32. festivals in the usa

DIGITÁLNÍ UČEBNÍ MATERIÁL
Číslo projektu
CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0763
Název školy
SOUpotravinářské, Jílové u Prahy, Šenflukova 220
Název materiálu
VY_22_INOVACE_AJ 1-3/01/02/32
Autor
Mgr. Sylvie Dovenerová
Obor; předmět,
ročník
ŠVP kuchař-číšník, kuchař, cukrář-cukrovinkář; AJ;
3.ročník
Tematická oblast
AJ učební obory – rozšíření učebnice
Tematický okruh
Festivals in the USA
Datum tvorby
25. 8. 2013
anotace
Výklad nové látky se zaměřením na aktivní
komunikační dovednosti.
Metodický pokyn
Prezentace je určena jako výklad do hodiny a k
samostudiu žáků.
FESTIVALS IN THE USA
REMEMBER
• There are no national holidays in the
USA. Each state has the right to decide
about its own holiday. Most states
celebrate the federal public holidays.
Let´s find out more information about
some of them
CHRISTMAS
• Santa Claus is pictured as a cheerful fat man with long
white beard and dressed in a red suit
• Children believe that he lives at the North Pole where he
makes toys for good children during a year
• There is a tradition of leaving a glass of milk and
chocolate cookies for his reindeer Rudolph
• The Americans decorate their Christmas tree at home
and they also decorate their houses with wreaths and
electric coloured lights
• Christmas in the USA is not a typical family holiday like in
our country. The Americans invite friends for dinner and
often give parties at Christmas
EASTER
• ´Most Americans spend Easter with the family
• The adults give children dyed eggs and sweets
• In some families they organize an egg hunt – the
adults hide the eggs somewhere in the house or
garden and children look for them
• Also the President has an annual Easter egg hunt on
the lawn around the White House
• The don´t know anything about „pomlázka“
THANKSGIVING DAY
• It is celebrated on the last Thursday in November
• It is a feast of giving thanks to God
• It remembers the first settlers – Pilgrim Fathers who came from
England to the USA in 1620. After a bad year they shared their
first harvest with Native Americans in 1621
• The whole family gathers together and enjoys a traditional
dinner – roast turkey and apple or pumpkin pie
• This is the day of gifts, charities and food for poor people
INDEPENDENCE DAY
• It is celebrated on July 4th
• This day commemorates the signing the Declaration
of Independence in 1776 and the Americans take
this day as the birthday of the USA
• Each city has its own ceremony and parades, band
concerts and fireworks
LABOUR DAY
• It is celebrated on the first Monday
in September
• It honours all the working people
• It is celebrated by a day of rest
COLUMBUS DAY
• It is celebrated on the second Monday in
October
• It is an anniversary of the discovery of
America by Christopher Columbus on
October 12th, 1492
VALENTINE´S DAY
• It is celebrated on February 14th
• It is the day of all lovers that is why
many things are in a red colour.
• They send loving postcards to each
other
HALLOWEEN
• It is celebrated on the last day of October
• It is a celebration of witches, ghosts and goblins
• Children dress up in funny or ghostly costumes and knock at
neigbours´ door. After shouting „Trick or Treat!“ they get gifts or
candy
• Many homes are decorated by jack-o´-lanterns = pumpkins
with horrible faces
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE
AMERICANS AND THEIR TRADITIONS?
ZDROJE
• Odehnalová, J. Reading about the English
Speaking Countries. Praha: PRÁH. ISBN 80-901278-00
• Zdroje obrázků – Klipart Windows 7