1. Mgr. Petra Soukupová

2. 1. Pre-reading Questions 2. Photo: Guess 3. Post-reading Questions 4. Resources 5. Key

3. * Do you enjoy feasts and celebrations? Why? Why not? * Name the ones you like/enjoy/hate/can´t stand. Why? * Why do people keep their feasts and celebrations? * Can you name some feasts celebrated in English- speaking countries? * Do you know something about them?

5. 1. To what year does the tradition date back? 2. When is the feast celebrated in the US and Canada? 3. What people is the tradition associated with? Why? 4. What foods is the feast associated with? 5. When did the tradition start to be an annual event? 6. Name some of the foods the people ate on the first THNXgiving. 7. Name some foods (also desserts) that people have on this day nowadays.

6. Adapted from: * Thanksgiving Day. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2003- [cit. 2013-02-22]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgivinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving * Thanksgiving Dinner. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-02-22]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_dinnerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_dinner * Mayflower. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-02-22]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflowerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower * Thanksgiving Dinner. In: Wikimedia Commons [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 2004 [cit. 2013-02-22]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thanksgiving_dinner.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thanksgiving_dinner.jpg * * Thanksgiving Day. In: Wikimedia Commons [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 2004 [cit. 2013- 02-22]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shopping_for_pumpkins_in_Ottawa.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shopping_for_pumpkins_in_Ottawa.jpg * Thanksgiving Day. In: Wikimedia Commons [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 2004 [cit. 2013- 02-22]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thanksgiving_cupcakes.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thanksgiving_cupcakes.jpg * Thanksgiving Day. In: Wikimedia Commons [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 2004 [cit. 2013- 02-22]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Our_(Almost_Traditional)_Thanksgiving_Dinner.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Our_(Almost_Traditional)_Thanksgiving_Dinner.jpg

7. 1. Students´ own answers. 2. Thanksgiving Day: pumpkin pie, cupcakes, traditional dinner 3. 1621; 4th Thursday in November (USA) – 2nd Monday in October (CAN); the Pilgrims/Puritans-brought the feast from their home country + good harvest that year; foods that are native to the New World; 1660s; e.g. turkey, venison, fish, berries, fruit, pumpkin; stuffed turkey, mashed potatoes, yams, peas, carrots, corn, various types of pies