Bet You Didn'T Know: Easter Traditions and History: 1) Think Over These Questions

BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW: EASTER TRADITIONS AND HISTORY
1) Think over these questions
a. What’s Easter? Do you celebrate Easter in your country?

b. What traditions of easter can you name?
c. How do you and your family celebrate Easter?
2) Read these words and phrases and find out their meanings
LENT PAGAN FESTIVAL GIFT CUSTOM RENEWAL GODDESS CHRISTIAN FAITH HARE ROOSTER
RESURRECTION JELLY BEANS STORK LAVISH TO BAN GOLDSMITH EASTER BUNNY EOSTRE FESTIVAL
3) Watch the video and complete the sentences with the missing information
a. For many people of the Christian faith, Easter is _________________holiday of the year.
b. It's the culmination of the religious season of _________________.
c. Easter is also a _________________ holiday.
d. Early Christians adapted Easter from a _________________ festival.
e. The godess consorted with a _________________.
f. Rabbits are an ancient symbol of _________________ and new life.
g. It was probably brought to America by _________________
h. In differents parts of Germany kids wait for the Easter_________________, ________________, rooster or stork.
i. Eggs also symbolize _________________ and _________________.
j. For centuries the Christian Church banned _________________ along with other_____________ during lent.
k. ________________ eggs is one of the oldest Easter costumes.
l. For most Americans, however, Easter is about the _________________stuff,________________.
m. US candy makers produce _________________ chocolate bunnies and_________________ jelly beans for Easter
each year.
n. Today, more candy is _________________ for Easter than any other holiday, except for _________________.
o. Easter ranks among the most _________________ celebrated holidays.
p. This spring, sweeten up your celebration with a little _________________.
4) Watch it once again and write true or false. Correct the false sentences.
a. The first recorded celebration of Easter was before the 2nd century____
b. Rabbits represent fertility and life____
c. Other animals that deliver Easter Eggs in Germany included a rooster, a cuckoo, a chick, a stork and a fox____
d. Eggs became a symbol of Easter because they were prohibited during lent and people enjoyed eating them again in
easter____
e. Peter Carl Faberge gave Russian Czar Alexander III a jewelled Easter egg for his birthday____
f. Today, more Candy is sold for Easter than any other holiday____
BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW: EASTER TRADITIONS AND HISTORY
1) Think over these questions
d. What’s Easter? Do you celebrate Easter in your country?

e. What traditions of easter can you name?
f. How do you and your family celebrate Easter?
2) Read these words and phrases and find out their meanings
LENT PAGAN FESTIVAL GIFT CUSTOM RENEWAL GODDESS CHRISTIAN FAITH HARE ROOSTER
RESURRECTION JELLY BEANS STORK LAVISH TO BAN GOLDSMITH EASTER BUNNY EOSTRE FESTIVAL
3) Watch the video and complete the sentences with the words from the box.
history ninety million widely sold Halloween sixty billion the most important hare popular secular
fertility (x2) lent pagan fox German immigrants eggs chick renewal decorating food candy
sweet
a. For many people of the Christian faith, Easter is _________________holiday of the year.
b. It's the culmination of the religious season of _________________.
c. Easter is also a _________________ holiday.
d. Early Christians adapted Easter from a _________________ festival.
e. The godess consorted with a _________________.
f. Rabbits are an ancient symbol of _________________ and new life.
g. It was probably brought to America by _________________
h. In differents parts of Germany kids wait for the Easter_________________, ________________, rooster or stork.
i. Eggs also symbolize _________________ and _________________.
j. For centuries the Christian Church banned _________________ along with other_____________ during lent.
k. ________________ eggs is one of the oldest Easter costumes.
l. For most Americans, however, Easter is about the _________________stuff,________________.
m. US candy makers produce _________________ chocolate bunnies and_________________ jelly beans for Easter
each year.
n. Today, more candy is _________________ for Easter than any other holiday, except for _________________.
o. Easter ranks among the most _________________ celebrated holidays.
p. This spring, sweeten up your celebration with a little _________________.
4) Watch it once again and write true or false. Correct the false sentences.
a. The first recorded celebration of Easter was before the 2nd century____
b. Rabbits represent fertility and life____
c. Other animals that deliver Easter Eggs in Germany included a rooster, a cuckoo, a chick, a stork and a fox____
d. Eggs became a symbol of Easter because they were prohibited during lent and people enjoyed eating them again in
easter____
e. Peter Carl Faberge gave Russian Czar Alexander III a jewelled Easter egg for his birthday____
f. Today, more Candy is sold for Easter than any other holiday____

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BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW: EASTER TRADITIONS AND HISTORY

1) Think over these questions

a. What’s Easter? Do you celebrate Easter in your country?

b. It's the culmination of the religious season of _________________.

c. Easter is also a _________________ holiday.

d. Early Christians adapted Easter from a _________________ festival.

e. The godess consorted with a _________________.

f. Rabbits are an ancient symbol of _________________ and new life.

g. It was probably brought to America by _________________

i. Eggs also symbolize _________________ and _________________.

k. ________________ eggs is one of the oldest Easter costumes.

l. For most Americans, however, Easter is about the _________________stuff,________________.

o. Easter ranks among the most _________________ celebrated holidays.

p. This spring, sweeten up your celebration with a little _________________.

b. Rabbits represent fertility and life____

d. What’s Easter? Do you celebrate Easter in your country?

b. It's the culmination of the religious season of _________________.

c. Easter is also a _________________ holiday.

d. Early Christians adapted Easter from a _________________ festival.

e. The godess consorted with a _________________.

f. Rabbits are an ancient symbol of _________________ and new life.

g. It was probably brought to America by _________________

i. Eggs also symbolize _________________ and _________________.

k. ________________ eggs is one of the oldest Easter costumes.

l. For most Americans, however, Easter is about the _________________stuff,________________.

o. Easter ranks among the most _________________ celebrated holidays.

p. This spring, sweeten up your celebration with a little _________________.

b. Rabbits represent fertility and life____

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