Podpora rozvoje cizích jazyků pro Evropu 21. stol.

1. Podpora rozvoje cizích jazyků pro Evropu 21. stol. INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky.

2. Festivals III in GB, the USA, andtheCzechRepublic

3. Halloween • Words connected with Halloween: • Witch, bats, spider, cat, broomstick, spell book, star, moon, owl,scarecrow, ghost, chain, snake, crow, worm, pumpkin, lantern, monster, trick, skull

4. Where do peoplecelebrateHalloween? • USA, Canada – generally • 31st October • Children dress up in Halloween costumes of ghosts, witches, etc. and go to the neighbour´s houses and are given sweets, fruit or money. They typically carve lanterns out of pumpkins – they hollow out the pumpkin and carve scary faces, lit by a candle inside.

5. Thanskgiving Day • Every 4th Thursday in November • It si a familyholiday, originallycelebratingthesuccessfulharvestofthenation´s firstsettlers. • The First Thanksgiving was celebrated to give thanks to God and the Native Americans for helping the pilgrims survive the brutal winter. Although half of the pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower had already died, many more would have had it not been for the native Americans teaching the pilgrims to harvest foods. • The traditional Thanksgiving menu often features turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie.

6. Pilgrims and native Americans

7. Memorial Day • USA • 4th Monday in May to honourallwhohavedied in war • „We cherish too, the Poppy redThat grows on fields where valor led,It seems to signal to the skiesThat blood of heroes never dies.“

8. Independence Day • USA • 4th July • Itcelebratesthebirthofthe USA • a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independenceon July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. IndependenceDay is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, political speeches and ceremonies

9. President´s Day • USA • 3rd Monday in February • Americanpeoplehonouralltheirpresidents. • Itwasoriginallyheld in honourofthefirst president, George Washington, on February 22nd • Famouspresidents: • G. Washington • T. Jefferson • A. Lincoln • U. Grant • F. Roosevelt • H. Truman • D. Eisenhover • J. Kennedy • Reagan, Bush, Clinton

10. Columbus Day • USA • 2nd Monday in October • It commemorates explorer Christopher Columbus´ landing in the New World in 1492

11. Guy Fawkes Night • Born 13 April 1570 (1570-04-13)York, Yorkshire, England Died 31 January 1606 (1606-02-01) (aged 35)Westminster, London, England Charge(s) Conspiracy to assassinate King James I & VI and members of the Houses of Parliament Penalty Hanged, drawn and quartered

12. Guy Fawkes Night • Annual celebration on the evening of 5th November • It commemorates the unsuccessful plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. • It is celebrated with bonfires and fireworks.

13. INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ Tato výuková prezentace byla pořízena z finančních prostředků hrazených Evropským sociálním fondem a rozpočtem České republiky. Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky.