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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Halloween



October 26 and 31

Today we will take some time to explore the holiday of Halloween.  You will create a list of things you are curious about and then research them.  This is meant to be a fun assignment that you can complete in one class period.  When you are done, comment on this blog with the most interesting thing you learned.  You can also reply to others' comments.


140 comments:

  1. My favorite thing I learned was how Halloween came to America

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  2. The coolest thing I learned is this came from decades back and were still doing it to this day!

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    1. I think it is amazing that we keep doing the same things for so long.

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  3. I found out that trick or treating officially came around in about 1951.

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  4. The French Cathlic went from store to store instead of house to house I didn't know that.

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  5. I found out that halloween is to celebrate the end of summer.

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    1. But astronomically the end of Summer is like September 20th

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    2. Astrologically

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    3. It is september 22nd

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  6. I learned that people dress up scary for halloween is because they thought they would blend in with the spirits.

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    1. They carved turnips to scare spirits too!

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    2. The also dressed up to keep the bad spirits away.

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    3. and to honor the "spirits"

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  7. The best things I learn is when halloween why people pass out candy in this holiday

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    1. They give treats out because back then people would dance or do other things for things that they wanted.

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  8. Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween.

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    1. Why would you be scared of halloween. I am so glad I don't have samhainophobia.

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    2. Thats a big word but that is cool

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    3. What is Samhainophobia?

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    4. Ya why would you be scared of Halloween.

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    5. What is Samhainophobia?

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    6. She said it's the fear of Halloween.

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    7. Yah, what does Samhainophobia mean seriously?

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    8. I didn't know that there was a fobia for Holoween.

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    9. Actually a lot of people are scared of Halloween.

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  9. I found out that Apple Bobbing came from the pomona, which the apple represented. Pomona is the goddess of fruit and trees.

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    1. That is cool I did not know that Jimmy

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    2. I didn't know that bobbing for apples actually came from a Greek goddess. AWESOME!!!

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  10. Hallows (the anonymus word) means something or someone that is greatly valued.

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  11. I learned that when Halloween first came to america people gave out money and food instead of candy.

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  12. I learned that we have been handing out candy for 100 years.

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    1. Really Kaden that's all you learned.

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    2. Really that's a long time

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  13. The most interesting this that I learned about Halloween is that people once thought that November 1st was the new year, so they would dress up, and some people would go around and ask for money or food in exchange for things like prayers and songs on their behalf.

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    1. I thought that was interesting also

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    2. That's awesome I read that on three different web sites.

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  14. It is very interesting that Halloween was derived from to different religions to create one holiday.

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  15. the most interesting thing was how halloween cost 8.4 million dollars just in the US

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  16. Something interesting is that people dress up in costumes so they blend in with the spirits.

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    1. I liked that. I thought is was cool how they dress up in costums to not only honor the dead, but also so they blend in with the evil sprits.

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  17. I learned that people dress up in scary halloween costumes to honor the dead.

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    1. I found it interesting when Celtics carved faces into turnips but then pumpkins after moving to America

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    2. Yes but they also do to scare people

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    3. Yes,didn't they also do it to scare the "ghosts"

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  18. Something that I thought was the most intesting was that befor pumpkins they carve turnips.

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  19. 1.9 billion$ are spent on candy each year

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  20. These people called the Celts somewhat came up with Halloween itself.

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  21. I learned that they would dress up to blend with the spirits.

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    1. They also dressed up to scare the spirits away.

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  22. I learned that there's approximately 600 million pounds of candy sold during Halloween.

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  23. I think it is not fair that some Swedish students get a full week off on halloween.

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  24. I learned that Halloween was a pre-Christian Celtic festival for the dead.

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  25. I learned that way back then they used to carve turnips and potatoes to scare away the evil.

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  26. I learned that kids used to go door to door asking for "soul-cakes" instead of candy.

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    1. I think it would be better that way more food

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    2. what are soal cakes

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  28. The Celts and the Druids (Celtic Priests) intended for the holiday/celebration to be for everything wicked, evil, and dead.

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  29. I learned Halloween has many different traditions.

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  30. I learned that the most popular candy in Wisconsin id Laffy Taffy!

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    1. Really? I thought it would be Herseys'! Thats awesome!!

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    2. I thought it was Jolly Ranchers, wow I learned another thing today!

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  31. That halloween costumes are made because they represent the monsters and spirits.

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  32. The most interesting fact was that we but 600 billion pounds of candy

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  33. you burn 500 calories when you trick or treat.

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    1. but you gain at least 1000 eating it

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  34. I figure out that Jack O lanterns were from the irish till they came over and use pumpkins.

