Lesson Overview

What is the history of Halloween? How did Halloween start? Is Halloween an important holiday? This exploration of Halloween's origins and traditions studies and provides a comprehensive understanding of the holiday's history and significance.

This ESL class covers the history of Halloween in detail, creating lively discussions while allowing students to expand their knowledge. An excellent video from Fiveminded, gives a detailed explanation of the day, its history and its commercialisation. The language and concepts presented in the video are studied throughout the lesson plan.

ESL lesson plan on the history of Halloween follows a tight structure to ensure the necessary scaffolding is given to students, allowing them to progress and enjoy the class. 

1. Pictures and chat. 
2. video vocabulary exercises. 
3. video-based discussion. 
4. Article: Commercialism of Halloween. 
5. Picture round. 
6. Halloween: Riddles. 
7. Halloween: Jokes. 
8. Halloween: Idioms. 

Homework

1. Halloween: Vocabulary. 
2. The history of Halloween: Article. 
3. Comprehension questions. 
4. Writing task.