Customs and Traditions
Lesson Plans
1. Customs and Traditions
lesson plans, handouts, grammar, ordinal numbers, vocabulary, dates, customs and traditions, language reception (reading), language production (speaking, writing), A2-B2
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2. Customs and Traditions
lesson plans, with handouts, customs and traditions, vocabulary, language reception (reading, listening), language production (speaking, writing), Present Simple, Present Progressive, Past Simple, can, would, might, average words, B1-B2
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3. Halloween in Britain
lesson plans, with handouts, downloadable, customs, holidays, video, grammar: Present Simple-Present Progressive, speaking, listening, writing, vocabulary, Present Simple, Present Progressive, easy-average words (British)
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4. Halloween
lesson plans, with handouts, downloadable, customs, holidays, video, songs, games, speaking, listening, reading, writing, vocabulary, Present Simple, Present Progressive, Present Perfect, Past Simple, Could, Shall, There was, easy-average words (British)
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5. History of Valentine's Day
lesson plans, with handouts, customs and traditions, holidays, history, vocabulary, language reception (reading, listening), language production (speaking, writing), Present Simple, Past Simple, Passive, average-difficult words, B1-C1
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6. Christmas Is For Sharing
lesson plans, with handouts, Christmas, customs and traditions, holidays, history, World War I, Christmas Truce of 1914, vocabulary, language reception (reading, listening), language production (speaking, writing), Present Simple, Past Simple, Past Perfect, Can, Should, May, Would, average-difficult words, B1-C1
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7. Festivals
lesson plans, with handouts, downloadable, culture, festivals, customs and traditions, vocabulary, listening, reading, speaking, writing, Present Simple, Present Progressive, There is/are, Past Simple, Passive, average-difficult words
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8. Guy Fawkes and the Bonfire Night Story
lesson plans, with handouts, customs and traditions, holidays, history, UK, Guy Fawkes, Bonfire Night, Gunpowder Plot, vocabulary, language reception (reading, listening), language production (speaking, writing), Present Simple, Past Simple, There is/are/was/were, Going to, Passive, average-difficult words, B2-C1
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9. The Story Behind the Trickand Treats of Halloween
lesson plans, with handouts, downloadable, customs and traditions, holidays, history, video, speaking, listening, writing, vocabulary, Present Simple, Past Simple, Future in the Past, Would, Passive, average-difficult words (American)
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10. How to Have a British Christmas
lesson plans, with handouts, Christmas, holidays, customs and traditions, UK, vocabulary, language reception (reading, listening), language production (speaking, writing), contrasting language, Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Progressive, Present Perfect, Passive, average-difficult words, B1-C1
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11. The Story of the First Thanksgiving
lesson plans, with handouts, Thanksgiving, customs and traditions, history, USA, Mayflower, Plymouth, Wampanoag, vocabulary, language reception (reading, listening), language production (speaking, writing), Present Simple, Past Simple, Past Perfect, Future in the Past, There was/were, Passive, average-difficult words, B1-C1
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12. Notting Hill Carnival — Europe's Biggest Street Party
lesson plans, with handouts, customs and traditions, festivals, London, UK, history, Caribbean British culture, Claudia Jones, race relations, diaspora, gentrification, safety and culture, vocabulary, language reception (reading, listening), language production (speaking, writing), Passive Reporting, Mixed Conditionals, Cleft Sentences, Concession, Subjunctive, Inversion, difficult words, B2-C2
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13. Easter — One Holiday, Many Meanings
lesson plans, with handouts, Easter, culture, customs and traditions, history, holidays, religion, Christianity, Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Protestantism, interconfessional relations, Council of Nicaea, Easter date, syncretism, vocabulary, language reception (reading, listening), language production (speaking, writing), Passive Reporting, Mixed Conditionals, Cleft Sentences, Concession, Subjunctive, Inversion, difficult words, C1-C2
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14. Thanksgiving: History, Myth and Reckoning
lesson plans, with handouts, Thanksgiving, customs and traditions, history, USA, colonisation, Wampanoag, national mythology, historical memory, vocabulary, language reception (reading, listening), language production (speaking, writing), Passive Reporting, Mixed Conditionals, Cleft Sentences, Concession, Subjunctive, Inversion, difficult words, C1-C2
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15. Christmas: Sacred Geometry, Secular Spectacle
lesson plans, with handouts, Christmas, culture, customs and traditions, history, religion, Christianity, sacred geometry, iconography, Star of Bethlehem, Christmas tree, Advent wreath, solstice, geometric vocabulary, giving instructions, language reception (reading, listening), language production (speaking, writing), Passive Reporting, Mixed Conditionals, Cleft Sentences, Concession, Subjunctive, Inversion, Giving Instructions, difficult words, C1-C2
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16. Good Manners, Customs and Strange Traditions
lesson plans, language reception (reading, listening), language production (writing, speaking) B2-C1, average-difficult words
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17. The Etiquette of Social Kissing
lesson plans, language reception (reading, listening), language production (writing, speaking), В2, average-difficult words
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PowerPoint Presentations
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Video Activities
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Handouts
1. Christmas
handouts, Christmas, downloadable, flashcards, games, bingo, domino, I spy, worksheets, missing letters, read and match, wordsearch, easy words
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2. Easter
handouts, Easter, downloadable, flashcards, games, bingo, domino, I spy, worksheets, missing letters, read and match, wordsearch, easy words
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3. Valentines Day
handouts, Valentine’s Day, downloadable, flashcards, games, bingo, domino, I spy, worksheets, missing letters, read and match, wordsearch, easy words
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4. Halloween
handouts, Halloween, downloadable, flashcards, games, bingo, domino, I spy, worksheets, missing letters, read and match, wordsearch, easy words
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Collections of Worksheets
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Glossary, Videos, Stories, Songs, Online Games and Practice page (ללמוד בכיף)
Additional Materials
1. Special Days
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2. Christmas
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3. Thanksgiving
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4. Mothers Day
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5. Halloween
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6. Customs and Cultures
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