Сценарий
внеклассного мероприятия
«ThanksgivingDay»
Цель: стимулирование
интереса учащихся к изучению английского языка
Задачи:
1)Практические
-включить учащихся в диалог культур при
ознакомлении их с лингвострановедческим и социолингвистическим материалом;
-формирование умения анализировать и
сравнивать сведения и факты родной и иноязычной культуры;
-развивать интерес к предмету и
поддерживать высокий уровень мотивации для изучения иностранного языка.
2)Образовательные
-Ознакомить учащихся с образом и условиями
жизни в англоговорящих странах;
-Создать предпосылки для успешной
межкультурной коммуникации, знакомя учащихся с условиями жизни и культурными
традициями других народов.
3)Развивающие
-способствовать интеллектуальному и
эмоциональному развитию учащихся;
-стимулирование познавательной активности;
-расширение общего кругозора учащихся.
4)Воспитательные
- сформировать положительное отношение к
инокультурной реальности
-сформировать правильное
ценностно-эмоциональное отношение к миру.
Оборудование:
компьютер, компьютерная презентация, листы А4.
Ходмероприятия
-Dear boys and girls! We
are here to celebrate a wonderful holiday- Thanksgiving Day. Do you know that
Thanksgiving Day comes on the 4th Thursday in November? It is a
holiday celebrated throughout the United States. People of many faiths
celebrate this holiday. They give thanks for the many good things in their
lives. On Thanksgiving Day families come together for a special dinner. Turkey
with stuffing is the main dish. It is served with mashed potatoes, cranberries
or pumpkin pie. For many schools the Thanksgiving Day game is the most popular
game of the year. Stores, classrooms, homes are decorated with turkeys,
pilgrims, Indians, wreathes of dried flowers and vegetables. Now we are going
to listen a history of Thanksgiving Day.
Your task is to be very careful.
Take a sheet of paper and make some notes.
HISTORY
Thanksgiving has a rich
history, and in many ways, it is the history of America. Thanksgiving dates
back to the time when the pilgrims reached America, and were greeted warmly by
the Native Americans, also known as Indians. In course of time, these pilgrims
mixed into the culture and life of the Native Americans, which gradually
developed into the nation that we know today.
The turkey has become the
most important icon of Thanksgiving. We have also provided a history of Turkey
after the history of Thanksgiving.
The story of Thanksgiving
is basically the story of the Pilgrims and their thankful community feast at
Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The Pilgrims, who set
sail from Plymouth, England on a ship called the Mayflower on September 6,
1620, were bound for the resourceful 'New World'. The Mayflower was a small
ship crowded with men, women and children, besides the sailors on board. Aboard
were passengers comprising the 'separatists', who called themselves the
"Saints", and others, whom the separatists called the
"Strangers".
After land was sighted in
November following 66 days of a lethal voyage, a meeting was held and an
agreement of truce was worked out. It was called the Mayflower Compact. The
agreement guaranteed equality among the members of the two groups. They merged
together to be recognized as the "Pilgrims." They elected John Carver
as their first governor.
Although Pilgrims had
first sighted the land off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, they did not settle until
they arrived at a place called Plymouth. It was Captain John Smith who named
the place after the English port-city in 1614 and had already settled there for
over five years. And it was there that the Pilgrims finally decided to settle.
Plymouth offered an excellent harbor and plenty of resources. The local Indians
were also non-hostile.
But their happiness was
short-lived. Ill-equipped to face the winter on this estranged place they were
ravaged thoroughly. Somehow they were saved by a group of local Native
Americans who befriended them and helped them with food. Soon the natives
taught the settlers the technique to cultivate corns and grow native
vegetables, and store them for hard days. By the next winter they had raised
enough crops to keep them alive. The winter came and passed by without much
harm. The settlers knew they had beaten the odds and it was time to celebrate.
They celebrated it with a
grand community feast wherein the friendly native Americans were also invited.
It was kind of a harvest feast, the Pilgrims used to have in England. The
recipes entail "corn" (wheat, by the Pilgrims usage of the word),
Indian corn, barley, pumpkins and peas, "fowl" (specially
"waterfowl"), deer, fish. And yes, of course the yummy wild turkey.
However, the third year
was real bad when the corns got damaged. Pilgrim Governor William Bradford
ordered a day of fasting and prayer, and rain happened to follow soon. To
celebrate - November 29th of that year was proclaimed a day of thanksgiving.
This date is believed to be the real beginning of the present Thanksgiving Day.
Though the Thanksgiving
Day is presently celebrated on the fourth Thursday of every November. This date
was set by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 (approved by Congress in
1941). Earlier it was the last Thursday in November as was designated by the
former President Abraham Lincoln. But sometimes the last Thursday would turn
out to be the fifth Thursday of the month. This falls too close to the
Christmas, leaving the businesses even less than a month's time to cope up with
the two big festivals.
-Now let's have fun.
Let's play and guess puzzles and crosswords.
I Round.
How many words belonging
to the holiday do you know ?
II Round
Unscramble words
Ukryet (turkey)
Recarybn (cranberry)
Seaft (feast)
Ahvrtes (harvest)
Sureviv (survive)
Ipglimr (piligrim)
Nikesdns (kindness)
III Round
Crossword
You will be given the
papers where the crossword is. You should solve it as quick as you can.
IV Round Quiz
1) How long did
the Pilgrims' voyage to the «New World» last?
92 days
36 days
66 days
2) Name the truce
signed by thePilgrims following the landing.
Mayflower Truce
Mayflower Treaty
Mayflower Compact
3) Who was the
first governor of Plymouth?
John Carver
John Smith
William Bradford
4) Fish, fowl,
peas, pumpkins veal, beef, turkey. Find the odd item out of the menu list.
Veal
Beef
Fish
5) Which pilgrim
leader invited the neighboring Indians to the first Thanksgiving feast?
William Bradford
Josh Bunny
Miles Standish
6) Which
Proclamation did instate the Thanksgiving a national holiday?
1863 Proclamation
1789 Proclamation
1939 Proclamation
7)Who is in favor
of making turkey the National bird of America?
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
John Smith
-Thank
you for being active today, it was a pleasure to work with you. I hope you
enjoyed it.
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