American Holidays Revision Czech American and British Holidays

American Holidays Revision Czech, American and British Holidays Autor: Mgr. Veronika Richterová VY_32_INOVACE_45 -07_VP_American_Holidays_Revision Projekt: CZ. 1. 07/1. 5. 00/34. 0859

AMERICAN HOLIDAYS HI! I AM INDEPENDENCE DAY! HI! I AM THANKSGIVING DAY!

Tick the holidays celebrated in America THANKSGIVING GUY FAWKES‘ NIGHT HALLOWEEN CHRISTMAS EASTER REMEMBRANCE DAY ST. STEPHEN‘S DAY ST. WENCESLAS DAY VETERANS DAY ST. VALENTINE‘S DAY JAN HUS DAY INDEPENDENCE DAY

Tick holidays with American origin INDEPENDENCE DAY GUY FAWKES NIGHT VETERANS DAY THANKSGIVING HALLOWEEN REMEMBRANCE DAY

Match the vocabulary with the pictures MEMORIAL CRANBERRIES PARADE TURKEY PURITANS

FLAG HUNGER PUMPKIN CONSTITUTION FIREWORKS

In the following text you are going to complete the missing words

THANKSGIVING DAY • Thanksgiving is an American celebration which is celebrated at the end of November. • It commemorates the first English colonists Pilgrim Fathers who sailed to America in 1620. There was no food and cruel winter and conditions. Luckily, Indians helped them. The Puritans wanted to thank them and invited them for a dinner.

• The most important feature of Thanksgiving is the Thanksgiving dinner. The traditional Thanksgiving meal is usually a turkey, filled with stuffing and cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, followed by a pumpkin pie. PUMPKIN PIE TURKEY CRANBERRY SAUCE

INDEPENDENCE DAY • Independence Day is celebrated on the 4 th of July. • It commemorates the date when the USA was year. founded in 1776 • It is the national day of the US. There are fireworks, parades, barbecues, picnics, concerts, baseball games and political speeches.

Circle the correct answer In which year was the USA founded? a) 1774 b) 1776 c) 1783 Which war did take place? a) War of Independence b) Civil War c) First World War What is called the document about independence? a) Document about Independence b) Declaration of the Establishment c) Declaration of Independence Who was one of the authors of the Declaration? a) Abraham Lincoln b) Thomas Jefferson c) Edward Lee

VETERANS DAY • Veterans day is celebrated on the 11 th of Novemeber and it commemorates the official end of WWI in 1918 and it remembers all the war veterans and people who died during the war. People light candles and visit special mass. What is the Veterans Day called in the UK? Remembrance Day!

CHURCHYARD MEMORIAL WREATH

OTHER HOLIDAYS • Martin Luther King Day is celebrated third Monday in January and celebrates a famouc activist who fought for equal rights for blacks. • On third Monday in February Americans celebrate President‘s Day which remembers all the American presidents.

• Memorial Day is a celebration of all the soldiers but it is also unofficial start of summer. • Second Monday in October is devoted a celebration of Christopher Columbus, the sailor who discovered America.

TRANSLATE THE SENTENCES INTO ENGLISH THANKSGIVING DEN DÍKŮVZDÁNÍ Den Díkůvzdání americký Thanksgiving is je an American holiday. svátek. celebrated at the end oflistopadu. November. SlavíIt isse na konci It celebrates/commemorates the Puritans (Pilgrim Fathers) who sailed Oslavuje/připomíná Puritány/Otce zakladatele, kteří do to Ameriky America připluliinv 1620. roce 1620. winterkrutá was cruel a andbyli they were very hungry. Zima. The byla velmi hladoví.

The Indians helped to survive. Indiáni jimthem pomohli. The Puritansje invited them forna a dinner. Puritáni pozvali večeři. Nowadays, therodiny families gather to have dinner. Dnes se scházejí kavečeři. The typical Thanksgiving dinner consists of a Typickou večeří Dnecranberry Díkůvzdání je roasted turkey with stuffing, sauce and pečený krocan s nádivkou, a pumpkin pie. brusinková omáčka a dýňový koláč.

Použitá literatura a zdroje • Klipart Power. Point • PEPRNÍK, Jaroslav. Británie a USA: ilustrované reálie. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2004, 407 s. : barevné fotografie. ISBN 80 -7182182 -9. • www. bridge-online. cz • http: //www. bridge-online. cz/maturita/maturitnitemata/Holidays and Celebrations/The American Federal Holidays