celebrations
TRICK OR TREAT ?
Quelques infos en français sur la fête d’Halloween (wikipedia) Halloween http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween La légende de Jack o’Lantern http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack-o%27-lantern Quelques jeux sur le thème d’Halloween (le but est de s’amuser, en faisant attention à tous les mots anglais que tu rencontres!) http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/halloween/games.php
HALLOWEEN
Today is Halloween. But what is Halloween? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-VRAemIvbI&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube] Some vocabulary [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7jzCKJCeEI[/youtube]
INDEPENDENCE DAY
The 4th of July is the national holiday in the USA. It celebrates the Declaration of Independence (written by Thomas Jefferson…) which was adopted on July 4th, 1776. At that moment, the American colonies declared independence from Britain. A video on Independence Day = http://www.history.com/topics/july-4th/videos#fourth-of-july-history Some information in French : http://french.france.usembassy.gov/a-z-independance.html
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Today, the International Women’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. It has been observed for more than a century. A few famous women and facts in a 2011 video : [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMkwU4WKWLI[/youtube] Another video on a 12-year-old girl… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz6IHxq2BiQ[/youtube]
DIAMOND JUBILEE
This weekend, a lot of people around the world are celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (60 years of reign). The official website : http://www.thediamondjubilee.org/ To know more about Elizabeth II and the 60 years of her reign, you can have a look at the timeline : http://www.thediamondjubilee.org/timeline (in which we learn that Mickael Jackson died … Continuer la lecture
INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY
« One in five adults are still not literate and about two-thirds of them are women while 67.4 million children are out of school » http://www.unric.org/en/latest-un-buzz/26936-international-literacy-day
AUSTRALIA DAY
On January 26th, Australia Day celebrates the foundation of the first British colony (actually a prison!) on the Australian land by captain Arthur Phillip in 1788. The official website : http://www.australiaday.org.au Australia explained to children : http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/australia/about.htm More on wikipedia : in english http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day and in french http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day (« actually » est un faux-ami, car l’Australie n’est pas actuellement … Continuer la lecture
