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- 1. The most famous Celtic’s legacy: Halloween Designed by Flavia Fontes Giovanna Giordanetti Yanina Queirós Karenina Martínez 1
- 2. Introduction Halloween is oneof the oldest holidays still celebrated today. But… Do you know the origins of Halloween? What is your vision about Halloween? Some people view Halloween as a time for fun, putting on costumes, trick-or- treating, and having theme parties. Others view it as a time of superstitions, ghosts and evil spirits that should be avoided at all costs. 2
- 3. Halloween culture canbe traced back to the Celtic culture in Ireland, Britain and Northern Europe. Roots lay in the feast of Samhain, which was annually on October 31st to honor the dead. Samhain signifies "summers end" or November. Samhain was a harvest festival with huge sacred bonfires, marking the end of the Celtic year and beginning of a new one. The Celts believed the souls of the dead roamed the streets and villages at night. Since not all spirits were thought to be friendly, gifts and treats were left out to pacify the evil and ensure next years crops would be plentiful. This custom evolved into trick-or-treating.3
- 4. The Task FIRST TASK: Usethis Web Quest to find interesting and relevant information in connection with the Celts and Halloween celebration. SECOND TASK: How do we celebrate Halloween today? Compare and contrast this celebration during The Iron Age and our current time. 4
- 5. The Process FIRST TASK: Workingin groups of four students visit the following websites and look for information in oder to answer the questions above, which will function as a guide for the next activity. •http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/celtsmyth/ a/lochalloween.htm •http://www.archaeology.org/online/interviews /butler.html Questions: •Who were the celts? •What did they believe in? •What were the traditional festivals Celts used to celebrate? •What did Halloween represented for them? 5
- 6. SECOND TASK: Prepare aPublic Speech based on a Power Point Presentation to share with your classmates, comparing and contrasting Halloween during The Iron Age and our current time. When preparing the Power Point Presentation take into consideration the appearance of it, the choice of the material and your attitude and fluency when presenting it. Used the following links for inspiration: http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/videos# halloweens-origins http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Esteb an-25122-halloween-history-Facts-actually-origins- Catholic-Church-comes-contracted-corrup-as- Entertainment-ppt-powerpoint/ 6
- 7. Evaluation The followingchart shows how your performance will be evaluated. The final grade is an average of the grades for each of the stages. There will be a group work grade and an individual work grade. Fair Good Very Excellent Good Information used in the presentation Language used Presentation of the work in class Cooperative work 7
- 8. Conclusion The idea ofdesigning this Web Quest is to help getting familiar with the English resources available on the Internet and on the computer. At the end of this activity students will have worked with authentic and challenging materials. Also, students will have used higher order thinking skills such as: comparing, contrasting, processing, analyzin g and finally creating due to the fact that our students are expected to use this well- known source to find all kind of information. 8
- 9. Credits and References http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/vide os#halloweens-origins http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/celtsmyth/a /lochalloween.htm http://www.archaeology.org/online/interviews/ butler.html http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Es teban-25122-halloween-history-Facts-actually- origins-Catholic-Church-comes-contracted- corrup-as-Entertainment-ppt-powerpoint/ 9