Halloween

Context

• Halloween takes place on October 31st.

• It was originally a religious festival.

• Celtic (Kel-Tic) people from Scotland and Ireland

believed that the dead would return to earth on

Halloween (All Hallow’s Eve)

• Celtic people used to light bonfires and wear costumes to scare away ghosts.

• In the 19th Century many Irish people moved to America.

• Halloween was introduced to American culture.

Trick or Treating

• Trick or Treating is a popular Halloween tradition.

• Groups of children dress up in scary costumes.

• They go from house to house to ask for a ‘treat’ – normally sweets.

• If they are not given a treat then they perform a ‘trick’.

Trick or Treating

Pumpkin carving

• Many people carve pumpkins on Halloween.

• They place a candle inside the pumpkin.

• These are also known as ‘Jack-O’-Lanterns’.

Fancy dress

• People ‘dress up’as many different characters on Halloween.

• Here is me dressed as a zombie

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnTR-cG5W1I

Characters – The Witch

• The witch has horrible green skin and orange hair.

• She wears a long, black robe and a pointy black hat.

• Her face is covered in warts.

• She has a long, crooked nose.

• She rides on a wooden broomstick.

Other characters

Vampire The Devil Skeleton

Ghost The Mummy Frankenstein

Cape

Trident

Bones

Bandages

Rags (Ripped clothes) Bolt