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Halloween presentation
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- 2. History • Halloween, October31 • Began 2,000 years ago as the ancient Celtic festival Samhain (Sow-een), End of the summer.
- 3. History • During Samhain,the ancient Celts thought ghosts of the dead returned to Earth and caused chaos, sickness and destroyed plants. • The Celts wore masks and danced to scare the ghosts away.
- 4. History • In NorthAmerica, Halloween is a time of celebration & superstition. • It resulted from a mix of Native American and European autumn traditions: storytelling, dancing, parties, games, art and foods of the season.
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- 6. Eat some CandyCorn
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- 11. Go on ahayride
- 12. Visit a cornmaze…
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- 14. What do youdo at a bonfire? • Roast marshmallows • Tell ghost stories
- 15. Enter a hauntedhouse, if you dare.
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- 19. Stay up verrrylate!
- 20. Arts, crafts and decorations!
- 21. Make a scarecrow •Ordinary clothes • Stuff body with hay, newspaper or leaves
- 22. • Give him/her a face and a name!
- 23. • Enter yourscarecrow in a contest…
- 24. or put themin front of the house.
- 25. Decorate the housewith spider webs…
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- 28. ghosts… BOO!
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- 30. a witch, herhat & broom too! Crash!
- 31. Place a tombstone… Maythey Rest In Peace!
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- 33. Pumpkins… • are theofficial fruit of Halloween • in superstition, as lanterns, welcome good spirits and protect against malevolent ones.
- 34. Pick a pumpkin… at a pumpkin patch.
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- 36. Give it eyes,a nose, a mouth… then put a candle inside.
- 37. Now it’s aJack-O-Lantern!
- 38. Be creative! Watchit glow!
- 40. World Record Pumpkin 2009 pounds/ 911 kilos • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6WnNeRk5o4&feature=relmfu
- 41. Giant Pumpkin Regatta • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCqkHomnbHU&feature=related • 3:12
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- 43. What’s trick-or-treating? • OnOctober 31, people once thought that they would encounter ghosts if they left their home…
- 44. • So, peoplewore masks and dressed up in costumes. • That way, the ghosts wouldn’t recognize them. • People also offered treats to the ghosts.
- 45. • Today, kidsstill follow this tradition. They go trick-or- treating. • They dress up, carry a bag, and go from house to house, requesting a treat from neighbors.
- 46. • When thedoor opens the kids repeat, “Trick or treat!” They receive a treat
- 47. So, choose amask…
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- 50. or dress upin a costume...
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- 52. Halloween is atime for… What else can you think of?
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Editor's Notes
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