Process
Goal: To learn more about Halloween in the US and its history.Choose one Web site to explore. Use the information in the Web site to answer the questions below the Web link. Be sure to read the complete articles! After you finish answering your questions, meet with your classmates to find out the answers to the remaining questions. Don't forget to answer the BIG QUESTION at the end.
Web site: Origins of Halloween
Questions:
1. Which festival originated Halloween and who celebrated it?
2. What did that festival celebrate?3.Where does the name "Halloween" come from?
Web site: Today's Halloween Traditions
Questions:
1. Who made Halloween popular in the United States?
2.What are some popular Halloween traditions?
3.Why did people start using costumes on Halloween?
Web site: Symbols of Halloween
Questions:
1. Name the categories of symbols.
2. Which one is considered a "key symbol"?
3. Name 2 symbols for each category?
Web site: Trick or Treating
Questions:
1. What is trick or treating?
2. What do children wear when they go trick or treating?3. How did the tradition start?
Web site: Jack -o-lanternQuestions:1. What is Jack-o-lantern?2. What were they supposed to do?3. What were they originally made of?
e Big Question: What do you think about Halloween? How would you celebrate Halloween if you were in the United States? Why?/Why not?