Culture Lesson 3

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Culture Lesson 3

• American Holidays
• and
• Lifetime Celebrations

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Months of the year

• How can I remember the order of September,
  October, November, December?
• Try using the word SOUND.
• S O U N D

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IntroductionWhat is a holiday?

• A day of leisure
• A legal day off
• A Holy Day
• May include fasting
• What is a national holiday?
• What is a legal holiday?
• What is a custom? What is a symbol?
• Holiday vs. Vacation

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IntroductionAmerican Seasons?

• Winter
• (Dec. 22-March 20)
• Spring
• (March 21-June 20)

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IntroductionAmerican Seasons?

• Summer
• (June 21-Sept. 22)
• Autumn (Fall)
• (Sept. 23-Dec. 21)

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How should we greet someone on this day?

• USUALLY, it is ok to say Happy ___________.
• Example Happy Valentines Day!
• The biggest exception is Merry which is
  generally only used for Christmas.
• To say Happy Christmas is more of a British
  custom.

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Write these holiday names on your paper in the
first column

• 1. New Years Day
• 2. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• 3. Ground Hog Day
• 4. Valentines Day
• 5. Presidents Day
• 6. St. Patricks Day
• 7. Easter
• 8. Mothers Day

• 9. Memorial Day
• 10. Fathers Day
• 11. Independence Day
• 12. Labor Day
• 13. Halloween
• 14. Veteran's Day
• 15. Thanksgiving
• 16. Christmas (Day)

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Reasons for Celebrating

• New Years Day
• The coming of the New Year ?
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Celebrates the birthday of a great American civil
  rights leader

• Ground Hog Day
• Predicts the length of the winter and spring
• Valentines Day
• A day to show love to special people in our lives

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Reasons for Celebrating

• Presidents Day
• Honoring Lincoln and Washington
• St. Patricks Day
• Honors Patrick and celebrates Irish heritage

• Easter
• Celebrates Springs arrival and Jesus
  resurrection
• Mothers Day
• Honor our mothers and women who have loved us

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Reasons for Celebrating

• Memorial Day
• Honor deceased loved ones service men and women
• Fathers Day
• Honor our fathers and grandfathers

• Independence Day
• Americas birthday, celebrates freedom
• Labor day
• Honors workers time to rest with our families

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Reasons for Celebrating

• Halloween
• Celebrates dark and scary things a time to play
• Veterans Day
• Honors men and women who have fought for America

• Thanksgiving
• Celebrates American heritage and religious
  freedom
• Christmas
• Celebrates Jesus birth and showing love to all
  people

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Which holiday has this symbol?
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What about these?
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Other Symbols

• Champagne glass
• Hearts
• Flowers
• Candy
• Lincoln silhouette
• Gravestone(s)
• Neck tie

• Ghost
• Tree
• Nativity set
• Dove
• Candle
• Santa Clause
• Fireworks

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Symbols of Thanksgiving

• Horn of Plenty
• Autumn foliage (leaves)

• The Turkey
• Pilgrims and Indians

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Pictures of Easter Symbols

• Baby animals
• Empty tomb/grave

• Easter Lily/Lilies
• Bare Cross
• Easter Bunny with eggs and basket

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Colors Which holiday do they belong to?

• Red
• Yellow
• Green
• White
• Brown
• Gold
• Orange

• Blue
• Black
• Pink
• Pastel colors

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Some Special Vocabulary

• 1. Resolution, champagne, parade
• 2. Civil rights
• 3. Ground hog, Pennsylvania
• 4. Valentine, Cupid
• 6. Shamrock, rainbow, parade, Patrick, pot of
  gold, leprechaun, luck o the Irish
• 7. Easter bunny/eggs/basket, parade pastel
  colors, resurrection

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More Special Vocabulary

• 9. Cemetery, long weekend, barbecue, picnic,
  vacation, parade
• 11. Fourth of July, parade, picnic, barbecue,
  patriotic/patriotism
• 12. Parade, picnic, barbecue, long weekend,
  vacation
• 13. Cemetery, jack o lantern, costumes, trick
  or treat

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And More Vocabulary

• 14. Cemetery, patriotism, nationalism
• 15. Pilgrims, Indians, Mayflower, freedom,
  blessings, turkey, etc.
• 16. Santa Clause, mistletoe, holly bough,
  ornaments, words related to Jesus birth, etc.

