This document provides instructions for a group project on British and American festivities. Students will work in groups of two to research and present information on one of eight festivities: Halloween, Mother's Day, St. Patrick's Day, May Day, Christmas Day, St. Valentine's Day, Guy Fawkes Night, or April Fool's Day. The procedure involves forming groups, conducting individual research, sharing information in groups, and presenting the final project to the teacher. Links to online resources on each festivity are provided to support the research. The goals are to learn about British and American cultures and celebrations.

1. INTRODUCTION
TASK
PROCEDURE
Saint Valentine
Halloween
Bonfire night
Christmas
April Fool’s day
Mother’s day
May Day
Saint Patrick’s day
EVALUATION
CONCLUSION
SOURCES

2. Are you ready?
HOME TASK

3. In this written project you will have to write information about different aspects of the
British or American festivities.
You will have to stick the information and some photographs on ½ card and give the
project to your teacher.
For this job, you will join in groups of 2 people, and each group will work on a topic.
In this way you will understand British and American festivities and celebrations
better and you will be able to tell the differences and similarities between your culture
and British or American culture.
INTRODUCTION Home PROCEDURE

4. STEP 2:
Individual work. You’ll find
useful links to find
information on your topic.
This step will take a session
of 55 minutes and it will be
STEP 1: developed in the
Form groups of 2. Each computers’ room at
group will choose a topic of school. If you need extra STEP 3:
the 8 provided: time, finish it at home. Your Group work. Share the
teacher will help you in
1. Halloween everything you need.
information you have about
your topic and decide what
STEP 4:
2. Mother’s Day to include in the final Present your work to your
3. Saint Patrick project. teacher. She will evaluate it
4. May day You will do this at home. and stick in on the class
5. Christmas Day wall.
6. Saint Valentine
7. Guy Fawkes night
8. April Fool’s day
Choose your Topic and Let’s Start!
CLICK HERE!
TASK Home EVALUATION

5. Click on the name of the festivity to go to the information

6. Your topic is Saint Valentine’s day. The following list of questions can help to
decide what to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the
links provided below:
INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Photographs of Saint Valentine’s day.
Write a recipe and include pictures.
Draw a comic of Saint Valentine’s day history.
Write a love poem
Links:
http://holidays.kaboose.com/valentines-day/history/val-history.html
http://www.kids-cooking-activities.com/Valentine-recipes.html
http://www.brownielocks.com/valentinepoems.html
PROCEDURE Home EVALUATION

7. Your topic is Halloween. The following are the list of questions you have to
include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links provided
below:
INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Photographs or crafts of Halloween.
Where does the name Halloween come from?
Write a recipe and include pictures.
When is it celebrated?
What are the typical costumes?
What is the pumpkin’s name?
What is the sentence that all children say in Halloween?
Links:
http://www.makingfriends.com/halloween_crafts.htm
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Halloween/history.htm
http://familyfun.go.com/halloween/halloween-recipes/
http://www.michellehenry.fr/hallo.htm
PROCEDURE Home EVALUATION

8. Your topic is Guy Fawkes Night. The following are some ideas on what you
have to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links
provided below.
INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Photographs of Guy Fawkes night
What was the gunpowder plot?
Who was Guy Fawkes?
Draw a comic of the history of the gunpowder plot
Write a rhyme about this night
Links:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/guy/history.htm
http://www.parliament.uk/about/faqs/house-of-commons-faqs/gunpowder-plot/
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Guy.html
PROCEDURE Home EVALUATION

9. Your topic is CHRISTMAS. The following are some ideas on what you have to
include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links provided
below.
INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Photographs of Christmas
What are the Christmas traditions? Talk about the stockings, the sleigh and reindeer,
the candles, the mistletoe and the christmas cards.
Write a Christmas recipe with some photographs
Talk about some films we can see at Christmas (include picstures)
Links:
http://www.claus.com/santashome/traditions.php.htm
http://www.wilstar.net/xmas/xmassymb.htm
http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Seasonal/Tatsuki-XmasMovies.html
http://www.michellehenry.fr/christmas4.htm#rec
PROCEDURE Home EVALUATION

10. Your Topic is APRIL FOOL’S DAY. The following are some ideas
on what you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the
information in the links provided below.
INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Stick pictures of April fool’s day
What is April fool’s day?
When did April fools celebrate the new year?
In what country did children often tape pictures of fish
on their friends’ backs?
Can you write a joke in English? Can you add some pictures?
Links:
http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/aprilfool.htm#AprilFoo l
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aprilfools1.html
PROCEDURE Home EVALUATION

11. Your Topic is MOTHER’S DAY. The following are some ideas on
what you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the
information in the links provided below.
INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
History of mother’s day. When was the first mother’s day?
Pictures of mother’s day
When is mother’s day celebrated in England?
Include a poem
What can you do to make your Mother's Day special?
Links:
http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://wilstar.c
om/holidays/mothers.htm
http://holidays.kaboose.com/mothers-day/history/mom-about.html

12. Your Topic is MAY DAY. The following are some ideas on what you have to
include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links
provided below.
INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
When is May Day celebrated?
What is the maypole?
What is the Morris Dancing?
Who is the May Queen?
What is a bank holiday?
Links:
http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/mayday.htm
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/mayday.htm

13. Your Topic is SAINT PATRICK’S DAY. The following are some ideas on
what you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in
the links provided below.
INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Where is Saint Patrick’s day celebrated? When?
What is the history of Saint Patrick’s day?
What are the symbols?
Include some pictures of this day
Links:
http://www.michellehenry.fr/patrick.htm#hist
http://pws.gamewood.net/~byoung/holidays/stpatricks/stpatricksday.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/videos#history-of-st-patricks-day

14. LOOK AT THE EVALUATION CRITERIA
HERE
PROCEDURE Home CONCLUSION

15. After completing your tasks successfully
you should have learnt:
•To use the Internet as a useful tool to
search information on festivities
•To organise group work and share
information to reach an agreement
•To consider how important visual
presentation is.
By now, you should already know
something more about festivities and you
have probably realised about the
similarities and differences between our
culture and British culture.
A language is a reflection of the culture where the language is spoken. So if you want
to learn English you have to learn about its Culture. There many other things you can
learn: legends, songs, history ….. Now it’s up to you.
CONGRATULATIONS ON FINISHING THIS WEBQUEST!
EVALUATION Home SOURCES

16. Special thanks to the websites
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/
http://www.inmagine.com
http://webquest.xtec.cat
http://www.michellehenry.fr/
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