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© Cambridge University Press 2014 MORE! 8 e Bonfire Night PHOTOCOPIABLE Bonfire Night Teaching notes Culture note Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated in Britain on the evening of 5th November. It is celebrated in memory of a historical event in 1605 when a group of Catholics, angry at the way they were discriminated against, tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London. King James I was King of England at the time (he was a Protestant) and the conspirators planned to kill him. The plan didn’t work as the king’s soldiers caught the plotters and their leader, Guy Fawkes. This historical event is known as the ‘Gunpowder plot’. Traditionally, Guy Fawkes Night was a much more important autumn festival in England than Halloween. Some days before 5th November, children make large dummies or ‘guys’, and fill them with newspaper and dress them in old clothes. These guys represent Guy Fawkes and are burned on top of bonfires on the evening of 5th November. These bonfires are accompanied by firework displays all over the country. Mini books ● ● Elicit from students the things that they remember about Halloween and how it is celebrated in the United States and Britain. ● ● Tell students that Halloween is quite a new festival in Britain, and that there is another, much older festival on 5th November called Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Night. Use photos or drawings to teach the words bonfire and fireworks. ● ● Students read and make the Bonfire Night mini books. ● ● See this link for instructions on how to fold and cut a mini book (YouTube also has various video sequences you can follow): http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/bookmade.htm Toffee apple recipe ● ● Tell students that people traditionally eat toffee apples on Bonfire Night. ● ● Students read the recipe sheet and number the instructions in order. ● ● You may like to make toffee apples with your class using the recipe.
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Bonfire Night Teaching notes
Culture noteBonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated in Britain on the evening of 5th November. It is celebrated in memory of a historical event in 1605 when a group of Catholics, angry at the way they were discriminated against, tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London. King James I was King of England at the time (he was a Protestant) and the conspirators planned to kill him. The plan didn’t work as the king’s soldiers caught the plotters and their leader, Guy Fawkes. This historical event is known as the ‘Gunpowder plot’.
Traditionally, Guy Fawkes Night was a much more important autumn festival in England than Halloween. Some days before 5th November, children make large dummies or ‘guys’, and fill them with newspaper and dress them in old clothes. These guys represent Guy Fawkes and are burned on top of bonfires on the evening of 5th November. These bonfires are accompanied by firework displays all over the country.
Mini books●● Elicit from students the things that they remember about
Halloween and how it is celebrated in the United States and Britain.
●● Tell students that Halloween is quite a new festival in Britain, and that there is another, much older festival on 5th November called Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Night. Use photos or drawings to teach the words bonfire and fireworks.
●● Students read and make the Bonfire Night mini books.
●● See this link for instructions on how to fold and cut a mini book (YouTube also has various video sequences you can follow): http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/bookmade.htm
Toffee apple recipe●● Tell students that people traditionally eat toffee apples on
Bonfire Night.
●● Students read the recipe sheet and number the instructions in order.
●● You may like to make toffee apples with your class using the recipe.
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Read and number the instructions.
Toffee apple recipe
Ingredientsserves 15
• 15smallapples• 15chopsticks• 4cupswhitesugar
• 1teaspoonwhitevinegar• 1cupwater• 1teaspoonredfoodcolouring
Instructions
Boil the red syrup for about 20 minutes.
Remove the pan from the heat. Wait for it to stop bubbling.
Turn the apple and then put it down. Wait for the syrup to go hard. Now you can eat your toffee apple.
Wash and dry the apples and put a chopstick into each apple.
Bring the mixture to the boil and add the food colouring.
Take an apple by the stick and dip it into the syrup. Cover the apple with syrup.
Combine the sugar, water and vinegar in a pan.
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