Halloween is a holiday celebrated on
the night of October 31. The word Halloween is a shortening of All
Hallows' Evening also known as Hallowe'en or All Hallows'
Eve.
Traditional activities include trick-or-treating,
bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and
carving jack-o-lanterns. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried
versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century
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Halloween has its origins in the
ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (pronounced "sah-win"). The
festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season
in Gaelic culture. Samhain was a time used by the ancient pagans to
take stock of supplies and prepare for winter. The ancient Gaels
believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the
living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to
life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops. (Source:
http://www.halloweenhistory.org/)
Below you will find some resources, teaching ideas and lesson plans about Halloween:
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