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  35. I learned that it originated with the Celtic's

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  36. I looked up history of goblins and it was all nonsense

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  37. the coolest thing i learned was that they used to carve faces into other things than pumpkins.

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  38. I learned that Halloween is on October 31 because it is the end of summer and the beginning of winter.

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  39. I learned about how much changing the name went through before it actually got to Halloween.

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  40. I learned why halloween is a holiday.

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  41. I learned that they carved pumpkins and potatoes because they thought it would scare away spirits.

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  42. I learned that during the Celtic times, they would burn crops and animals as a sacrifice.

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  43. I learned the story about Stingy Jack. He was a man who made a deal with the devil so that he couldn't take his soul. He wasn't wanted in heaven though so he wandered the Earth with a burning coal in a turnup. That is the origin story for jack-o-lanterns.

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    1. Thats amazing, I hadn't found that out!!

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    2. That sounds very creepy!

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    3. Very cool, I didn't know that!

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    4. That's really cool

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  44. What I found most interesting when learning about Halloween's history is the tradition the Celts had of making a massive bonfire, and sacrificing crops and animals to their deities on Samhain. Samhain being mainly what Halloween is based off of.

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  45. My favorite thing I learned was the word Jack-O-Lantern came from an Irish folktale.

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  46. The most interesting thing I found is that it is celebrating All Saints Eve (like christmas Eve), is celebrating Saints who are still alive you can celebrate by going to a church and attending a Mass (or a longer church service).

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  47. The coolest that I learned is that the people thought that it was easiest for the spirits to travel on halloween because the ghosts travel on day of the dead in Mexico which is the week of halloween.

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    1. It's surprising to learn how so many beliefs and such can be pretty common, even if they originate in completely different places.

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  48. My favorite thing I learned today is how the traditions came to America

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    1. That was my favorite too.

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  50. What I found most interesting was learning about other countries and how they celebrate Halloween.

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  51. I learned that modern halloween came around in the 1950's.

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  52. I learned that on last year alone the total amount of money spent for Halloween was about 8.4 billion dollars on halloween.

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  53. I learned that people used to carved pumpkins to scare any unwanted spirits away.

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  54. i learned that a group called pre-Christian Celtic festival of samhain they where a live 2,000 years ago

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  55. I found the most interesting that people used to carve faces into turnips before they came to america.

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  56. What I found interesting is that halloween has a very rich history. Also can be found a long time into the past.

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  58. The most interesting thing is that the irish thought craving pumpkins were a good way to scare off the evil spirits.

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  59. I learned that people dressed up in costumes to blend in with the spirits

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  60. The most interesting thing I learned was that people used to hand out cake instead of candy.

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    1. That would be a lot harder than just handing out a piece of candy. where would you put the cake.

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    2. Cake is a cool thing

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  61. I learned that it was started by a group of pre christians

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    1. Huh. Unexpected. I feel like this is kind of a plot twist.

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  62. I learned that people thought that Halloween was the official end of summer.

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    1. That would be weird if it was the end of summer because were used to having it be in september.

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    2. That is weird. So can I go outside right now in 50 degree weather and say happy summer.

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  63. I learned that irish people made the Jack-o-lantern tradition.

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  64. The most interesting thing that I learned was that kids dress up to blend in with the bad spirits.

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  65. I learned that when people dress like monsters or spirits they would blend with the other spirits around.

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  66. I learned that people had to start carving out of pumpkins to get jack o'lanterns because potatoes were much harder and smaller.

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  67. I learned that they carved turnips and potatoes before carving pumpkins.

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  68. I learned that people used to carve other harder veggies but they switched to pumpkins when the irish people came.

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  69. I thought giving out the candy was really cool. They said they gave out candy four the souls in the for the souls who actually created it. Ancient celtic!

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  70. I found out that Halloween isn't even an official holiday, but people still celebrate it.

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  71. I learned that some people don't celebrate Halloween because it contradicts their religion.

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  72. I learned the Celts created Halloween because that was the day souls could enter the real world

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  73. I found out that most in a survey of over 1,000 people around 20% chose 13 and around 20% chose 18+

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  74. I learned that you had to sing to keep your soul

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  75. I learned that people thought that Jack-O-Lanterns would guide the souls of the dead.

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  76. I learned that people used to carve potatos instead of pumkins.

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  77. I learned that people used to carry eggs around and say trick or treat and if they didn't get candy.They would egg the peoples houses.

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  78. Halloween begun about about 2,000 years ago.I also learned that people's costumes in the 1800s were made out of animal skin.

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