Unit 14 Festivals

Spring festival

Lantern festival

Dragon boat festival

Mid-autumn Festival Moon festival

Double Ninth Day

Tomb sweeping day The clear and bright festival Stepping on Greenery festival

Kaili Lusheng Festival

Christmas Day

Thanks Giving Day

turkey

St Valentine ’ s Day

Obon

Halloween

The Dead

Read the text fast and find out the answers. What is the festival about? It is a seven-day festival celebrating the culture and history of African Americans.

Exercise: ( ) 1. Kwanzaa is a very old festival. ( ) 2. The word Kwanzaa means first fruit in Swahili. ( ) 3. Kwanzaa is based on old African festivals. ( ) 4. People created Kwanzaa to celebrate American culture. ( ) 5. Kwanzaa is celebrate on Christmas Day. ( ) 6. People who celebrate Kwanzaa light a candle for each of the seven principle. F T F F T T young American culture old on Christmas Day African-American culture and culture from Dec 26 to Jan 1st

Read Para1 carefully and answer the questions. 1. What’s Kwanzaa? 2. When do people celebrate Kwanzaa? It is a seven-day festival celebrating the culture and history of African Americans. The week following Christmas Day.

Read Para2 carefully and answer the questions. 1. When was Kwanzaa born? 2. Why did people create Kwanzaa? 3.What did the African first-fruit festivals have in common?

Read Para2 carefully and answer the questions. 1. When was Kwanzaa born? 2. Why did people create Kwanzaa? In 1966 People created the festival so that African Americans would be able to celebrate their history and culture.

Read Para2 carefully and answer the questions. 3.What did the African first-fruit festivals have in common? 1.People would get together to celebrate their harvest; 2.They used to give thanks for their harvests and for life; 3.They used to honour their ancestors, celebrate their past, and the group or society they live in.

Read Para3 carefully and answer the questions. 1.What are the principles of Kwanzaa? 1.Unity 2.Self-determination 3.Living together 4.Working together 5.Purpose 6.Creativity 7.Faith

Read Para4 carefully and answer the questions. 1.When does Kwanzaa begin and end? 2.Why did people choose that dates? 3.How do people celebrate Kwanzaa?

Read Para4 carefully and answer the questions. 1.When does Kwanzaa begin and end? It begins the day after Christmas Day and ends on New Year’s Day. 2.Why did people choose that dates? Because people who celebrate Kwanzaa can enjoy the spirit of the holidays without all the commercial activities of Christmas.

Read Para4 carefully and answer the questions. 3.How do people celebrate Kwanzaa? People celebrate it by lighting a candle each day and discussing one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa. On the last day of Kwanzaa, family and friends gather to enjoy a large meal and to celebrate the new year.

The main idea of Para 1: The general introduction to a new festival ---- Kwaanzaa The main idea of Para 2: How was Kwanzaa born?

The main idea of Para 3: The seven principles of kwanzaa. The main idea of Para 4: When and how Kwanzaa is celebrated? The main idea of Para 5: Why are we all creating new festival every year ?

Meanings Date Name Principles How ? Can you create a festival for yourself?

Kwanzaa is a ______-day festival celebrating the _______ and ________ of African Americans. It is between _____________ and ____________, the week ___________ Christmas Day. There are seven _________for this festival: unity, _______________, living together,_______________, purpose, creativity and ______. People celebrate the festival by _______ a candle each day and __________ one of the seven principles. They enjoy a ____________ on the last day of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa, like other important holidays and ________in the world, helps us understand_____________, remember __________________, and share __________for a happy future. seven culture history December 26th January 1st following principles self-determinationworking together faith lightingdiscussing large meal festivals who we are where we come fromour hopes Retell the text