A 68 page power point which includes flashcards to teach the vocabulary and covers about 5 short lessons. This can be used by students independently or taught in class! The work supports the teaching of the topic of festivals, traditions and celebrations at GSCE and supports the teaching of the exercises which are found in both the foundation and higher page of the AQA text books. The final activity is a creative task which students can be left as a research project for homework and gives flashcards of the 13 Provencal desserts which students are asked to draw on their own Christmas table. A competition idea maybe ?
Four powerpoint lessons which can be used at KS3 & 4 to teach the vocabulary of the major French festivals with exercises, some basic facts about the 14th July with activities and the Simple Future Tense on the way to a rock concert!
Victorian Christmas Traditions. KS1 and 2 power-point of 58 slides (including worksheets).
This power-point can be used as a complete stand-alone lesson which can be edited into topic sections or as an additional spin off to related topics which encourage the pupils to think about how a Victorian Christmas is celebrated and how the traditions we know today originated. I have kept the information simple with a mix of slides, and lots of additional fun linked activities including a quick dictionary definition exercise, a short youtube clip, book exercises (written tasks), paired talk activities, 11 worksheets. Christmas traditions covered are: Tree, decorating the tree and the home, presents, crackers, cards, dinner, entertainment and games.
Learning objectives
• To know the origins of Christmas traditions in the United Kingdom.
• To compare Christmas traditions today with Victorian Christmas traditions.
• To express opinions and views about Victorian Christmas and compare what it was like for rich people and poor people.
• To work co-operatively with a partner or small group to discuss answers and ideas about Christmas traditions.
Worksheet 1: Matching task. Victorian and present-day Christmas tree decorations.
Worksheet 2: Venn diagram – rich and poor Victorian Christmas.
Book activity: Label the evergreen decorations.
Worksheet 3: Write a message / joke for a cracker.
Worksheet 4. Follow Instructions. How to make a Christmas cracker.
Book activities: Christmas cards.
Worksheets 5,6,7: 3 blank templates with a Victorian border for Christmas card designs.
Worksheet 8: Work out the Figgy Pudding recipe used by the Victorians but written in old English.
Worksheet 9: Blank plate templates for a Victorian and present-day Christmas dinner.
Worksheet 10: 6 Victorian Parlour games on cards.
Worksheet 11: Victorian traditions blank writing summary for each tradition.
Each slide includes pictures which illustrate the key learning points.
Useful alongside lessons or topics on Christmas, celebrations, Winter, entertainment, Victorians.
Christmas/ Tradition/ Around the world/ 25th December/ Assembly ideas/ Primary/ Secondary
This 10-15 minute assembly looks at how countries celebrate Christmas around the world and all the weird and wonderful traditions that take place during the build up.
The assembly enables the students to guess he country for which each tradition belongs (which are still done to this day) and finishes with a fun filled Christmas quiz.
The pack contains:
Full powerpoint
A ‘how to use’ word document with synopsis, help with delivery and customisation ideas.
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2 sentence builders to support the topic of Festivals and Celebrations (AQA GCSE).
The first one covers:
how people celebrate festivals (present tense with ‘on’)
my favourite festival is … because …
last year for … I/we … (perfect tense)
The second one covers:
what I did last year for my birthday
what I am going to do/ will do this year/ next year (both future tenses included)
This is a fun cultural resource that goes through various German Christmas traditions, in English, including some German words. This is aimed at pupils in both KS2 and KS3. There are 16 slides of information and pictures. After that, there is a multiple-choice quiz to check what pupils have understood and/or information they have retained. The quiz is on the PowerPoint (as are the answers) but there is also a separate worksheet version of the quiz. There is a writing / drawing activity for pupils to do at the end and then a separate word search document which has words from the activities.
This informative 23-slide assembly is perfect to deliver in the run-up to Easter. It will support students understanding of the holiday and ensure they understand the significance to the traditions here and around the world.
The Assembly covers:
• What is Easter?
• The Holy week
• Where key traditions come from
• How Easter is celebrated around the world
• Informative videos
• Reflection
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A selection of 7 festivals (Carnaval, Día de Reyes, La Semana Santa, La Tomatina, Las Fallas, San Fermín and San Juan) with answers. With these worksheets, pupils develop reading, translation and writing skills whilst learning about some of the most famous and interesting hispanic traditions. The perfect bundle to cover the topic of identity and culture. A 38% discount set of resources that can be exploited both as a project based on team work as well as an unit of work throughout a period of time.
