Easter. Culture and things to know

EASTER CELEBRATIONS 

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Easter 2022

 Easter Break

Easter, which celebrates Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead, is Christianity’s most important holiday. It has been called a moveable feast because it doesn’t fall on a set date every year, as most holidays do. Instead, Christian churches in the West celebrate Easter on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox on March 21. Therefore, Easter is observed anywhere between March 22 and April 25 every year. Orthodox Christians use the Julian calendar to calculate when Easter will occur and typically celebrate the holiday a week or two after the Western churches, which follow the Gregorian calendar.

Watch the movie and complete the sentences with the missing information. 

1. For many people of the Christian faith, Easter is _________________ holiday of the year. 
2. It's the culmination of the religious season of _________________. 
3. Easter is also a _________________ holiday. 
4. Early Christians adapted Easter from a _________________ festival. 
5. The goddess consorted with a _________________. 
6. Rabbits are an ancient symbol of _________________ and new life. 
7. It was probably brought to America by _________________ 
8. In different parts of Germany kids wait for the Easter _________________, _________________, rooster or stork. 
9. Eggs also symbolize _________________ and _________________. 
10. For centuries the Christian Church banned _________________ along with other _________________ during lent. 
11. _________________ eggs is one of the oldest Easter costumes. 
12. For most Americans, however, Easter is about the _________________ stuff, _________________. 
13. US candy makers produce _________________ chocolate bunnies and _________________ jelly beans for Easter each year. 
14. Today, more candy is _________________ for Easter than any other holiday, except for _________________. 
15. Easter ranks among the most _________________ celebrated holidays. 
16. This spring, sweeten up your celebration with a little _________________.

Easter 2021. Reading

ME BEFORE YOU:

You can find all the information about the book and an adapted version at the graded readers 20-21 section (tab on this blog). After the Eastre break, you´ll take the comprehension activities test on a worksheet. Meanwhile, enjoy the pleasure of reading and maybe you can also watch the movie. (top left to pick subtitles in English, if you want):

https://fsharetv.co/movie/me-before-you-episode-1-tt2674426

A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

EBAU PRACTICE:

Flipped classroom- Videos & activites for the Easter break

Activity 1: The history of Easter

Read through the questions below and see if you know any of the answers. Then, visit www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-15/the-origins-of-easter-from-pagan-roots-to-chocolate-eggs/8440134 to find out if you were right. Compare your answers with your partner.

1. What festival did Easter begin as?
2. When does Easter fall, and what determines its date?
3. What does the name ‘Easter’ come from?
4. What still happens in many European countries on Easter Sunday?
5. What animals were symbolically linked to the goddess Eostre?
6. What were the first edible easter bunnies made from?
   

Activity 2: The Easter bunny and other Easter symbols

Go to www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/easter-ideas/g191/history-easter-traditions and scroll through the gallery. Read the texts and decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F). If the sentences are false, correct them.

Easter bunny

1. The Easter bunny traditions came from the Bible.
2. The Easter bunny symbolizes fertility and new life.
3. It is derived from an old Danish tradition.

Easter eggs

1. Easter eggs are related to ancient traditions.
2. For early Christians, Easter eggs represented the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
3. The Easter colours of the Christian church are yellow, red and green.

Easter sweets

1. Exchanging chocolate and sweets (candy) first became popular around 1950.
2. Chocolate eggs have been eaten for two centuries.
3. Jelly beans might have become popular at Easter because they are shaped like eggs.

Hot cross buns

1. Hot cross buns are sweet, round breads filled with currants and spices with crosses on the top.
2. English people believed buns baked on Easter Sunday were lucky.
3. Hot cross buns are still seen as lucky today.

Activity 3: Things you didn’t know about Easter!

How much more do you know about Easter? Complete the sentences below if you know the answers. Visit the eblink: content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1889922_1890008_1889927,00.html, and read the ten sections of the article to complete the sentences. You will have to click on the arrow to move to the next section.

1. ____________________________ appears in several ancient traditions as a symbol for ____________________________.
2. The traditional pastries eaten on Good Friday in the UK are known as ____________________________.
3. In Ethiopia, Easter is known as ____________________________ , and people fast from meat and dairy for ____________________________ before celebrating.
4. In Sweden and areas of Finland, ____________________________ wear shawls and old skirts that are too big for them, and visit people’s houses to ask for ____________________________.
5. Beginning in the mid-1800s, ____________________________ New Yorkers would parade their riches after leaving church.
6. The first Sunrise Service in America was arranged by ____________________________. The purpose of the Mass is to remember ____________________________ that Mary found on Easter morning.