1ères8 G1 : Halloween

Prepare an oral account  about the origins of Halloween and focus on the Puritans' superstitions . Browse the following websites :1)http://www.history.com/videos/haunted-history-of-halloween (Video)
2)http://www.halloweenhistory.org/ (Text)

3)Halloween Timeline

• 1,000-100 B.C.: The Celts celebrate Samhain on November 1st, painting faces on gourds and their own faces to scare away spirits
• 600 A.D.: In an effort to stop the pagan celebrations, Pope Boniface IV designatesNovember 1st All Saints' Day
• 800 A.D.: Pope Gregory III declares that villagers may dress in costume as saints, and young men must go door to door to beg for food for the poor
• 1500s: Samhain and All Saints' Day become All Hallows' Day, the night before, All Hallows' Evening, Hallow Evening, or Hallowe'en
• 1600s: Considering them Catholic holidays, New England Puritans ban Halloween,Christmas and Easter
• 1840s: The Irish Potato Famine brings Irish Catholics to America, along with their Halloween traditions. Due to the abundance of pumpkins, they carve them into jack o'lanterns instead of turnips
• 1860s: Members of the Catholic and Episcopalian churches campaign to officially sanction Halloween
• 1870: Halloween becomes a popular holiday, along with the idea of "tricking", an excuse to cause mischief
• 1923: New York begins citywide Halloween celebrations
• Present: Halloween is a 2.5 billion dollar industry