin to exist or appear for the first time

• a spirit — a ghost

• to keep someone at bay — to prevent something serious, dangerous, or unpleasant from affecting you

​VOCABULARY

• a soul — the spiritual part of a person that most religions believe continues to exist after their body dies

• ​hijinks — a noisy and fun activity

• ​medieval — relating to the period of European history between about the years 500 — 1,500

​VOCABULARY

• to pray — to speak to God or a saint, for example, to give thanks or ask for help

• a pastry — a food made by mixing flour, fat, and water

• to revive — to bring back to life

• a consumer — someone who buys and uses goods and services

Multiple Choice

Halloween was first celebrated 2,000 years ago.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

People wore masks on Halloween to scare other people.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Most Halloween traditions came from America.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

It has always been a holiday for children.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Halloween is the most commercial holiday in America.

• True

• False

​WATCH THE VIDEO AGAIN

Multiple Choice

People believed that on _________ the dead returned as ghosts.

• the night before Samhain

• Samhain

• the night after Samhain

Multiple Choice

The Christian church turned Samhain into ______.

• All Saint's Day

• All Hallows' Eve

• Halloween

Multiple Choice

Souling is a tradition when poor people asked for "soul cakes" and ______ in return.

• danced

• sang

• prayed

Multiple Choice

The immigrants from _____ brought these traditions to the USA.

• Scotland

• Ireland

• Scotland and Ireland

Multiple Choice

It became family-friendly in ________.

• the 1950s

• the 1960s

• the 1970s

​Answer the questions

​1. What surprised you the most about the history of Halloween?

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2. Have you ever celebrated Halloween? Why (not)?