CULTURE

Christmas



En estos websites encontraréis diversos recursos interactivos para trabajar la navidad (Christmas), entre ellos, podeis ver juegos, actividades, tradiciones, calendarios, historias...

-Christmas


- Christmas II




St Patrick's day

El Día de San Patricio se celebra el día 17 de marzo a nivel mundial por todos los irlandeses e incluso por gente que no tiene ascendencia irlandesa. La celebración generalmente tiene por temática todo lo que es verde e irlandés; cristianos y no cristianos celebran la fiesta regularmente vistiéndose de verde, disfrutando de la gastronomía irlandesa. Es muy famoso el festival celebrado en Dublin, capital irlandesa. Tiene como duración 5 días y asisten a él más de 675.000 personas.


En el siguiente enlace podéis ver algunas curiosidades, origen, festividades, juegos, entre otras cosas sobre St. Patrick Day.

St-patricks-day


A continuación os dejamos la siguiente canción con su letra correspondiente debajo!

The story of St Patrick's Day
Began so long ago
The lyrics in this song
Will tell you
All you need to know
The seventeenth of March
Is when this joyous holiday
Is celebrated happily
With colorful parades

Dee Lai Dee Dai Dee
Dai Dee Dai Dee
Lai Dee Dai Dee Dai
Hummm...Hummm...

Patrick was only sixteen when
The pirates captured him
They sold him to slavery
And took him to Ireland

He kept the faith
And made his escape
When he was twenty-two
And made it back to Britain
'Twas the only home he knew

Patrick had a vision
To return to Ireland
And vowed to teach Christianity
Until the bitter end
Legend says that Patrick used
The shamrock to explain
That the Father, Son and Holy Ghost
Are all and one the same

On this day the Irish dress
In many shades of green
And some are feeling lucky
With the leprechauns they've seen
It's music and fun for everyone
We'll party and we'll play
Come one, come all
Come join along
On this St. Paddy's Day!

Easter

• Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday. This day is remembered as the day when Jesus was crucified. The origins of "Good Friday" may be from "God's Friday"' just as goodbye is derived from "God be with you" (ye in old English).
  
  
• Easter Saturday is the Saturday before Easter, the last day of Lent and is the day when Christ's body laid in his tomb. On Easter Sunday we celebrate that Jesus rose from the dead to live forever.
  
  
• Why do we give Easter eggs? The traditional Easter gift is a chocolate egg. They symbolise new life. Rabbits are used as a symbol of fertility.

Easter in England

• It is traditional to eat "hot cross buns" on Good Friday in England. The buns have a cross on top which symbolises the cross on which Jesus was killed.
  
  
• Colouring eggs for Easter was a custom in England during the Middle Ages and eggs were usually painted with bright colours, to represent the sunlight of Spring. However, this practice became more famous when King Edward I decided to give them as Easter gifts in 1290.
  
  
• On the traditional Easter egg hunt, children have to find small chocolate eggs that are hidden in parks or gardens. In Britain it is estimated that each year nearly 80 million chocolate eggs are eaten.

Aquí os dejamos algo de vocabulario en relación a esta festividad, esperemos que os sea de gran utilidad:

Compartimos con vosotros el siguiente enlace, en el que podéis encontrar algunos juegos, concursos, trivials y, en definitiva, diferentes recursos educativos útiles con el que se podrá trabajar esta típica festividad.

Recursos educativos EASTER


April Fool's day

Esta es una fiesta dedicada a las bromas, también llamado día de los Santos Inocentes. Se celebra cada 1 de abril no solo en Inglaterra, sino en otros muchos países.

Os dejamos la siguiente canción sobre esta peculiar festividad:

 


Lirics:

Jack and Jill
Come out to play
School is cancelled
For today
And when they get there
I will say
April Fools!

Hey look down,
I'll tell you why
Can't you see
Your shoe's untied
Now you've seen
My silly side
April Fools!

Chorus:
April Fools, April Fools
All in fun for me and you
April Fools, April Fools
Never mean or cruel

Hey look up,
Look over there
An elephant's flying
Through the air
I made you look,
I made you stare
April Fools!

There's a fish
On the back of you
I hope it isn't
Stuck with glue
The giggles and laughs
Should give you a clue
April Fools!

Chorus:

So when the first
Of April comes
Remember to laugh
With everyone
And try to keep it
All in fun

Hey look down,
Your shoe's untied
Now you've seen
My silly side
An elephant's flying
Through the air
I made you look,
I made you stare
There's a fish
On the back of you
The giggles and laughs
Should give you a clue

On April Fools!





St. George's day
Aquí tenéis un enlace que contiene información sobre esta fiesta celebrada el 23 de abril en el Reino Unido:

St. George's day 


Halloween

En esta página wen podeis trabajar Halloween con vuestros alumnos, este sitio web contiene información e ideas sobre disfraces típicos para esta fiesta, así como información general sobre el Halloween. También vienen actividades muy lúdicas y diferentes formas de integrar en clase esta famosa festividad:

Halloween