Halloween

October 31st of every year!

How is Halloween celebrated around the world?

CA Content Standard for 9th graders:

Generate relevant questions about readings on issues that can be researched.

Objective: Students will be able to compare and contrast about how different cultures celebrate Halloween.

I would like students to generate relevant questions about the readings and videos discussed about Halloween.

Students are to be paired in groups of up to five people. Students should have questions on their poster boards with evidence to support their evidence.

How your presentation board should look!

Types of questions: Questions that fellow classmates can

elaborate on Questions that allow students to

clarify deep meanings and understandings

Questions that students may assume about Halloween

Questions that allow a lot of evidence to be given to support answers

Question #1

Clarify where Halloween originated from by viewing this video-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw4bwtwu40o

Question #2

How do different cultures celebrate Halloween similar to the American culture?

Similiarities: ________________

Differences: ________________

Question #3

Elaborate on how you celebrate Halloween and be prepared to share it with the class.

Presentation Requirements!

Be prepared to answer a lot of questions and give positive feedback to other students!

Students should be fully prepared with their presentations in order to provide their answers in a confident manner

At the end of the presentations, we will record on a chart of how each culture celebrates Halloween.

Country How do they celebrate Halloween?

1. Austria

2. Belgium

3. Canada

4. China

5. Czechoslovakia

6. England

7. France

8. Germany

9. Hong Kong

10. Japan

11. Korea

12. Mexico

13. Sweden

14. Ireland