This bundle contains 15 resources on the A Level topic Les Fetes et traditions en France, suitable for A Level Edexcel & AQA students. It includes :
_ A Listening comprehension with La Fete de la Musique ( audio track provided)
_ A text explaining the main celebrations and bank holidays in France and a word document to recap the dates of the celebrations and bank holidays listed in the article. A useful list of weblinks for this topic is also included
_ 5 Reading activities: New Year in Vietnam, Christmas celebrations in the overseas territories, Hanouka celebration and Labour Day in France, the story of the Marseillaise
_ a gap fill activity on Galette des Rois
_ picture book with the vocab related to this topic
A lesson looking at how different countries celebrate the festive season of Halloween in different countries. Pupils can plot on a map the country, a brief description, draw the flag and rank the traditions. Loads of room for pupils to choose what to do - poster, fact-file etc. Good for tutorial time too!
An information sheet about French celebrations which could simply be given to students, but it could also be cut into the various sections, and students put them back together correctly as an assessment task.
Excellent resource, can be used as 1-2 lessons depending on ability of group and how much time you wish to spend on cultural exploration of festive traditions.
Text is taken from radins.com and is titled 'Noël en France : Noël typique et traditions régionales'. Link to article is included on worksheet. The article compares festive traditions in Alsace/Lorraine and Provence. It has been very slightly adapted and is split into paragraphs for ease of reading and discussion.
Questions ask students to consider what type of text they are reading, then to match ten words highlighted in text to the correct description to develop language (for example 'Le Réveillon - le 24 décembre).
Third and final exercise is six questions contrasting and comparing traditions in both regions, linking to culinary traditions, Père Fouettard / Père Noël and nativity scenes amongst others.
Fully differentiated - two comprehensive vocabulary tables are provided to support learners who would benefit.
A great lesson, genuinely interesting, and a fun way to include KS5 students in Christmas fun whilst still challenging their linguistic and cultural knowledge! I learned a few things making it! Next step could be for students to research and present to the class how Christmas is celebrated in other parts of the Francophone world.
A great time saver, took three hours to make! Article and questions are one file, answers to all of the questions is the second. Could also be used for high-achieving KS4 class.
Unit of work for the IB DP with exam-style exercises exploring leisure, traveling and traditions (the Alost Carnival & corrida) with listening, reading, speaking and writing exercises (with answers)
A full lesson based on festivals and traditions of different cultures.
The lesson focuses on revising/refreshing the present and past tense of regular verbs.
Activities include reading, translation and listening tasks, a fill the gap task, and a fun speaking task (trapdoor game).
A powerpoint lesson to teach the differences and similarities between Easter traditions in France and the UK.
Covers the period of Lent, Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday.
Teaches how the French celebrate Easter Day.
Includes end of lesson activity idea.
Students can be informed about the origins of some of the most popular Easter traditions such as dyeing eggs, the Easter bunny, hot cross buns and hollow chocolate bunnies. This fun and informational text is suitable for strong elementary, higher elementary and advanced students. It is also ideal for ESL/EFL classrooms and perfect for exam preparation. The worksheet is complete with two comprehensions exercises and three vocabulary exercises. Teachers can evaluate understanding and solidify the acquisition of new vocabulary through fun and interesting tasks. Additionally, the students are introduced to basic Easter related vocabulary. The worksheet can be used as an in-class activity or handed out as homework.
A 2-page French reading comprehension based on discussing celebrations, in particular ‘New Years Eve’. This is then followed by some grammar activities relating to “se déguiser” and the passé composé tense. Towards the end of the document, students will also be able to develop their writing skills by describing how they celebrated New Year’s Eve last year.
Level: Medium/Difficult
Tenses used: Present Tense/Passé Composé Tense/Imperfect Tense
Skills developed: Reading/Grammar/Writing
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The over-arching key learning questions is: 'Do Christmas celebrations and traditions help Christians understand who Jesus was and why he was born?
This is a great unit that helps children to understand the difference between traditions and religion and how they are intertwined and have evolved over time.
In this Y6 Discovery Education RE unit there are 5 lessons planned and prepared with all worksheets, planning and documents required in both Word and PDF format.
Lesson 1: What events are celebrated in different ways?
Lesson 2: To know how Christmas celebrations and traditions help Christians understand who Jesus was and why he was born.
Lesson 3: To understand incarnation.
Lesson 4: Which tradition or celebration can help Christians understand Jesus as the Incarnation of God?
Lesson 5: To know that Christians believe that Jesus had come to give His good news to everyone.
*I always plan for 5 lessons to ensure there is a lesson spare in a 6 week unit to explore one further or spend some time coming back to something the children did not fully understand - or to complete tasks. It allows for a lesson to go over two sessions, if required, in greater depth.
All lesson PowerPoints (both in PPT and PDF format).
All support docs/files for each lesson (both Word and PDF).
Planning document covering each lesson with differentiation/extension opportunities.
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How does Britain Celebrate Easter? How have traditions changed?
Objectives-
All of you will:
Understand how Britain celebrates Easter.
Most of you will:
Understand what the Easter symbols mean.
Some of you will:
Identify how Britain’s Easter traditions have changed.
