Halloween
£3.99
This resource contains a fully editable, 45-slide PowerPoint presentation and a 50-question PowerPoint quiz about Halloween.
Halloween Presentation
The PowerPoint focuses on:
The Origins of Halloween – All Hallows’ Day, All Souls’ Day and the rituals, traditions and customs surrounding these feasts
Additional information
| Resource type | Game/puzzle/quiz |
|---|---|
| Age range | Age 6-8, Age 9-13 |
Description
This resource contains a fully editable, 45-slide PowerPoint presentation and a 50-question PowerPoint quiz about Halloween.
Halloween Presentation
The PowerPoint focuses on:
The Origins of Halloween – All Hallows’ Day, All Souls’ Day and the rituals, traditions and customs surrounding these feasts
The Origins of the Jack O’ Lantern
The Origins of Trick-or-Treat
The Origins of Apple Bobbing
The presentation illustrates how, over time, Samhain, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day have merged to create the Halloween we know today. It ends with some questions to promote discussion. It also contains hyperlinks to Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in New York City – the world’s largest Halloween parade and a link to a short video of the history of Halloween.
Halloween Quiz
This is a 50-question PowerPoint quiz on Halloween and all things spooky! It is Ideal for use with a tutor group or for an assembly during Halloween. Can you spot the trick question?
There are 3 possible answers for students to choose from. This makes it accessible to all pupils. An answer sheet is provided to record answers. The answers can be found by clicking on the haunted house image on the bottom, right-hand corner of each slide. .
Sample questions:
What date is Halloween celebrated on?
What do pumpkins grow on?
In Scotland, what vegetable was traditionally carved into a jack-o-lantern?
Why did people put lanterns outside of their homes?
What is the name given to a ghostly light seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes?
What is the name for the fear of Halloween?
In Harry Potter when does Remus Lupin become a werewolf?
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