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Heres a great website

• To find out more about Saint Patrick and
  celebrating Irish heritage, look at the links on
  this page
• http//www.historychannel.com/exhibits/stpatricksd
  ay/?pagehistory

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Word OriginsChristmas

• Santa Claus
• Came from the Dutch name for Father Christmas
  Sant Nikolaas and another old form Sinter
  Claus
• Mistletoe
• Combined Anglo-Saxon words for bird dropping
  and twig the Druids and Celts said it carried
  magical health-bearing powers and now we kiss
  under it ?

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Idioms related to age

• Sweet 16
• Describing a 16th birthday party, usually for a
  girl
• Over the Hill
• When someone turns 40 or 50, we may say they are
  over the hill
• Bite the Dust
• An informal to say someone has died

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Brainstorm with your partner

• What are some common lifetime celebrations in
  China? In America?
• How are some of our celebrations similar?
• How are some of our celebrations different?

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In the First Year

• The Baby Shower
• The Birth of the Baby
• The Babys Baptism or Dedication
• Babys First Christmas, etc.
• 1st Birthday (different from China)
• Smash cake, especially for the baby

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In A Students Life

• Losing the first tooth
• First Day of School
• School events and activities
• Graduations (different levels)
• School dances (Prom, Homecoming)
• 16, 18, 21Birthdays
• First Job, Job Hunting

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Young Adults

• Courtship
• Engagement
• Wedding Shower
• Rehearsal Dinner
• Wedding
• Wedding Reception (Dance)
• Honeymoon

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Adult Life

• Promotion at Work, Mid-life Crisis (?)
• Moving/House-warming
• Anniversaries
• Important birthdays (40, 50, 65, 100)
• Retirement/Senior Benefits
• Elderly Life
• Death/Funeral

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Three Important TermsShower, Reception, Party

• ShowerBaby, Bridal, Card
• Card showers common for elderly people
• ReceptionWedding, Anniversary, Open House
• This term is a bit more formal
• PartyBirthday, Christmas, Halloween, Slumber
• This term is a bit more casual

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What do we give for these events? Some examples

• Baby shower toys, clothes, books
• Wedding household items, money
• Birthdays cards, something small but nice that
  suits the person well
• Anniversaries depends on the year
• Death flowers for the deceased, flower and
  sympathy cards for the family

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Region 3The Southern States

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Mississippi

• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• 1 of the 13 colonies

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Region 3Famous People from the South

• Sports Hank Aaron, Jesse Owens, Muhammad Ali,
  Arthur Ashe
• Actors James Earl Jones, Sidney Poitier, Andy
  Griffith, Don Knotts
• Presidents so many! Washington, Lincoln,
  Carter, Jefferson, etc.
• Writers Harper Lee, William Faulkner, Margaret
  Mitchell, O. Henry, Willa Cather

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Region 3And even more famous people!

• Polar Explorer R.E. Byrd, Vice Pres. Al Gore,
  Billy Graham, Oprah Winfrey, Jim Henson, John
  Wilkes Booth, Benjamin Banneker (mathematician),
  Jefferson Davis (Pres. of the South), Martin
  Luther King Jr., industrialist E.I. du Pont,
  Helen Keller (both blind and deaf)

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Region 3Brief History of the South

• First settled for business, 1607
• Developed more slowly than the rest of the
  colonies. (Rural/undeveloped)
• Small farms became large plantations (late
  1600s) began slave-demand
• Staples tobacco, rice, and cotton
• Civil Warnot just about slavery???
• Even until recentlywhite vs. black

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Region 3The People of the South

• The people are laidback, rednecks, friendly,
  hospitable, welcoming, loving, moving at a slower
  pace
• Population lt1 million-16 million
• Many retirees in Florida many immigrants in this
  area
• Speech is very different!!! It reflects a lot
  of Black and Caribbean slang
• Can you understand these words?...

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(This is the translation.)

• Its cold tonight.
• Im going to find some wood so we can start a
  fire.
• Then you and your family can come and sit by the
  fire and get warm.
• Did you understand? ?

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Region 3Southern States are famous for

• Universities, for example
• U.S. Naval Academy, Johns Hoskins University,
  Duke, Regent University
• Georgia peaches, KFC, moonshine,
• pecan pie, lemonade, other fruit
• Horse Racing (Kentucky Derby), Mardi Gras,
  Magnolia blossoms
• Hot summers, beautiful autumns

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A Folk Song from the SouthDown in the Valley

• Down in the Valley, Valley so low,
• Hang your head over,
• Hear the wind blow.
• Hear the wind blow, Love,
• Hear the wind blow.
• Hang your head over,
• Hear the wind blow