Have you ever heard about Rosa Parks? Who was she? Why do we talk about her? She was an American Civil Right Activist who fought for the rights of black people, specially women.
Copy the following glossary before watching and answer the questions to find out why she is known worldwide nowadays:
Saint Valentine's true story? Juana Moral's English Site. Photo from Pixabay.
Love is great, but, what do you know about the story and History of Sain Valentine? Let's read the following text and fill in the blanks with the simple past forms below. Remember to look up in the dictionary the words you don't know:
SAINT VALENTINE'S STORY ACTIVITIES IN GOCONQUR.IN THEIMAGE BELOW
What is the origin of Thanksgiving? The following activity is perfect for basic learners (A1, A2). CLick on the link below to complete the video quizz activities from Educaplay (listening comprehension) or just watch the video from youtube.
No doubt, it is a popular holiday celebrated in North America. It is a great time of the year because families gather and give thanks for the good things they can share.
This video explains a bit of its origins. I recommend reading the glossary below before watching. After that, why don't you try the comprehension questions?
Halloween has passed and with it, the activities we have done for these days (which will last for some more days indeed).Thanks to a great collaboration from all the teachers, we have created a Graveyard collecting tombstones, skeletons, scary elements and even more important, brief biographies from paramount worldwide figures.
They ranged from Mathematicians, Writers, Poets, Painters, Kings, Queens, Rulers, Scientists... from all over the world and from different periods in History.
Very wellcoming doors for our graveyard. Come in!!!
This idea was partly based on that of a Mathematics Graveyard found on the internet in a high school in Murcia, Spain, however, it took more than a month of hard work.
On 17th March, Irish people celebrate their day, due to Saint Patrick, who converted the Irish into Christianity in the island in the 5th century. There are celebrations worldwide, wherever there is an Irish person. The typical colour is green, as it is related to Ireland.
Let's watch the video and answer the questions in the link below
Halloween's Holidays are coming, that's why we have prepared some activities. Fist of all, where does Halloween come from? The following link from THE HISTORY CHANNEL explains that:
NOW, TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
-What was the old name for Halloween?
-WHen was it celebrated? Where are its origins?
-What did people leave at their doorsteps?
-What is "souling"?
-Who brought these traditins to US?
Some of the typical traditions are the famous TRICK OR TREAT, wearing scary costumes and Jack O'Lantern. As you can seen in the following video, there are some of the typical motifs that you will find these days. I hope you enjoy it. It was taken from a film by TIm Burton and it is subtitled.
Which scary monsters does it mention?Do you know the
meaning of the following words? Skeleton, ghost, graveyard, tombstone, haunted, witch, vampire, warewolf.
Here, you've got some extra-links with information about pumpkins and other interesting elemnts: http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/videos#all-about-the-pumpkin
