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Holidays and special days

Let's have a look to some characteristic holidays and special days in English speaking countries:
1. Halloween: 1. Origins (a -"general"), (b -"extended")
                        2.  Halloween nowadays
                        3. Vocabulary (a)
                        4. Activities (a-"mixture")
                                           (b-"Are you afraid of me?)
                                           (c - listening (British Council))
                        5. Recipes (a)
                        6. Games (a -"crossword interactive")

2. Guy Fawkes' Night:  1. Origins
                                       2. Nowadays
                                       3. Rhymes
                                       4. Activities: Advanced

3. Thanksgiving: 1. Origins
                            2. Myths (activity)
                            3. Reading (story)
                            4. "The first Thanksgiving"
                               (reading - elem/upper)

4. Christmas

5. St. Patrick's Day:  1. Oringins (extra information - video)
                                    2. Interactive Book of facts
                                    3. Symbols and traditions
                                    4. Activities: a / b (R-L-S-W) / c (Listening -British Council)

6. April fool's Day:  1. Origins
                                  2. Acrivities: a) quizz / b (R-L-S-W) / c / d (listening - British Council)
                                  3. Vocabulary
                                  4. Reading